South West Coast Path Part 5 21-28 September 2012

Cheryl, her sister Ros and I shared a lovely cottage near Bodmin. It was just what we wanted, in the middle of nowhere and it had two baths and a shower!
We ate very well (mainly vegetarian, which I enjoyed but I did eat beef, pork then lamb on the first three days back home!) and drank very well - no one of us dared count the bottles.
The forecast for the week was very bad and initially I thought we were going to be the worst hit part of the country, but not so! There were two days when we did not get outside much but one of those we were at the Eden Project and thus for a couple of hours in the tropics. I think the concept of the Eden Project is from a genius and the whole idea quite inspirational. I hope I can get to go again soon. I bought the DVD and the book!

Cheryl and I managed about 40 miles along the South West Coast Path with a lot of help from Ros, taking us to a start point or fetching us back. We covered Plymouth to Looe and Fowey to Megavissey in 5 outings so there is a bit in between to be walked later to complete that section. Always it was wet underfoot and on a couple of days we were putting rain gear on, then off, several times. So the going was a bit tougher than ideal and the stretch from Fowey to Charlestown, labelled as strenous, was indeed strenuous. Hence the delight at two baths back in the cottage.

Overall we have a mere 450 miles of the SWCP to finish and get our names in the book!

We got to look at a couple of  properties, Mount Edgcumb and Landhydrock, which is National Trust. There is a lot to explore in Cornwall.

On the way to the cottage, Cheryl and I spent a couple of nights with my very oldest friends (we have known each other since the age of 11 years!) and so that is always a pleasure as we relax together and eat and drink (they do the best G&T I have ever tasted) and talk endlessly.  We had a great meal in, a great meal out at the Elizabethan and an excellent lunch at the local vineyard. We can't wait to visit again!