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 🙂
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.
Which 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
New blog post: Day 11 South West Coast Path – Padstow to Porthcothan http://t.co/lv4GHoRj
Glad the rain stayed away for you…. cannot say it did the same here 🙁
Recognise that house – just South of Treyarnon isn’t it? We looked at that a couple of years ago when it was still being built. Looked pretty special then.
Mind you, with a winter westerly howling in off the Atlantic, underground is the best place to be!
Hi Martin many thanks for the comment, the house overlooks Wine Bay if you click on photo details at https://plus.google.com/photos/111882957452855371846/albums/5733903112879501201/5733907435868625490 it will show you the precise location.