Port Quin to Port Isaac - a late summer's day

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                                    A rare picture of me! The tube is from my water
                                    bottle, not oxygen or beer as some wags have commented...

                                    Port Isaac

 

Port Isaac

                                        

                                                    Kathy from Portishead

                                

Training Day 30 - Port quin - Port Isaac return - 3 hrs / 6 miles

A gorgeous early autumnal day saw me dropping the two smallest ankle-snappers off with my sister Linda in a nearby rented farmhouse and strike out for Port Isaac.  Slightly muddy - but just look at those views, and it was still t-shirt weather.  Where else would you want to be?  Gratifyingly I covered the ground fairly easily, whereas a few months ago on this same trail I huffed and puffed so I must be getting a bit fitter?.... 5 weeks to go gulp!  Often the best part of these walks is chatting to other walkers and today was no exception as I met Kathy going the other way, down for the weekend, and equally enthusiastic about the walk, weather and life in general today. Hi Kathy ! An unusual end to the day was driving 5 minutes down the road to find a roast dinner waiting on the table with the children fed and ready for bed.  Lovely.  Thanks Linda and Hillary.


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Pigs in wellies

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Walk around the Fowey Peninsula / Gribben - 3 hrs / 8 miles

 

A beautiful day for a stroll, incorporating parts of The Saints Way.  It was a bit muddy in places.  Those Saints must have worn wellies! The pigs (pictured) were in their element. It was a circular walk and for some reason I was going anti-clockwise when everyone else was going clockwise so there were some double-takes when I passed the same people twice. Where's Hugh with his map when you need him? I tried out my new rucksack which was a vast improvement on my old one and I even began to get the hank of my hydro (water) bag with pipe.  Think I'll fill it with beer at Everest....and the sock liners were promising as well.

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