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South West Coast Path: Cornwall Coast
Views from Wednesday’s walk from Hartland Quay to Bude on England’s South West Coast Path. The tough going has its rewards, indeed.
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South West Coast Path: A Ten-Hour Workout
We hit the trail at 7:30 this morning in anticipation of what our guidebook described as “one of the hardest days of the path.” We left Hartland Quay just as the sun was rising, and set our sights on Bude, 15 miles away. We continued on, racking up a total of 10 major descents, crossing…
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South West Coast Path: Time for a Checkup
GPS map shows our location with an arrow on the blue trail. The weather? Tuesday was brilliant, our third such day. Two days of rain, others were overcast, sometimes drippy. Forest or pasture? We left the forest behind at midday Tuesday and had wide-open views of pastures, farms, cliffs, the ocean. Forest walking is not…
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A Most Unusual End to a Tough Day
After a grueling trekking day of steep, slippery ups and downs punctuated by more than 1,370 stairs, we found our accommodation in Clovelly after a walk down a cobblestone way too steep for vehicles. How do they get supplies to the pub where we are about to have dinner? They slide them on sledges. And…
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South West Coast Path: Who Cares About All Those Stairs?
Especially when we can enjoy the cute little village of Clovelly this evening!
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South West Coast Path: Westward Ho!
No, we’re not heading home just yet. Westward Ho!, our stop for the night, was named for Charles Kingsley, the 19th century author of the novel Westward Ho!. The exclamation point is always included, punctuating the seaside resort town with an expectation of excitement. We’ve passed many harbors and rivers at low tide, so we…
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South West Coast Path: It’s What’s For Breakfast
Our alternative lodging offered us breakfast boxes for an additional £5.50…each. It’s what’s for breakfast.
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South West Coast Path: A Mad Scramble for a Room
Our restful two nights ended in a flurry of anxiety when I discovered an email last night buried in our junk folder. Our reservation for tonight (Saturday), one that had been confirmed last February, had been canceled! Madly searching for an alternative proved fruitless Friday night, everyplace we called was booked. Finally, this morning, after…
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South West Coast Path: So Many Stairs
Sue climbs a flight of the 30,000 stairs on England’s South West Coast Path. No, I did not add a zero. But I am adding as we walk. So far, 2,159 stairs in five days, 64 miles, and 13,200 feet of ascent. But this is not a story best told by the numbers.
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