Category: Travellers Tales

Saturday 10 November, 2019 I was worried about today being a complete wipeout, because the ferry across the Helford doesn’t run from November to March and that put nine miles on the stage –...

Friday 9 November, 2018 Thursday was an easy day, walking just over 10 km between Coverack and Porthallow, but the path was steep and the forecast was for rain. I took every precaution, so...

Wednesday 7 November, 2018 This is the seventh day of walking on paths which have been a bit of stretch, and I’m definitely feeling it. Carrying 11 kg over those headlands is starting to...

Monday 5 November, 2018 It’s Guy Fawkes Night, so the evening had been punctuated with small explosions and, oddly, the sound of helicopters from the naval airfield close by. RNAS Culdrose is the main...

Sunday 4 November, 2018 The sun has gone missing and I’m not hopeful of seeing it again this week, the breeze was light and the going good. Today, thanks the lunacy of yesterday, was...

Friday, 2 November 2018 Well, you can’t have everything! After a great day’s walking, the cafe next to my B and B is closed, so I had to slog down to the pub (ten...

Thursday 1 November, 2018 In many ways, this was a rotten kind of day, but I don’t want to dwell on the terrain or the poor condition of the path. I was warned in...

Wednesday, 31 October 2018 If I’d thought things through, I would have compressed the St Ive’s stay into one day, not because I dislike the town, but because I realised that I could have...