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South West Coast Path – Penzance to Penberth Cove
22nd March 2023 It was our original intention to go for a few days walking along the South West Coast Path heading eastwards and ending up at Lizard Point, but the difficulty in finding reasonably priced accommodation at this time of the year called for a change of plan. So we booked the camper van…
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A West Country Jaunt – South West Coast Path Mylor Harbour to The Lizard
21st October – 31st October 2022 We took our campervan down to Cornwall. Originally, we were just planing to visit Jo, Sim and Lotte who are currently living on their boat in Mylor. We hadn’t seen them for a while, so we were keen to catch up with their news. Their boat had been hauled…
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South West Coast Path – Clothing
28th January 2016 As it happened it wasn’t cold despite being January. It was however wet and windy and it was interesting to see whether our clothing was up for it. My Montane jacket made from Event was already leaking during my bike ride to work so I decided to buy a new one. There was a…
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South West Coast Path – Combe Martin to Ilfracombe
I have posted this walk upside down and haven’t a clue how to swap it around. It will make more sense if you start on Day One and work your way through chronologically. Sorry about that! 26th January 2016 Day 4 Combe Martin to Ilfracombe This was just a short walk as we needed to get…
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South West Coast Path – Lynmouth to Combe Martin
26th January 2016 Day 3 Lynmouth to Combe Martin We had breakfast at 09:00 which was a bit late. By the time we were on the road it was probably after 10:00. Today the tail end of the great storm that struck the East Coast of America was due to hit Britain. It was raining…
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South West Coast Path Day Two Porlock to Lynton
25th January 2016 Day 2 Porlock to Lynton The walk to Lynton was only a little longer at about 14 miles but don’t forget these are hilly miles. Just outside Porlock you walk through the romantic creations of Lord Lovelace. Strange castilated towers and arches were constructed to emulate the gardens he had seen in…
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South West Coast Path – Minehead to Porlock
24th January 2016 Minehead to Porlock After the Louis Vuitton mast job in Paris and the London Boat Show I needed a bit of a breather and decided to go on a long distance walk. Being mid-January I ruled out anything that could be halted by bad weather and plumped for an old favourite –…
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South West Coast Path – Walk from Weymouth to Worth Matravers
14th March 2015 Dorset Coast – South West Coast Path The much needed weekend break had arrived and we were on the 18:00 train to Weymouth. As John works with train sets we were treated to first class and the journey was very civilised. Selma greeted us at Weymouth and, despite our large snack en…
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Happy New Year everyone! 2023
December 27th 2022 I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and are now enjoying a well deserved rest. At times like this we often look back on the year that is about to slip away. For a while, I felt like 2022 was a bit of a failure after I decided not to…
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Marinas and Harbours – Walton on the Naze to Portsmouth 2024
14th June 2024 Reading Time: 10 minutes As a reminder to myself, and maybe to help others cruising the South Coast of England, I thought I would review some of the marinas and harbours that we are stopping at. We are using a lot of marinas because we have a dog onboard and it simplifies…