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| Baggy Point, Putsborough and Croyde | 2016-04-10 | A doggie walk in the howling wind. Round Baggy Point and back to Putsborough and then on to Croyde Bay.
Lots of photos across from Morthoe Farm camping across to Lundy. The wind must have been at least F8 - some impressive overfalls off the headland.
Back via Meldon reservoir so a couple of photos from there.
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| Maker and the Devonport Arms | 2016-04-30 | First trip in the new Fiat Ducato Tribute campervan. Camping at Maker Heights and down to the Devonport in Kingsand for a pint.
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| Mount Edgcumbe May 2015 | 2016-05-01 | From Maker Heights down to The Earls Drive and round to Cremyl. Then up to Mount Edgcumbe House for luch and the Stables and then back through the rain and the gloopy mist to the camper van at Maker Heights. Next to no visibility for the rest of the day. Glad to be in a campervan rather than a tent!
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| Transat start at Plymouth | 2016-05-02 | From Cawsand to Penlee Point to watch the start of the single handed Transat yacht race. Breakfast at Kingsand and then sat in the drizzly rain at Penlee Point for a couple of hours but the gloop mostly cleared in time for the start of the race. As much fun watching the milling spectator boats as the competitors.
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| Burnbake to Studland | 2016-05-14 | A walk from Burnbake campsite in the Purbecks almost to Studland beach. A Little Sea and a fast road got in the way of making it all the way there.
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| Trebah Gardens - again! | 2021-07-04 | Liz looked at the plants - Scooby and I sat on the beach and read a book (well one of us did).
A kind snorkellist retrieved Scooby's ball from the sea after he refused to go out of his depth.
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| Maiden Castle | 2016-05-16 | Stopped at Maiden Castle on the way home from the Purbecks. Scooby pulled all the way round - chasing sheep or ghosts of ancient Britons.
Back via West Bay.
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| Dartmoor walk | 2016-06-05 | Because Scooby gave me such a nice welcome after being away for a week sailing (me - not Scooby), we took him for a walk on Dartmoor. Up high on the moor near the Warren House inn.
A lovely short walk on Dartmoor.
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| Treen coast path walk | 2016-06-18 | A coast path walk from Treen campsite (near Porthcurno which is near Lands End). The guide book said 4.5 miles but it ended up being 7.2 miles AND with lots of up and downie bits as well. Very nice though.
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| Sennen and Gwynver | 2016-06-19 | A Scooby walk at Gwynver beach - just next to Sennen Cove (where he's banned for the summer). A beautiful beach and we were the only ones on it.
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| Perranporth in the mist | 2016-06-20 | Back to Scooby's joint second favouritist beach in the west of England - Perranporth. We've been here a few times before with the hound - sometimes sunny - sometimes foggy - but this was the foggiest yet. Scooby ran from one end of the beack to the other as usual. Lots of small jelly fish on the low tide beach.
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| Tregunwith Farm to Mylor Harbour | 2016-07-09 | From Tregunwith Farm campsite to Mylor Harbour and a little way beyond.
Saw Pat T and Graham I just coming back from a Tideway outing.
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| Beaches on the Roseland Peninsula | 2016-07-10 | Three beaches and four visits - Scooby was in heaven. Along the eastern coast of the Roseland peninsula for a change. Timed right for a falling tide so Scooby got maximum "ball action" on several beaches (including Porthcurnick and Portbean). Then back inland looking for the footpaths that had been moved.
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| Brunch at Mylor harbour | 2021-07-03 | After a couple of days getting up early to get the tides for kayaking, we had a lazy day with a late morning wander down to Mylor Harbour for a late breakfast / early lunch.
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| North Lees Campsite | 2016-09-03 | An over night stop in the peak district - near Kinder Scout - on the way up north.
First injury to my back falling over pushing a stalled motor home out of a rut.
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| Hadrians Wall Campsite | 2016-09-04 | A comspite near Hadrians Wall - the middle bit!
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| Aidan's fall on Hadrian's Wall | 2016-09-04 | A march along some of the best bits of Hadrians Wall. Sheltered behind the wall from a sudden rain/hail shower and felt very "Roman Centurion" like. Didn't feel quite so Centurion like when I slipped coming down one steep part of the wall and bounced badly on my side buggering up my back for much of the holiday!
Stunning walk though.
Then on to Vindolanda.
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| Seahouses to Bamburgh | 2016-09-05 | First walk along the Northumbrian coast.
From just north of Seahouses along to just south of Bamburgh.
The Northumberland beaches are just as stunning as expected.
Scooby very impressed if this was to be the quality of the beaches for the next two weeks.
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| Lindisfarne - Holy Island | 2016-09-06 | A walk around the island of Lindisfarne.
The journey there was as expected with the road being a causeway accessible at low tide.
Once there though, any thoughts of peaceful contemplation etc were blown away by the huge crowds.
