Monthly Archives: September 2013

Monday partly cloudy very foggy to start. Today's goal was Lands End. Reputed to be tacky. It is, but not much. The coast has definitely flattened out. More frenquent ups and downs but each rise is lower than the North … Continue reading →

Sunday. Weather uncertain even after watching it. Later drizzle. Mostly drizzle. Many The Mud Song versions on the path. Coastal walk, part one of today ends at Hayle where there is a nature preserve in the estuary. Carried binoculars for … Continue reading →

Sat. Thunderstorms forecasted. Nope Rest day, feet up, planning, testing, hot tubing, laundry. Main excitement was the fuse, power went out. Unlike Binghamton where when we had a similar outage 35 years ago, the handyman when asked about the fuse … Continue reading →

Some editing was omitted yesterday. This update corrects. Friday partly cloudy and warm. Due to time, weather and legs, Boogs are sampling more than sacking the SWCP. Windy!! Felt unsafe on the cliffsSustained winds of 40km/hr with much larger gusts. … Continue reading →

Friday partly cloudy and warm. Windy!! Felt unsafe on the cliffsSustained winds of 40km/hr with much larger gusts. One featured coast walk is the one from Crantock, the starting point for us today. Includes a long walk on Perranporth beach. … Continue reading →

Thur rain wind and sun all at same time. Visited the national trust and wandered back North to see the Brdruthan Steps, an interesting rock formation. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnewas_and_Bedruthan_Steps Back South at Watergate bay we found Jamie Oliver's 15, stopped in for … Continue reading →

Wed. Weather stable. Pleasant walk to Constantine Bay. Book said easy, different definition of easy. No beach walks today. Leaving the lovely tourist town of Padstow we spoke with a window washer. Noticed that many shops were having their windows … Continue reading →

Tues. Weather same as yesterday. Watched a show last night called Doc Martin. Filmed in Port Isaac it draws tourist buses to the town. One shopkeeper told us that it is taking America by storm. Next three miles reputed to … Continue reading →

Monday partly sunny with some fog A rest day. Wandering this town and nearby Gaven. Sampling a pudding cake with after dinner coffee. Local lobster. Very similar to the Maine variety. Hard shell, smaller in size. Tasty. Served without butter, … Continue reading →

Sunday. Overcast. Nice cliff walk out of Tintagel to a pub where we picked up a taxi to port Isaac. Avoided what is according to the books and the locals the hardest and most treacherous part of the entire cost … Continue reading →