Silverton to Tiverton Parkway
Jeri’s Steps: 31,349Miles walked: 12.2Elevation: 1,538Pints: 2Churches: 1Stiles: noneBenches: 2 Today started with a climb on roads and across arable fields and morphed into the familiar Devon routine of roller coaster ups and downs as our way dipped down for each stream, but after only a few hours we were definitely in descent mode heading […]
Coleford to Silverton
Jeri’s Steps: 35,833Miles walked: 14.8Elevation: 1,427Pints: 3Churches: 3Stiles: 3Benches: 1 The New Inn in Coleford was very comfortable; a spacious room, a bright modern bathroom and a great dinner and breakfast; smoked haddock for Tim and eggs florentine for Jeri. The parrot was cheerful. The route was similar to yesterday; a mixture of well marked footpaths […]
Stockley Hamlet to Coleford
Jeri’s Steps: 42,873Miles walked: 18.4Elevation: 1,755Pints: none (wine)Churches: 2Stiles: 4Benches: 3 Today was always going to be tough; 18 miles of Devon countryside with rain a certainty and so it proved. We started early at 7.30 and Pam at Northlake B&B provided a generous packed lunch in lieu of a cooked breakfast. The walk started […]
Lobhillcross to Stockley Hamlet
Jeri’s Steps: 32,194Miles walked: 14.8Elevation: 1,417Pints: 6Churches: 1Stiles: 0Benches: 4 Left Lobhill at 9.15 after a lovely breakfast cooked by Jane. We dressed for rain and were not disappointed. Our first mile was on a level road east towards Dartmoor then we used a bridleway to link up with the Two Castle trail once again. […]
Launceston to Lobhillcross
Jeri’s Steps: 30,168Miles walked: 12.3Elevation: 1,174Pints: 4Churches: 2Stiles: 4Benches: 2 From Cornwall to Devon… After a great rest day in our Airbnb in Launceston we awoke early. After a hearty breakfast were on the trail by 7.30am. We joined the Two Castles trail and crossed our first county border from Cornwall into Devon. The Two […]
Bolventor to Launceston
Jeri’s Steps: 35,353Miles walked: 13.15Elevation: 1077Pints: 2Churches: 0Stiles: 1Benches: 2 Not all days are the same. Today was not our best. The day started and ended in a downpour, Tim fell into a stream and we argued with a Cornish farmer. On leaving the Jamaica Inn in Bolventor, we headed north of the A30 up […]
Bodmin to Bolventor (reverse)
Jeri’s Steps: 36,210Miles walked: 14.9Elevation: 1,246Pints: 4Churches: 2Stiles: 3Benches: 1 Due to complications involving Royal Mail parcels and taxis, this section was actually walked in reverse, from Jamaica Inn back to Bodmin where we stayed for a second night at the Westberry hotel. The first four miles was road walking near Colliford Lake. We passed […]
Padstow to Bodmin
Jeri’s Steps: 33,760Miles walked: 15.6Elevation: 393Pints: 2Churches: 0Stiles: 0Benches: 3 Today we peel away from the coast and head inland along the estuary. This is one of those times where, counterintuitively, we head in the wrong direction, south. This is because we are following the Camel river as it bends around in the direction of […]
Carnevas to Padstow
Jeri’s Steps: 26,070Miles walked: 11.7Elevation: 606Pints: none (wine)Churches: 1Stiles: 6Benches: 1 A shorter day today as we took the direct route across the peninsula to Padstow. The first section was over crop fields and cow pastures; the wheat was more compliant than the cows who were understandably nervous of us given their young calves. In […]
Newquay to Carnevas
Jeri’s Steps: 32,506Miles walked: 12.4Elevation: 1,610Pints: 4Churches: noneStiles: 6Benches: 5 The weather forecast was for cloudy conditions but no rain so we packed the rain gear away. The tent and rain fly were nice and dry after a rest day spent hanging in the shower so the rest of the packing was easy too. We […]