Perranporth to Newquay
Jeri’s Steps: 20,947Miles walked: 8.03Elevation: 816Pints: 7Churches: 2Stiles: 3Benches: 1 It rained all night. Our REI tent stood up to it though and remained dry and comfortable. But the dilemma was how to pack everything up and take the tent down in the pouring rain? Well the weather gods smiled on us again and a […]
Portreath to Perranporth
Jeri’s Steps: 37,308Miles walked: 13.9Elevation: 2,089Pints: 0 (wine)Churches: noneStiles: 1Benches: 4 An earlier start this morning. Our hostess at the Cliff House B&B gave us bacon sandwiches in lieu of breakfast so we hit the trail at 8:15. Today there were 6 major descents which of course meant 6 major ascents as well. We can […]
Gwithian to Portreath
Jeri’s Steps: 18,565Miles walked: 6.73Elevation: 662Pints: 4Churches: NoneStiles: 5Benches:1 Wow it rained all night! About 5.30am the rain stopped so we were able to pack up in dry but misty conditions. The tent was very dry and warm and cozy. Today’s walk was largely on top of the cliffs, on a good path through the […]
St. Ives to Gwithian
Jeri’s Steps: 26,398Miles walked: 9.42Elevation: 580Walking Time: 3 hrs 43 minPints: 3Churches: 1Stiles: 3Benches: 4 A shorter walk today so we were able to linger over a ‘full English’ breakfast at the Mustard Tree. The day started off cloudy but mercifully dry. The path to Hayle ran along the clifftop mostly shrouded in vegetation but […]
Pendeen to Zennor
Jeri’s Steps: 26,147Miles walked: 7.25Elevation: 1,205Walking Time: 3 hrs 45 minPints: 2Churches: 2Stiles: 12Benches: 3 ‘One does not simply walk into Morvah’ Today was a tough one. We left the North Inn in Pendeen after a quick cup of coffee and a stop at the Spar then headed across country to Morvah via a narrow […]
Land’s End to Pendeen
Jeri’s Steps: 29,854Miles walked: 9.96Elevation: 1,377Walking Time: 4hrs 32 minPints: 2Churches: NoneStiles:6Benches:4 “A meal without wine is breakfast.” And so we set off. Years of planning and finally we get to start doing what is in fact a pretty basic activity. Walking. Best not to think of Scotland as the objective. The fleshpots of Land’s […]