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Salcombe to Torquay Walking Blog
Friday 19th October 2018: Drove from St Mawes to Totnes where we parked our car on Jubilee Road (as recommended by our taxi driver, we them took the taxi to Salcombe (cost £45) to our b&b Waverley. The lady of the house was out but we were met by her husband and showed to our […]
READ MOREMy Favourite Restaurants in Cornwall on the South West Coast Path
I thought it might be fun and informative to list my favourite eateries on the South West Coastal Path in Cornwall. Living in St Mawes there is obviously a bias to South Cornwall but it wouldn’t be a personal list if there wasn’t! 1) The Hidden Hut – above Porthcurnick beach Portscatho. A wonderful beach […]
READ MORESt Ives to Penzance Walking Blog
I managed to set aside 3 days for a quick walk from St Ives to Mousehole. Thought it was a great opportunity to refresh my memory of this season’s favourite walk (about 75% of all our 2013 walks included this section). The plan was to do the longest day on my own (St Ives to […]
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Cotswold Way Walking Blog
The Cotswold Way is a walk through ancient England we undertook in early November.
READ MOREPortloe to Plymouth Walking Blog
As usual at this time of the year (late October) we managed to escape St Mawes for a long distance walk. This year we just had 4.5 days so we chose to walk the SWCP from Portloe (just a 8 miles from home) to Plymouth. Given the short daylight hours and the forecast of fog […]
READ MOREDales Way Walking Blog
Travel St Mawes to Burnsall. 09:44 train St Austell to Paddington, then Circle line round to Kings Cross, then the 14:30 Virgin Train to Leeds, upgraded to First Class, well worth it, big comfortable seat and free drinks and food. Arrived Leeds on time and caught the 17:02 Ilkley train. Lift with friends to Burnsall and The Red Lion. Good food in the bar and a decent night’s sleep, but mattress a bit soggy in the middle and the rooms sound proofing not great. - We chose to skip the first section of the walk (Ilkley to Burnsall) as we had walked this section many times during our many years living in Ilkley.
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