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18/8/2015 – Newquay to Perranporth (10.8mls)

Back in North Cornwall the plan was to walk from Newquay to Godrevy over 3 days, but the weather had other ideas! We had booked a B&B...

20/9/2021 - Perranporth to Portreath (13.07mls)

This was the start of 4 tough days of walking, all around 12mls, and with 2 of the largest height gains so far. Dropping us off at the...

17/6/2021 - Portreath to Hayle (11.54mls)

Our final walk for the week was from Portreath to Hayle and, apart from a couple of steep climbs near the beginning, the walk was easy,...

15/6/2021 - Hayle to St Ives (6.2mls)

The day started with a visit to the art deco Jubilee Pool in Penzance where Fiona and Justine swam whilst the two Davids drank morning...

16/6/2021 - St Ives to Gurnards Head (8.6mls)

This was the leg of the walk that we were not looking forward to as the SWCP brochure had billed it as severe and although we had split...

12/6/2021 - Gurnards Head to Cape Cornwall (9.82 mls)

The recognised walk in this area is from St Ives to Pendeen Watch but because of the G7 conference and also that the walk is classed as...

13/6/2021 - Cape Cornwall to Porthcurno (Minack Theatre) (11.23mls)

Back at Cape Cornwall today for another tough up and down boulder strewn walk to the Minack Theatre at Porthcurno to meet Fiona for a...

14/6/2021 - Porthcurno (Minack Theatre) to Penzance (11.27mls)

We were out earlier today as Fiona needed to be back at the Minack Theatre for the 10:30 performance that we had witnessed the rehearsals...

17/9/2014 – Penzance to Praa Sands (10.1mls)

We had both travelled down in our walking boots to save space, but Fiona’s new orthotic inserts had been quite painful so she changed to...

23/9/2021 - Lunch in Marazion with Anne and Ernie

Today was a day off from walking the SWCP as we had arranged to meet Justine's parents, Anne and Ernie, who were travelling down from...

18/9/2014 – Praa Sands to Mullion Cove (11mls)

As we left Praa Sands we were acutely aware that today was Scottish Referendum Day, but then forgot all about it as wonderful views of...

19/9/2014 – Mullion Cove to The Lizard (8.2mls)

We woke up this morning to the good news of a NO vote in the Scottish Referendum. Not sure this was a portent or not but the weather like...

20/9/2014 – The Lizard to Coverack (9.2mls)

Very mild and clear morning so, restarting from Church Cove, it was comfortable walking passing the “Devil’s Frying Pan” … … to our...

21/9/2014 – Coverack to Helford (13.1mls)

This was the day that I had been apprehensive about since booking this holiday. Apart from being the furthest distance at 13.1 miles,...

22/9/2014 – Helford to Falmouth (10mls)

The last day!, and although it was only 10miles of mainly gentle walking Fiona’s feet were now causing some problems and also the knees...

21/9/2021 - Falmouth to Portloe (11.98mls)

Technically we should have started at Falmouth which was were we finished our Penzance to Falmouth walk in 2014. But as we have been to...

22/9/2021 - Portloe to Mevagissey (12.76mls)

This turned out to be a very arduous walk with a height gain of 2460ft, our highest yet, taking in The Dodman which is the highest point...

24/9/2021 - Mevagissey to Par (12.26mls)

The final leg of our journey back to Par, where we started at the beginning of the week. We left Mevagissey looking far more attractive...

19/9/2021 - Par to Fowey (6.37mls)

Amazingly, Justine and DavidA arrived in the East Beach Car Park at Par almost at the same time as we (Fiona and DavidL) did. Changing...

7/9/2022 Fowey (Polruan) to Looe (12.1mls)

Miraculously the weather forecast changed overnight such that we were now being 'promised' a dry day as opposed to the previous day's...

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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