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Derek's Walking Home Page.com WALKING the South West COASTAL PATH

In recent years Colin Middleton & I have been given permission by our better halves to go walking for a week each year. Aren't we lucky. This year, 2002, was the fourth year walking the South/West Coastal Path. We have now walked from Minehead to Cape Cornwall and cycled in the opposite direction. Last year we were not permitted to continue from Hartland Quay due to the Foot & Mouth disease, so we started from Padstow. This year we completed the gap and walked/cycled between Hartland Point and Padstow. A task we will never forget. Who said this section we undulating? Not to mention the weather. It must have been the coldest, wettest and windiest July week since the last ice age. Follow the walk by photos right here. For more information on each day's walk see "Lifetime of Walks by Derek Harwood"

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HARTLAND QUAY - PADSTOW ..... 56 Miles
29th June to 4th July 2002
Saturday 29th June -------- Hartland Quay to Luckey Hole
15 degC. 98% Cloud. 2% Rain. Breazy. Good underfoot. Spectacular 200 metre cliffs
Usual coastal birds & plants. Very hard work down to sea level & over each cliff.
.................................................12 miles cycling...................8 miles walking

Sunday 30th June ---------- Luckey Hole to Bude
15 degC. 95% Cloud. 1% Rain. Windy. Good underfoot. Radio dishes huge.
Usual coastal birds & plants. Extremely hard work, up or down all day.
.................................................13 miles cycling...................7 miles walking

Monday 1st July ------------ Bude to Crackington
16 degC. 70% Cloud. 5% Rain. Very Windy. Muddy in places.
................................................12.5 miles cycling.................10 miles walking 		29 June 02 SW Path - Hartland Quay - Colin at start of walk
29 June 02 SW Path - Lundy from Hartland Quay
29 June 02 SW Path - Lundy and Hartland Quay 29 June 02 SW Path - Photographer south of and near Hartland Quay 29 June 02 SW Path - Lundy and Hartland Quay Coast Line 29 June 02 SW Path - Knap Head 29 June 02 SW Path - Gull Rock
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29 June 02 SW Path - Colin above Welcome Mouth 29 June 02 SW Path - Derek at Hawker's Hut 30 June 02 SW Path - Derek and bikes at Crosstown 30 June 02 SW Path - Higher Sharpnose Point 30 June 02 SW Path - Lower Sharpnose Point
30 June 02 SW Path - Lucky Hole 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Station & Harscott High Cliff 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Dish from Rear 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Dishes 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Dish
30 June 02 SW Path - Lundy & Lower Sharpnose Point 30 June 02 SW Path - Warren Point & Bude Bay 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Dish from Steeple Point 30 June 02 SW Path - Harscott High Cliff from Steeple Point 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Dish above Harscott High Cliff
30 June 02 SW Path - Warren Point 30 June 02 SW Path - Derek & Bude 30 June 02 SW Path - Radio Station from Bude 1 July 02 SW Path - Widemouth Bay 1 July 02 SW Path - Millook Haven & Shelter
1 July 02 SW Path - Bude Bay from Millook 1 July 02 SW Path - Derek in Woods near Castle Point 1 July 02 SW Path - Bude Bay from Dizzard Point 1 July 02 SW Path - Chipman Point 1 July 02 SW Path - Crackington from Pencannow Pointh
HARTLAND QUAY - PADSTOW ..... 56 Miles
29th June to 4th July 2002
Lifetime of Walks by Derek Harwood
The South/West Coastal Path is a 'linear' walk. The obvious problem with a linear walk compared with a circular walk is returning to your vehicle. Back-packing generally solves this problem, apart from the beginning and the end of the walk. Colin and I have back-packed previously on the West Highland Way and the Coast to Coast, so we have experienced the problems first hand. Few options of clean clothes, camp sites or watering holes. A vehicle solves these problems, so we have chosen to return to the vehicle using a bicycle. On the S/W Coastal Path this means alot of extra effort, and didn't we know it.
Tuesday 2nd July -------------- Crackington to Tintagel
12 degC. 100% Cloud. 75% Rain. Very Windy & cold. Wonderful 200 metre cliffs. Goats & horses on hillside. Too wet to observe coastal birds & plants. Very hard work down to sea level & over each cliff numerous times.
.................................................16 miles cycling...................11 miles walking

Wednesday 3rd July ---------- Tintagel to Port Isaac
15 degC. 50% Cloud. 0% Rain but very threatening at times. Windy. Good underfoot.
Usual coastal birds (incl Sky Larks & Stonechats) & plants. Extremely hard work, just like Hartland to Bude up or down all day.
.................................................10 miles cycling...................9 miles walking

Thursday 4th July -------------- Port Isaac to Rock (Padstow)
16 degC. 65% Cloud. 0% Rain. Sunny perids & Breazy. Good underfoot. Looked for seals without any luck. Plenty of wild foxgroves.
.................................................8 miles cycling....................11 miles walking 		2 July 02 SW Path - Colin & Bikes at Crackington
2 July 02 SW Path - Goats on Cambeak
2 July 02 SW Path - Colin at Little Strand
2 July 02 SW Path - Voter Run
4 July 02 SW Path - Rusey Cliff 2 July 02 SW Path - Derek - Lunch on High Cliff 3 July 02 SW Path - Willapark 3 July 02 SW Path - Derek & Tintagel Head 3 July 02 SW Path - Walkway on Tintagel Head
3 July 02 SW Path - Tintagel Hotel 3 July 02 SW Path - Tintagel_head 3 July 02 SW Path - Penhallic Point Mining 3 July 02 SW Path - Pillar of Stone, Gull Rock & Dennis Point 4 July 02 SW Path - Port Isaac from Lobber Point
4 July 02 SW Path - Lundy Hole 4 July 02 SW Path - Wild Foxgloves near The Rumps 4 July 02 SW Path - The Head at Pentire Point 4 July 02 SW Path - Third Class Cabin at Polzeath 4 July 02 SW Path - Derek by Padstow Ferry

South/West Coastal Path ....NEXT SECTION... CAPE CORNWALL - FALMOUTH .. 82.5 Miles

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