Month: March 2019

Week 25 roundup – Welcombe to Ilfracombe

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Wednesday 20th to Tuesday 26th March 2019

Welcombe to Hartland 6.66
Hartland to Buck’s Mills 10.95
Buck’s Mills to Appledore 10.14
Appledore to Croyde 8.60
Croyde to Ilfracombe 10.77

Total miles this week 47.12

Total miles to date 1053.78

Hartland

 

Hartland to Buck’s Mills

 

“The Angels Wings”, the grade 2 listed building “built in 1828 and restored by a few devoted friends in 1934 in memory of Marion Stucley who loved Clovelly”.

 

Clovelly

 

The Hobby Drive, Clovelly

 

Buck’s Mills to Appledore

 

Buck’s Mills to Appledore. A steep section!

 

Buck’s Mills to Appledore

 

A pavement waymarker at Westward Ho!

 

Westward Ho!

 

The Neck, near Crow Point

 

The Tarka Trail, Braunton

 

DUKW six-wheel-drive amphibious assault craft used in WWII. Part of the Braunton Burrows information board.

 

Saunton Sands

 

Croyde to Ilfracombe

 

Woolacombe Sand

 

On Route 27 of the National Cycle Network, Croyde to Ilfracombe

 

On Route 27 of the National Cycle Network, Croyde to Ilfracombe

 

Route 27 of the National Cycle Network, Croyde to Ilfracombe

 

Detail of the Route 27 National Cycle Network waymarker, Croyde to Ilfracombe

Week 24 roundup – Porthcothan to Welcombe

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Wednesday 13th to Tuesday 19th March 2019

Porthcothan to Wadebridge 11.35
Rock to Port Gaverne 9.49
Tintagel to Boscastle 7.03
Crackington Haven to Bude 8.71
Bude to Welcombe 10.69

Total miles this week 47.27

Total miles to date 1006.66

Padstow

 

The Camel Estuary, Padstow to Wadebridge

 

The dunes at Rock

 

Lundy Hole, Rock to Port Gaverne

 

Boscastle

 

Boscastle

 

Crackington Haven to Bude

 

Crackington Haven to Bude

 

Crackington Haven to Bude

 

Bude sea swimming pool

 

Bude

 

Bude to Welcombe

 

Bude to Welcombe

 

Bude to Welcombe

 

Bude to Welcombe

 

Wonder what this structure in Welcombe is?

 

 

 

Week 23 roundup – St Ives to Newquay

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Wednesday 6th to Tuesday 12th March 2019

St Ives to Godrevy 11.60
Godrevy to Porthtowan 10.06
Porthtowan to Perranporth  8.63
Perranporth to Newquay  9.26

Total miles this week 39.55

Total miles to date 959.39

 

Art at St Ives Railway Station

 

St Ives harbour

 

Herring Gulls at St Ives harbour

 

St Ives

 

Upton Towans

 

Lichen on coastal rocks

 

Porthtowan

 

The National Trust”s Wheal Coates engine house. Porthtowan and Perranporth.

 

Porthtowan and Perranporth

 

Perranporth

 

Perran Beach, Perranporth

 

Hoblyn’s Cove, Perranporth to Newquay.

 

The Gannel Estuary, Newquay

 

The tidal footbridge over the Gannel Estuary, Newquay

 

 

Week 22 roundup – Porthgwarra to Gurnard’s Head

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Wednesday 27th to Tuesday 5th March 2019

Porthgwarra to Cape Cornwall 10.86
Cape Cornwall to Gurnard’s Head/Treen 9.92

Total miles this week 20.78

Total miles to date 919.84

 

Porthgwarra to Cape Cornwall

 

Porthgwarra to Cape Cornwall

 

The wreck of the RMS Mülheim, the German cargo ship, which ran aground in Gamper Bay, between Sennen Cove and Land’s End

 

Levant Mines, Pendeen, near St Just

 

Cape Cornwall to Gurnard’s Head