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15/5/2014 – Minehead to Porlock Weir (9.5mls)

Well today was the day that we started our adventure. We were long overdue a trip to see Toni at the Lorna Doone Hotel in Porlock so...

18/10/2020 - Porlock Weir to Lynmouth (13.07mls)

It took about 1hour to drive from Ilfracombe to Porlock Weir, a place that had many memories for David and Fiona. Fiona's parents retired...

20/10/2020 - Lynmouth to Hunters Inn (7.49mls)

Starting again at Lynmouth from where we had finished the Porlock Weir walk we had two choices to get up to Lynton to pick up the SWCP...

22/10/2020 - Hunters Inn to Combe Martin (8.58mls)

Back at the Hunters Inn today to complete the second leg of the walk to Combe Martin. Fiona dropped us at the door and then went off to...

21/10/2020 - Combe Martin to Ilfracombe (5.6mls)

The weather forecast for today was wet, wet, wet and, as we were originally planned to do a tricky walk from Hunters Inn to Combe Martin,...

19/10/2020 - Ilfracombe to Woolacombe (8.53mls)

Today we were able to walk from the apartment and it was our first real chance to explore Ilfracombe. There is lots of interest around...

23/10/2020 - Woolacombe to Saunton Sands (7.83mls)

The final walk of the week was from Woolacombe to Saunton Sands which was where David and Fiona had finished in 2014. Arriving in...

17/7/2014 – Barnstable to Saunton Sands (11.4mls)

This was our second attempt to do this walk – the day before we had left at 07:30, got on to the M5 just after 08:00 and then joined a...

23/6/2023 Barnstaple to Westward Ho! (13.66mls)

This is billed as an easy walk and so David A decided he could manage the first part at least from Barnstaple to Instow. This is along...

22/6/2023 Westward Ho! to Clovelly (13.61mls)

A long walk but nothing memorable. Westward Ho! is a pebbly holiday resort with a sandy beach to the north of the town. The walk along...

21/6/2023 Clovelly to Hartland Quay (11.8mls)

Walking at the summer solstice seemed special and although there had been a light shower early on, by the time we arrived at the Visitor...

19/6/2023 Hartland Quay to Morwenstowe (9.69mls)

The SWCP Guide #13 details the walk as 15.2mls from Hartland Quay to Bude with a 9hrs walking time but we took the option to split the...

20/6/2023 Morwenstowe to Bude (7.53mls)

David A reckoned this part of the path would be easier than the previous day's walk so the three of us set off from the Old Rectory Tea...

10/9/2023 Bude to Crackington Haven (12mls)

Having ended the walk at the sea pool in Bude on our last visit, parking in the Summerleaze car park, we started this walk by parking in...

13/9/2023 Crackington Haven to Boscastle to Tintagel (7.41mls & 4.72mls)

By now it was clear that we were not going to be able to complete the final stretch to South Haven Point in this visit. On the day...

14/9/2023 Tintagel to Port Quin (8.14mls)

The normal walk is from Tintagel to Port Isaac but David L was not yet fully recovered and was concerned about whether he was up to the...

15/9/2023 Port Quin to Padstow (9.42mls)

The final walk of the week and the weather was set fair. Back at Port Quin all was quiet but the feature of the day was that we never...

8-9/6/2015 – Polzeath to Harlyn Bay (9.5mls)

Our friends Shrimp and Rob had rented a property in Padstow for the week and invited us to join them for a couple of days walking the...

6/7/2015 – Harlyn Bay to Porthcothan (6.6mls)

We are back in Cornwall to pick up where we left off last month after our couple of days in Padstow. Driving down to Porthcothan in the...

7/7/2015 – Porthcothan to Newquay (11.1 mls)

We set off early the next morning as we had 11.1 miles to walk to Newquay, a bus ride back to Porthcothan, and then a 3 hour drive back...

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*** COMPLETED - 6/10/2023 *** This website is a record of each walk not in the order of which we walked but in the sequence of Minehead to South Haven Point. To view the full website ... https://davidlangan99.wixsite.com/swcp