Daily Archives: April 13, 2012

South west coast path sign

Day 3 on the South West Coast Path and 576 miles to go.

barefoot on Woolacombe beachNot sure how many more of these postsI can do!  Every day has such amazing views and gorgeous weather :-)

Today was the shortest so far only 15 miles walked although it was a record for ice creams consumed! since Woolacombe is such a holiday honey pot. Arriving their bought back memories of Nick’s first holiday in 1975, it’s still much the same except for the HUGE numbers of surfers with their boards and rubber kit. In fact te whole Devon coast is a bit of a time warp, this was bought home after reading Cory Doctorow’s twitters about been stuck in immigration at LHR T5 [blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/#!/doctorow/status/190739532101070848"] which is about as far removed from walking through villages like Lee Bay as you can get.

I finally ended in Croyde desperate to find a b&b the first 5 were all full :-( So I ended up paying £65 for a basic b&b (with no wi-fi). the warning sign is AA recommended!  The whole village is a  a wallet busting place. I mean £4.70 for a Guinness in a PH.

I’ve managed to get a small blood blister on the side of my left heel , I attacked it with the army knife plus cut of the sides of the insole so hopefully it will be gone tomorrow.

Images can be found on Google+ here

The next few days look easier as it’s an old railway line :-)

Here is the Everytrail and my stats are here:
South West Coast Path – Ilfracombe to Croyde at EveryTrail

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footprints in the sand

Leave only footprints

footprints in the sandOne of my mottoes when travelling has been:

Leave only footprints
Take only memories 

So whilst walking across Woolacombe beach as part of my South West Coast Path trip I couldn’t resist taking the above photo.

In fact one of my ambitions in 2000 was to walk around the coast of the UK as far as possible in barefeet and carrying a coracle for the estuaries. :-)

I started (without a coracle) by walking from Scarborough to Redcar in 2000 followed by Kings Lynn to Cromer at various times since.

I’m now on the South West Coast Path which will add another few miles to the total…

 

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