PADSTOW TO CONSTANTINE BAY Stage 22 (5th July 2008)

A bus from brought us to by 9.45. The path up from the harbour is sheltered, on low cliffs past St. George’s Well and , beaches that almost glow, even on this dull day. Rounding the full force of a westerly gale hit us but at least only brief showers. The path was easy, lots of fulmars & a few oyster catchers visible on the cliffs, then descending past Round Hole to (cafe stop). Then along the sand at and up on the cliff to towards . There is a new lifeboat station next to craggy . Coming to the top of the headland (with lighthouse) the full force of the storm hit us. We missed the path and found ourselves on the road back to Harlyn but recovered, taking a side road back to . By now we were tired but struggled on across 2 more beaches to then a 1km walk away from the coast to the bus stop at 15.30. A bus took us to then another to by 17.00

Time 5hrs. 15 mins. Total distance 11 miles 17.5km. Ascent 461m

The South West Coast Path is the longest of the official UK National Trails, running from Minehead in Somerset round the English south west peninsula coast to Poole in Dorset. The total length is just over 1000 kilometres or, more precisely, 630 miles. Only very dedicated walkers could contemplate completing the whole walk in one go, although plenty of people have done just this. Received opinion is that it would take around 6 weeks, even for the most dedicated.

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