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Richard and Dugald set themselves a walking challenge on the South West Coast Path

  • Skeletons on the Tarka Trail – Greencliff to Ilfracombe
  • There we were just a walkin’ down the path, singing do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do – Crackington Haven to Greencliff
  • Wet and cold – but free – Mawgan Porth to Crackington Haven
  • Rain and a bounty of seals and choughs – Pendeen Watch to Mawgan Porth
  • Round the bend with choughs and Poldark – The Lizard to Pendeen Watch
  • Six wonderful spring days get us past the half way mark – Mevagissey to the Lizard
  • Cetaceans and pinnipeds – Polperro to Mevagissey
  • First steps in Cornwall – Cremyll to Polperro
  • Meaningful walking – Mothecombe to Plymouth Cremyll Ferry
  • Too wet to wade – Salcombe to Mothecombe
  • Swirling bunches of cirl buntings and another 23 miles – Dartmouth to Salcombe
  • Sampling Torbay and finding Dartmouth – Torquay to Dartmouth
  • Steep, stiff, strenuous, severe – which is which when applied to a coastal climb? – Starcross to Torquay
  • Going again – but hot – Sidmouth to Starcross
  • Devon – and 100 miles achieved – Charmouth to Sidmouth
  • Escaping British politics – Chesil Beach to Charmouth
  • We make faster progress when it’s flat – Bowleaze Cove to Chesil Beach
  • Spring looked possible as summer time arrived – Kimmeridge to Bowleaze Cove
  • Beating the ‘Beast’ – Worth Matravers to Kimmeridge
  • We decide to walk – setting off – South Haven Point to Worth Matravers

Author: dugaldsandeman

We decide to walk – setting off

The decision must have been made with the help of some wine. It’s the sort of decision men in their late ‘60s and early ‘70s are prone to make, and we must be among many thousands who have decided that walking the South West Coast Path is the essential next step in life. How many … Continue reading We decide to walk – setting off →

dugaldsandeman Dorset, South West Coast Path Leave a comment February 2, 2018January 21, 2019 4 Minutes

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