South West Coast Path - stages completed

• Stage numbers will be links to live OS map pages showing a track of our route. There is also a brief description of the path we followed, the tea shops we stopped at and various creatures we saw.
• Dates will be links to Google Maps showing our approximate route (not to be relied on for navigation since the level of detail is nothing like good enough to avoid obstacles like streams and cliffs). Hovering the cursor over the path will display a brief description.
• In a few cases, we did stages out of sequence or in reverse to cope with bus services, especially on Sundays.
  

Minehead to Combe Martin - April 2007 - staying in a cottage in Lynton

Stage 1 -  25/04/2007 - Minehead to Porlock - 15.9km - 689m climbed

Stage 2 -  23/04/2007 - Porlock to County Gate - 17.1km - 1002m climbed

Stage 3 -  22/04/2007 - County Gate to Lynmouth - 13.3km - 592m climbed

Stage 4 -  26/04/2007 - Lynton to Heddons Mouth (Hunter's Inn) - 12km - 893m climbed

Stage 5 -  27/04/2007 - Heddons Mouth to Combe Martin - 14km - 765m climbed

Combe Martin to Barnstaple - July 2007 - staying in B&Bs (pre-booked but carrying our stuff from day to day)

Stage 6 -  26/07/2007 - Combe Martin to Ilfracombe - 8.6km - 550m climbed - Norbury House B&B

Stage 7 -  27/07/2007 - Ilfracombe to Woolacombe - 11.7km - 745m climbed - Sunny Nook B&B

Stage 8 -  28/07/2007 - Woolacombe to Braunton - 18km - 385m climbed - Brookfield B&B

Stage 9 -  29/07/2007 - Braunton to Barnstaple - 13.2km - 64m climbed

Barnstaple to Instow - August 2007 - Yeodale Hotel 

Stage 10 - 15/08/2007 - Barnstaple to Instow - 11.9km - 222m climbed

Stage 11 - 16/07/2007 - Appledore to Westward Ho! - 11km - 149m climbed

Stage 12 - 17/07/2007 - Westward Ho! to Buck's Cross (walked in the other direction) - 12.9km - 860m climbed

Buck's Mills to Bude - March 2008 - Lake Villa B&B, Bradworthy (drove us to start point and picked us up from finish each day as this is a stretch less well served by public transport)

Stage 13 - 13/03/2008 - Buck's Mills to Clovelly - 7.5km - 613m climbed

Stage 14 - 14/03/2008 - Clovelly to Hartland Quay - 16km - 773m climbed

Stage 15 - 15/03/2008 - Hartland Quay to Morwenstow - 12.5km - 750m climbed

Stage 16 - 16/03/2008 - Morwenstow to Bude - 13km - 768m climbed

Bude to Port Gaverne - June 2008 - Valency (self catering), Boscastle

Stage 17 - 06/06/2008  - Bude to Widemouth Bay - 5.6km - 265m climb

Stage 18 - 07/06/2008 - Widemouth Bay to Crackington Haven - 10.5km - 556m climbed

Stage 19 - 08/06/2008 - Crackington Haven to Tintagel - 21.6km - 1875m climbed

Stage 20 - 09/06/2008 - Tintagel to Port Gaverne - 13.2km - 760m climbed

Port Gaverne to Mawgan Porth - July 2008 - Pencarn B&B, Wadebridge

Stage 21 - 04/07/2008 - Port Gaverne to Rock - 21.5km - 795m climbed

Stage 22 - 05/07/2008 - Padstow to Constantine Bay - 17.5km - 461m climbed

Stage 23 - 06/07/2008 - Constantine Bay to Mawgan Porth - 11km - 189m climbed

Mawgan Porth to St. Ives - September 2008 - Droskyn Castle (self catering), Perranporth

Stage 24 - 26/09/2008 - Mawgan Porth to Newquay - 8.8km - 151m climbed

Stage 25 - 27/09/2008 - Newquay to Perranporth - 21km - 510m climbed

Stage 26 - 28/09/2008 - Perranporth to Porthtowan - 13.5km - 422m climbed

Stage 27 - 29/09/2008 - Porthtowan to Hell's Mouth - 13.5km - 442m climbed

Stage 28 - 01/10/2008 - Hell's Mouth to Hayle - 11km - 168m climbed 

Stage 29 - 30/09/2008 - Hayle to St. Ives to Hayle (walked in the other direction) - 9.5km - 290m climbed

St. Ives to Marazion - May/June 2009 - Hotel Penzance, Penzance

Stage 30 - 28/05/2009 - St. Ives to Zennor - 10.5km - climbed 710m

Stage 31 - 29/05/2009 - Zennor to Cape Cornwall - 14.5km - 445m climbed

Stage 32 - 30/05/2009 - Cape Cornwall to Land's End -  12.5km - 417m climbed

Stage 33 - 31/05/2009 - Land's End to Penberth - 11.5km - 540m climbed

Stage 34 - 01/06/2009 - Penberth to Penzance - 18km - 546m climbed

Stage 35 - 02/06/2009 - Penzance to Marazion - 6km - 33m climbed

  - photos for the stages from St Ives to Marazion

Marazion to Coverack - September 2009 - using Luggage Transfer South West to move our bags from place to place as there are fewer bus services around The Lizard than some other parts of the route.

Stage 36 - 10/09/2009 - Marazion to Praa Sands - Hotel Penzance, Penzance

Stage 37 - 11/09/2009 - Praa Sands to Mullion - Trenance Farm B&B - photos

Stage 38 - 12/09/2009 - Mullion to the Housel Bay -  Landewednack House B&B - photos

Stage 39 - 13/09/2009 - Housel Bay to Coverack - Porthbeer B&B - photos

Coverack to Helford - April 2010 - (we had to miss this bit in 2009 so we filled the gap at the start of the 2010 walking season)

Stage 40 - 15/04/2010 - Coverack to Porthallow - Gallen Treath Guest House Porthallow

Stage 41 - 16/04/2010 - Porthallow to Helford - Trelawney Guest House Falmouth

Helford Passage to Gorran Haven - October 2009 - carrying small rucksacks and staying at different hotels on the route each night

Stage 42 - 15/10/2009 - Helford Passage to Falmouth - Green Lawns Hotel, Falmouth - photos

Stage 43 - 16/10/2009 - Falmouth to Portscatho - The Rosevine Hotel, Portscatho - photos

Stage 44 - 17/10/2009 - Portscatho to Portloe - The Lugger, Portloe  - photos

Stage 45 - 18/10/2009 - Portloe to Gorran Haven - home by sleeper train from St Austell - photos

Gorran Haven to Polperro - May 2010 - carrying small rucksacks and staying at different hotels on the route each night

Stage 46 - 10/05/2010 - Gorran Haven to Mevagissey  - Tregorran Guest House Mevagissey

Stage 47 - 11/05/2010 - Mevagissey to Charlestown - The Pier House Hotel Charlestown

Stage 48 - 12/05/2010 - Charlestown to Fowey - The Fowey Hotel Fowey

Stage 49 - 13/05/2010 - Fowey to Polperro - bus to Liskeard for train home

Polperro to Plymouth - June/July 2010 - based at Jurys Inn in Plymouth and using local buses to get to the start and finish of stages

Stage 50 - 30/06/2010 - Polperro to Seaton

Stage 51 - 01/07/2010 - Seaton to Freathy

Stage 52 - 02/07/2010 - Freathy to Cremyll Ferry to Plymouth

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