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I've already told the story of the actual walk, but also wanted to wrap up some comments on the planning for the trip and some general thoughts on the walk and route themselves. So here goes... Firstly, my account of the walk (I'll add Paul's in due course when and if he gets around to … Continue reading A Different Coast to Coast – Devon
Ivybridge to Wembury: 15 miles, 1 day The half day did us both good in topping up the tanks ready for the final stretch of the walk. I don't think either of us had particularly high hopes for this final day's walk, but personally I can pretty much steel myself for anything with the knowledge … Continue reading A Different Coast to Coast – Part 4: The Bottom Bit
Drewsteignton to Ivybridge - 38 miles, 2½ days Paul's feet seemed to have got a second wind, and he was back in the lead as we climbed up out of Drewsteignton onto the Castle Drogo estate. Familiar territory now, and I'd visited all of these tors earlier in the year, so it wasn't a long … Continue reading A Different Coast to Coast – Part 3: Dartmoor
Knowstone to Drewsteignton, 29 miles, 2 days As is always the case on a long distance walk, a night spent in a proper bed and the body filled with a proper breakfast gives you a bit of a spring in your step. And so it was as we started out for day 3, tempered only … Continue reading A Different Coast to Coast – Part 2: The Middle Bit
Lynmouth to Knowstone - 27 miles, 2 days The rain started just as we got to Lynmouth, banishing the hopes that had arisen that the forecast didn't seem to be playing out. We stepped onto the beach to take the obligatory start photo and then turned our faces southward and into the rain. Before we … Continue reading A Different Coast to Coast – Part 1: Exmoor