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Day 11 South West Coast Path – Padstow to Porthcothan

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First many thanks to Sally‘s relations Jean, Mick & Archer, well not Archer who is a humungous dog, for putting up with me at such short notice :-)

Off to a bit of a late start as I had a load of WordPress sites to update to the latest release and we had to drive down into Padstow where I spent a bit of time inspecting parts of Rick Stein‘s domain viz Cafe, Restaurant (Lunch £37), Bread shop & the pub on the way in. Pretty amazing really all on the back of cooking fish :-)

An infinity of benches

Climbing out of Padstow I came across the largest collection of benches ever, in fact every corner turned exposed them in an abundance never before experienced, most of which were memorials to the beloved deceased. I wonder if Dignity Funerals offer some sort of package deals.

Remembrance CairnWhich brings me onto the other thing I see that causes me to ponder, that is all the flower, stone memorials to mum, grandma etc on the cliff edges. No day goes by without seeing at least a couple of them. Did they jump? or was it their favourite spot?

Todays header is my sort of dream home, built into the slope with a glass front and stunning views. Unfortunately this one is built at the edge of a caravan park with a rather pedestrian house next door.

Oh! and the weather started threatening but the rain stayed away, the wind was cold but basically a good day for walking although I hadn’t fully recovered from yesterdays marathon so was feeling tired.

I bumped into a day walking couple who I had met yesterday, of course it was they who recognised me :-) We had a lovely chat about adult kids & boxes piled behind settees :-)  I wonder if I will meet them again nearer the end in Weymouth :-)

I finished today in Perranporth, which for anyone following, is a bit of a dump. I failed to find the b&b and the pub is atop the big hill (in the wrong direction). However, outside the shop (closed :-( ) there was a stop for Western Greyhound Buses 556 service to Newquay (at 57 mins to the hour). which was a good decision as Newquay is real cheap with lots of  facilities including 18MB broadband. Hopefully, I will get the 556 at 9:05 tomorrow so I can start walking at 9.54

Todays stats are here and pictures here. Everytrail is here:
South West Coastpath – Padstow to Porthcothan at EveryTrail

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Day 10 South West Coast Path – Trebarwith Strand (Treknow) to Rock (Padstow)

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166.8 miles walked 463.2 miles to go

Weather wise todays walk started in much better conditions with spells of sunshine and very low wind but then later it deteriorated to heavy showers. I met my first real walkers today, a couple with their dog walking from Lands End to John O’Groats :-) So still no South West Coastpathers.

Still very much a roller coaster in terms of ascent & descent with some very steep ones.

Doc Martin Tea ShoppeThe highlight was stopping at a cafe in Port Isaac to be told it was the ephemera centre for Doc Martin  goodies, the owner was pretty astounded that I didn’t know who he was! Even though people travel from the USA etc to visit the place. He even told me where the home/surgery was, right on the coast path. Wikipedia says this Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role.]The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac,Cornwall, United Kingdom, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn.

Padstow ferry

à dieu last ferry :-(

Once again the evil creators of the route had me walking in a tight loop around Pentire point adding a few extra miles which after a day of climbing endless steep steps was the reason I arrived at Rock Ferry point to see the ferry just moving out :-) I twittered that I had missed the last ferry :-) @davidanthony5 instantly replied about getting a bus from up the road to Wadebridge and then onto Padstow, which I did. So a 5 minute ferry crossing turned into a 2 hour epic :-( So check ferry times !

Tonight I’m staying with Sally’s uncle in St Merryn who will give me a lift into Padstow tomorrow to resume the walk.

Today’s stats are here pictures here and Everytrail here

South West Coast Path – Treknow to Rock at EveryTrail

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