The Southwest Coast Path, Cornwall, England, 2015 by Linden B. (Lindy) Sisk

Day One - Westward Ho to Clovelly

Breakfast in the hotels here is relatively late, starting at 8:30 AM, so it was around 9:30 before we hit the trail. We walked around 13 miles, depending on whether one believed a GPS, or one of several personal activity trackers like my UP24 band. Vertical gain/loss was somewhere between 5500 feet and 6000 feet, again depending on whether one believed the activity trackers or the guidebook. Below are some of the sights we saw.

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Trail marker in pavement

Sometimes the path was wide

Tilted geological structures

Wilf holding up a dog gate

Sometimes the path was narrow

Paraglider over the coast

Sometimes the path descended steeply

Sometimes the path was along the beach

Path through high vegetation

Magnificent distant views

Rhododendrons

Harbor at Clovelly

Village of Clovelly from the harbor

It was a long day. It's one thing to do one long day, but we are doing 14 in a row, and have already found that the distances in the guidebook may be short. We had dinner in the hotel, and retired.

Tomorrow is another day.

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