Final update! I returned the boots to Open Air who sent them onto Scarpa’s UK agent (Mountain Boot Company). on June 8th they refunded me the full purchase price with an admonishment from Open Air that they won’t supply me another pair of this boot model! This an update to the disappointing saga of my latest pair of Scarpa […]

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23 May 2012Products · The South west Coast Path · travel blog · Travel Blogging · Walks

Postcard index for my South West Coast Path Walk

Last night the Jones design team did a great graphic design of my walk complete with interesting facts. The design is currently been made into a physical postcard by VistaPrint. I intend sending a copy to every b&b I stayed at, as a lot of the owners expressed an interest in knowing whether I finished […]

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22 May 2012The South west Coast Path · travel blog · Travel Blogging · Walks

My map of The South West Coast Path from my tracks.

Here is a map that Adze generated from all the data (about 70Mb) that my GPS collected each day as I walked the South West Coast Path, Adze displays each day walked as a different colour. Adze gives the following data: Total distance 1102.98km, duration 307 hours, distance climbed 47.6 km, max gradient 48 degrees, […]

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21 May 2012The South west Coast Path · travel blog · Travel Blogging · Walks

Worth Matravers to South Haven Point on The South West Coast Path

One advantage of the Chiltern Lodge is that they do breakfast from 7.45 so you can escape get away early. So I was out on the road just after 8am. With it been an easy day, the guide said 16 miles to the end and ‘only’ 1768feet of ascent. I decided to do the decent […]

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