Sat. 1st Oct. 2011:South Haven Point, Studland Bay

Monday 5 September 2011

Sunday/Monday 4th/5th September 2011 Woolacombe to Clovelly

The target for Sunday was the 28 miles from Woolacombe's wonderful panoramic beach to Instow on the riverTaw with its unique cricket ground where a well hit '6'  could end up at high tide in the briny. However the 5 miles of soft sand puts the fear of God into any achilles heel and my physio commanded that I should take it easy in the opening week, soft sands included.  Other than that, the only major obstacles were half a dozen Devonshire tsunamis, but a good bowl of pasta and an early bed soon put that to rights.

Monday saw us up at the crack of dawn accommpanied by various other cracking noises emanating from grumbling groins and mutinous muscles. Soon I was galloping high over the River Torridge near Bideford's elegant modern bridge towards Appledore with its array of multi-colourd fisherman's cottages and historic custom house. Then it was off  to clovelly (luvly cluvly) via Westward Ho! (known as Westward Ho! Ho! Ho! around 25th December). In keeping with the weekend's weather there were again many deluges to contend with. Thanks are due to 'Jem' who so readily gave a donation to GOSH on the coast path at Bucks Mills.

2 comments:

  1. Well it is good to see you well on the way. I see even bits of your body are trying to tell other bits that there is still a long way to go! Hope it all hangs together and you could not have picked a better summer to complete this marathon adventure. Cheers
    Ian Findleton

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  2. Hope all is going well Jack. How are you, Pat?
    I'm not a blogger, tweeter etc. and it's taken me this week to suss out how to post this comment! We're following the weather forecasts in the SW and it seems to be a mixed bag. Keep up the good work. Lorna

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