Log No 258. Thu 27th Feb 2014 - Boscastle to Port Isaac, 13 miles (3927 miles walked)

Today's transport arrangements meant it would be a late start. I drove into Camelford, got the bus to Boscastle and started walking at 10.25.

There had been a shower of hailstones and waterproofs were the order of the day, it was mostly dry but showers were frequent though there was the occasional sunny interval. The wind was still strong and gusty.

It took me just under 2 hours to get to Tintagel Castle with only the one major climb involved, down into Rocky Valley.

It was only going to be 13 miles today to Port Isaac and with the bus back to Camelford at 16.05 it should be a stroll.

The cave on Tintagel Head was called Merlin's cave and was a Silver-Lead mine at one time.
I stopped near the Castle for half my lunch.

The easy path was made more difficult with the wind which I was generally having to struggle against. The gusts knocking me off balance, it was fortunate the wind was a westerly as it blew me inland.

I dropped down to Trebarwith Strand then had a steep climb back up the other side.

At the top of the cliff I stopped to finish off my lunch and checking the map while I ate my sandwich I saw I still had 5 miles to do in less than 2 hours, so much for it being a stroll now. If I missed this bus I had a 2 hour wait.

Covering this distance in the time would not normally be a problem but I had 6 streams to drop down to and battle with the wind.

There was no time to eat a chocolate bar, I had to get up and go, running the downhill sections to make up for the slower ascents.

Pausing only for the one photo, I never stopped, occasional way markers gave the distance to Port Isaac and when I saw the "1 mile" marker with half an hour to go I knew I would make it and got there with 10 minutes to spare.

13 slower than expected miles.