South West Coast Path Leg 4

May - June 2022

A 620 km, 20-day hiking adventure to complete the South West Coast Path, England's longest continuous national trail! Read more

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England

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Camping, Hiking, Nature, Solo travel

574kilometers traveled

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- Day 3
- Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 11:03 AM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 56 m
- England Cadgwith 49.985, -5.18166749°59’6” N 5°10’54” W
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Cadgwith
June 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Is it bad to admit that I considered stealing water from a dog's bowl earlier?
TravelerYup
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Traveler Yay a twister!!
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Traveler🎊🎉🎊
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- Day 3
- Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 2:47 PM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- England Coverack Cove 50.021667, -5.09550°1’18” N 5°5’42” W
Coverack
June 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Met some incredible people on that last stretch, including (you guessed it) a German couple, who actually walked the exact paths I'm planning to walk in Slovenia, a Canadian couple, and a couple of 79 & 72 year olds who are walking the entire coast path in one go. Also I fell into a bush but never mind about that.

Now it's Twister time (again), ft. Friendly horseRead more
TravelerWe've found your natural demographic
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Travelerfriendly horses?
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TravelerAnd pensioners. Though not necessarily at the same time
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TravelerTwisters <33
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- Day 3
- Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 6:09 PM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- England Porthallow Cove 50.067944, -5.07961450°4’5” N 5°4’47” W
Porthallow
June 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Living on a prayer (and awful crunchy pasta). The exact midway point of the trail
TravelerI've heard if you cook pasta for longer it stops being crunchy
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TravelerI've heard if you stop being a smart arse the world is a better place
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- Day 3
- Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 8:04 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- England Manaccan 50.085, -5.150°5’6” N 5°6’0” W
Flushing
June 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
What a difference a week makes
TravelerWhat a difference a Weeks makes
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Travelerthat joke sank like a stone
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TravelerYeah you're Wright
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TravelerI'll give josh £1 if he ever sees this
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TravelerDon't think you'll have to worry about that somehow
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- Day 3
- Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 9:36 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- England Helford River 50.094777, -5.11466350°5’41” N 5°6’53” W
Pitch 3
June 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
So hear me out here, is this the worst idea I've ever had? Yes, easily, but personally I didn't see another option. I'm pitched in Bosahan cove on the beach, and I have checked the tide times so hopefully I can get away with it. The pic blur really reflects my mental exhaustion. That was the most ridiculous day of walking I've ever experienced, I have no idea how (or why) my legs carried me so far, I'm slightly worried I might wake up paralysed or something

Morning update: not paralysed!

Beauty: 7/10
Comfort: 1/10
Dodginess: 7/10

Day 3 stats:
Distance: 44.2 km
Move minutes: 592
Germans spoken to: 4Read more
TravelerSleeping with the fishies
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Travelerfishy anand 😩
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Travelerwow. that certainly is a long way to walk.
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Traveleryes but I'm feeling pretty alright this morning!🥵🥵
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TravelerThank goodness I’ve only just read that. Wouldn’t have slept!! 😳 have the app on my iPhone now 😃
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- Day 4
- Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7:56 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- England Helford 50.09553, -5.13402750°5’44” N 5°8’2” W
Helford
June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Just waiting at the ferry crossing to hitch a ride across Helford river, but it doesn't run until 9:30 am, it's the first of three ferries on route today. Got talking to a charming old chap called Trevor Lee who was sat by the crossing too, turns out he is waiting for the signal to start his section of a relay run across the south west coast path! He said 60 runners are trying to break the record and run the whole path nonstop in 5 days, and his section starts in about ten minutes. He also records a podcast while running and wrote a book about his experience of running 44 miles aged 60, pretty coolRead more
Travelerjust read this out to mum. she said 'what' old chap. 60 .same age as her 😀
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Travelerdon't worry I'm sure he was 60 and a half
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Traveler👵
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- Friday, June 3, 2022 at 12:33 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- England Falmouth 50.154868, -5.07313150°9’18” N 5°4’23” W
Falmouth
June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Wetherspoons! The pilgrimage is complete, don't think I've ever worked so hard for a pizza but hell I'm going to knock back a few and demolish some food after yesterday. Also be good to hide from the sun for a couple of hours because it's hot af. The ferry crossing earlier was pretty dodgy, there were 4 bikes, 7 people and 2 huge bags all squished onto a tiny boatRead more
TravelerFalmouthed Luke
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TravelerJohn Li is missing Luke
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Travelerpassenger lukeator form can reunite them
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- Day 4
- Friday, June 3, 2022 at 3:45 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- England Saint Mawes 50.15238, -5.00464450°9’9” N 5°0’17” W
St Anthony
June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Two ferry rides later via St Mawes and I'm in God knows where. But at least the twister count has now been upped to 10
TravelerThat looks pretty 💕
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- Day 4
- Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7:39 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- England Portscatho 50.178333, -4.97333350°10’42” N 4°58’24” W
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Portscatho
June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Traveler Antiguan or Barbudan?
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Travelerbarbudantiguan?
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- Day 4
- Friday, June 3, 2022 at 8:01 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- England Portscatho 50.185, -4.97333350°11’6” N 4°58’24” W
Pitch 4
June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Could be a wet one with a thunderstorm due in over night, I'll see how soaked my undies are in the morning. This is a tactical pitch though because I can always go back to Portscatho and find some sort of shelter if things get really bad. It's been a solid day, nothing overly mad, will probably stick out in my memory as that day with all the ferries and where I ate too much at wetherspoons. One note I have to make so far is how good a purchase my solar charger continues to be, I half didn't expect it to actually work but so far I've gone four days on one power bank, recharging it while walking, and it's been pretty reliable.

Beauty: 4/10
Comfort: 6/10
Dodginess: 6/10

Day 4 stats:
Distance: 26.1 km
Move minutes: 372Read more
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