The South West Coast Path

[Voley]

Given that I practically live on it at the moment I thought it was probably time I walked along it.

I'm setting off from Newquay in a few days and will be heading towards Lands End. At least 5 or 6 days, I reckon, but probably more like 10 if my usual standards of slothdom apply. Staying in B&B's / pubs along the way.

Anyone walked it? Any ideas what I can expect?

 

[sheothebudworths]

<jealous>


Nice one - enjoy it lovey!

 

[Voley]

Here's how Cape Cornwall looked a couple of days ago:

I'm looking forward to more of the same.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Very nice!








































(Cunt! )

 

[Voley]

Cheers!

 

[sheothebudworths]

You're welcome!

 

[Voley]

Hmmm ...

Just looked at today's weather and the week's forecast and I'm putting it back for a week or so.

Torrential rain here right now - not much fun tramping through miles of mud, methinks.

 

[Fuzzy]

i also practically live on it. i've walked the bit between Newquay and St Agnes. there is a good mix in this section of high cliffs and nice long exposed beaches. also a god selection of pubs in this section - the lewinack (near Pentire), the Bowgie at Crantock, the watering hole at Perranporth and the driftwood at St Agnes beach. see all you need to know for a good 10 - 15 miles of walking. there is also a pub in Holywell bay but i cant remember the name of it.

 

[Voley]

Cheers for that, Fuzzy.

I've walked a lot of the Cornish bit of the South Coast (Porthleven round Land's End to St Ives) in the past and that was beautiful so I'm looking forward to this.

I've suffered from extreme dithering the last couple of days though - the forecast was appalling for this week so I knocked the idea on the head.

And guess what? It's bloody gorgeous today!

Ta for the pub recommendations - I'll make a mental note.

 

[rubbershoes]

i've done parts of it in devon and almost all of the dorset bit

tis lovely. just be realistic about what you can do each day.

 

[Voley]

Oh I'm realistic all right. To the point of outright laziness.

A few hours a day's enough for me - I can't understand these folk that aren't happy unless they've covered 20 miles and given themselves a hernia. I'm here to admire the view, not kill myself.

Did either of you have any trouble getting somewhere to stay? I was hoping to avoid having to ring ahead and book as this ties you down to staying in one place at a certain time.

If somewhere's nice, I like to stop for a night, irrespective of whether it's lunchtime and I've only walked for an hour or two that day.

 

[Fuzzy]

are you camping or b+bing?

 

[Voley]

B&B's / pubs.

 

[Fuzzy]

B&B's / pubs.

if you were camping you would have been more than welcome to camp in my front garden.

 

[Voley]

That's very kind of you. A tent's a heavy old thing to lug around 100 miles or so of coastpath, though - I'm really trying to keep the weight of me backpack down.

Anyone else try it just staying in B&B's?

 

[dash_two]

What would it be like for wild camping? Are there lots of ultra-vigilant landowners round those parts on the lookout for that sort of thing?

 

[Fuzzy]

i see a few people wild camping on the dunes that run along perranporth beach. i guess with all wild camping if you pitch late/rise early and tidy up after yourself you'll have to be unlucky to get caught.

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

(Cunt! )

 

[dash_two]

i see a few people wild camping on the dunes that run along perranporth beach. i guess with all wild camping if you pitch late/rise early and tidy up after yourself you'll have to be unlucky to get caught.

I'm not always good at that 'rise early' bit though!

 

[Ground Elder]

I was hoping to avoid having to ring ahead and book as this ties you down to staying in one place at a certain time

I'd book ahead NVP Tried getting a b & b for my sister in law the other week and had to ring 7 before I found a vacancy.

 

[Voley]

Was that for Bank Holiday weekend?

 

[Geri]

I'm not always good at that 'rise early' bit though!

Not even when camping? I don't understand how anyone can lie in a tent once the sun has come up, it gets too hot!

 

[Ground Elder]

Was that for Bank Holiday weekend?

No it was a non-school holiday week. Cornwall is full and now the border must be closed

 

[madzone]

Cornwall is full and now the border must be closed

Raise the fucking drawbridge. Penzance was full of blundering halfwits today - even more than normal - who seemed to think that as they're on holiday they're entiteld to walk down the middle of the road 4 abreast. I disabused them of that notion by stopping the car sharply and giving them a hard helga stare. Really proper scared them that did*









*Actually, they just looked at me like I was a piece of shit and carried on walking in the middle of the road

 

[Ground Elder]

as they're on holiday they're entiteld to walk down the middle of the road 4 abreast. I disabused them of that notion by stopping the car sharply and giving them a hard helga stare

Selfish fuckers - Causewayhead's a great short cut.

eta with a top fish shop

 

[madzone]

Selfish fuckers - Causewayhead's a great short cut.

eta with a top fish shop

Except you can't get in the fish shop for all the fuckers trying to sell you drugs

 

[bluestreak]

Except you can't get in the fish shop for all the fuckers trying to sell you drugs

i think anyone whose tried to get into the woolworths near brixton tube knows that feeling.


i'd love to do that walk, that looks lovely.

 

[dash_two]

Not even when camping? I don't understand how anyone can lie in a tent once the sun has come up, it gets too hot!

Ah well that's when it's sunny! When it's pouring down, having to fold the wet tent up . . . hmm maybe time to fire up the Jetboil and have another cuppa first . . .

 

[Voley]

Hmmm, I really don't want to have to book ahead, though. That means I'll have to plan and everything.

I'm much more a sort of 'walk a mile or two, find a nice place and call it a day' type person. Booking ties you down a lot.

 

[Fuzzy]

Hmmm, I really don't want to have to book ahead, though. That means I'll have to plan and everything.

I'm much more a sort of 'walk a mile or two, find a nice place and call it a day' type person. Booking ties you down a lot.

it could be walk a mile or two and find everything is booked and end up walking 7 or 8 miles to find somewhere to sleep.