Day 22: Fri 23rd Sept From Wembury to Hope Cove (Devon)

Start Point from our bedroom window just before sunrise

Sunrise at Start point

The "Wow!" factor shot off the scale this morning when we were treated to a fantastic Turner sunrise directly through our new bedroom window: "new" in that we had been decanted again, this time to Alison's friend, Barbara's cosy country cottage. Many thanks, Barbara, for the use of your accommodation; the views are nothing short of sensational.

Up early again shortly after 0500 for more stretching exercises and Achilles treatment  prior to tackling another challenging undulating sector of the Path. But to get to our starting point we had to drive down some of Devon's notoriously narrow river valley lanes with no room on either side to draw breath. Pat regarded this lot with the kind of  terror normally reserved for spiders,creepy crawleys and HMRC Tax Returns. But the girl done good and survived to tell the tale.

Once again, Devon took pity on us and we were provided with an outstanding day of warm autumnal sunshine. The route was much more user-friendly, i.e.,flat! and resulted in another speedo PB for dashing Jack. (Coastal PBs are more or less guaranteed as I've never run  there before!). Much the same was true of dashing Patricia as she succeeded in negociating the tortuous Devonshire lanes. All in all then, it was a dashingly good day followed by an equally dashing good night. And so to bed.