The times of the morning buses back to Trebah Gardens didn’t work for me so I decided to walk the route in reverse. The light rain of early morning had stopped and the clouds were blowing off when I started and it turned to be a perfect day. From my hotel it was about a … Continue reading SWCP Day 42: Falmouth > Helford Passage

At breakfast I chatted with a trio of Americans who were doing a short 5-day walk on the Path. The day before they had left The Lizard at 9a and didn’t get in to Coverack till 8pm!!! Needless to say they were finding it very difficult. Yesterday I did the same walk 8a-2p and felt … Continue reading SWCP Day 41: Coverack > Helford

The most southerly point in Britain, the iconic Lizard Lighthouse features in every visitor’s pictures. It was a 1/2 mile walk down from my BnB, then east I go! Looking back south at Lizard lighthouse Hold-on-to-your hat windy today. Really pretty day. “Lush, well-vegetated character” according to my guide Cute village of Cadgwith. House on … Continue reading SWCP Day 40: The Lizard > Coverack

It’s a big day today so I arranged for a taxi at 7:15a to take me back down to the coast. Fortuitously my BnB offered breakfast at 7a so I had a quick coffee in my room and took brekkie to go. A short walk above Porthleven Beach brought me to Loe Bar, once the … Continue reading SWCP Day 39: Porthleven > The Lizard

How many more brilliant days can there be? The good weather is set to last until next weekend; I am appreciating every day. I started the day with a short bus ride around the bay to Marazion. From here it was a gentle walk through fields at the edge of low cliffs with views of … Continue reading SWCP Day 38: Marazion > Porthleven

Yesterday, by walking those couple of miles into Mousehole, I completed almost all of the off-road portion of the next stage. Since pavement seems to exacerbate my knee pain I’m going to avoid it as much as possible = a day off today. I have accommodation booked for last night and tonight in Penzance, right … Continue reading SWCP Day 37: Penzance

And now I walk East! Kinda a big psychological moment, like the First & Last House positioned at Land’s End point, this feels like the end of my beginning and now the start of a new adventure. I hope all my moving parts are up to the challenge! Today I tackled 2 1/4 short stages … Continue reading SWCP Day 36: Land’s End > Mousehole

The news this morning said it’s been the warmest, driest, sunniest Spring on record. Saying that, I still carry my raincoat everyday as it is England after all, but I’m not complaining! All strapped up and ready to go! I walked thru the Geevor Tin Mine complex to get to the coast path. Operating till … Continue reading SWCP Day 35: Pendeen > Lands End

Bogs and boulders. Well, that’s how the guide describes the whole section from St. Ives. I’d say this 2nd half is more rocks and streams. So it was very slow going picking one’s way over the uneven ground. I found it especially challenging trying to find level surfaces for my bunged up foot. Yet the … Continue reading SWCP Day 34: Zennor > Pendeen

This is my halfway day!! I planned my journey to take 66 days and now I’m midway through that itinerary. Thanks to the wonderful people on a Facebook SWCP group I follow I learned of an easier inland route between St. Ives and Zennor called the Coffin Way. This is a name used widely, referring … Continue reading SWCP Day 33: St. Ives > Zennor