What a great way to end a hike! The South West Coast Path was a fantastic hiking experience, a scenic rollercoaster of a route. It has a reputation as England's hardest national trail, on account of the numerous steep ascents and descents, often in very quick succession, most of them via very steep wooden steps rather than switchbacks.
So physically it's very hard on the knees, but the scenery and the weather were great. Dramatic cliffs, white beaches, lots of interesting old tin mine workings - just look at the photos!
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| Beach walking at Westward Ho! |
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| Near Clovelly |
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| Greencliff near Clovelly |
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| Clovelly |
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| Blackchurch Rock, Devon |
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| Hartland Quay |
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| High Cliff near Bude, Cornwall |
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| Rusey Cliff, Cornwall |
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| Curzyway wall |
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| Rocky Valley near Tintagel |
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| Zawn, Cornwall |
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| Typical South West Coast Path near Port Isaac |
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| Hayle Bay, Cornwall |
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| Late night cooking near West Pentire, Cornwall |
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| Path near Perranporth, Cornwall |
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| St Agnes Head, Cornwall |
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| Towanroath pumping engine house, Wheal Coates |
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| B&B treat at the Sloop Inn, St Ives |
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| Near Zennor Head, Cornwall |
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| Botallack Mine, Cornwall |
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| Name that flower! Near Sennen Cove |
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| Land's End |
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| Land's End |
Anonymous
well done, cornwall looks glorious. The flower is a hottentot fig, which is an escapee from South Africa. Claire x
Penny Reeves
Mesembryanthemum – a South African import that we used to see everywhere on Scilly when we were kids on holiday 🙂 – Penny.
abitofawalk
Thanks Penny! Well done. Shame it's an import – ah well, I loved the colours anyway! Tanya
Unknown
Perhaps you don't remember how we tried to walk along that path from Boscastle to Tintagel – but there was light rain and the path was steep, muddy and slippery. Really envious of you though for those views – but not the sore knees! Mum