Skipping swiftly on past the priory and the castle (not least because we'd forgotten our NT cards), we yomped on to the north of the island which was much more pleasing.
Scooby's second Northumberland beach well up to scratch apparently.
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| Dunstanburgh Castle and Craster | 2016-09-07 | Another day, another Northumberland beach for Scooby.
A great walk along to the evocative ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle and then the excellent beaches at Embleton Bay.
Back via Craster where the famous smoked fish shop / restaurant was advertising an interesting take on Cullen Skink soup. Unfortunately, they were shut at the time...
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| Dunbar and Belhaven | 2016-09-08 | Up to Scotland and to Dunbar.
Found a good campsite and Belhaven Bay just to the west of Dunbar.
The campsite backed on to Belhaven Bay - another excellent beach walk (not shown on the GPS track) for Scooby - his first Scottish one!
Watched a group of Scots getting married on the "Bridge to Nowhere" at Belhaven Bay.
Then an evening cliff top walk into Belhaven, past the harbour and then on to The Volunteer for a smoked haddock and mashed potato dinner.
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| Helford Paddling | 2021-07-02 | A change to normal by putting the kayak in the water on the south side of the Helford Estuary (at Helford itself).
Explored Frenchman's Creek and then up[ almost as far at Bishop's Quay (but ran out of water at neaps).
Lunch at Tremayne Quay.
Scooby really not keen on enhancing his swimming skills.
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| Cheswick Beach | 2016-09-09 | On the advice of Scott C from work, we took the back roads to find Cheswick Beach.
Another top Northumbrian beach according to Scooby hound.
The beach was pretty much deserted.
May be that was due to the warning signs about unexploded ordnance and areas of quicksand?
We took the view that that was just the locals trying to keep the grockles from their favourite beach (is grockle the correct term up north?).
Anyway - we didn't explode or sink but maybe we turned round slightly earlier than we would normally have!
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| Warkworth | 2016-09-09 | Stayed at a lovely campsite just outside Warkworth - Walkmill Campsite - recommended.
Walked into Warkworth and had a look at the outside of the castle - my do English Heritage know how to charge!
Then tried a couple of the pubs in town.
The GPS looks as though it went a little crazy while we were in The Sun in Walkworth - that's understandable as the decor is really something. Not sure how to describe it - maybe a mix between Camelot and your favourite local. Still - surprisingly - a big "thumbs up" from us due to its friendly staff and the (huge) size and quality of our dinner!
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| Walkworth to Amble | 2016-09-10 | As Scooby had seen the signs to the beach when we were in Walkworth the previous day, we had to come back to try the beach out.
Unfortunately, as we were heading on later in the day, it meant that we had to be on the beach before low tide.
To be fair, Scooby didn't complain too much but the "tennis ball bounciness" was below par compared to the rest of the holiday.
Walked as far as Amble looking for a breakfast egg & chips but reluctant to swim across the harbour just for a second breakfast.
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| Alnwick | 2016-09-10 | A short walk around Alnwick,
Again, we were too tight to pay the entrance fee for the castle.
Mainly we wanted to see "Barter Books" - the second hand book shop in the old train station.
An excellent, excellent shop. Long may they flourish after Starbucks, Next and all the others have fallen out of fashion and had a quick bankcruptcy.
One can but hope - I could have spent hours in the place!
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| Demense Farm In Bellingham | 2016-09-10 | Heading west, we were back just below Hardrians Wall at Demense Farm campsite in Bellingham.
A campsite on another working farm, Lizzie may object to me mentioning that she complained about the cow mooing overnight.
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| Kielder Observatory | 2016-09-11 | Into Kielder Forest and up from Kielder village to Kielder Observatory.
Stunning view - but not of the observatory which unsurprisingly looked at little like a wooden box from the outside during the day time,
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| Skyside Campsite | 2016-09-11 | No doggie walk here but an absolutely stunning setting for our anniversary dinner outside a pub in the Lake District.
I thought the Lake District was about, er, lakes. This campsite was surrounded by crags and pikes and, let's be honest, mountains. A stunning setting.
Now known as Skyfall to Lizzie and Aidan (rather than the slightly more prosaic Skyside).
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| Fal Estuary Paddling | 2021-07-01 | From Mylor Harbour up past King Harry ferry with lunch on Roundwood Quay and Trelissick.
Scooby much happier on the inflatable Sea Eagle kayak.
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| Lligwy beach and Moelfre | 2016-09-13 | On to an Anglesey and the rather excellent Lligwy Beach.
Scooby happy that the "beach quotient" picking up again.
Then along the cliff top to the pub in Moelfre and back again.
The campsite we were staying at was good with a gate right on to the beach. However, the rules and regulations were a little OTT
Actually, we'd recommend the place but they do themselves no favours with their rules and regs so we went on looking for the more liberal parts of Anglesey (well - one can live in hope).
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| Llanddwyn Bay and Island | 2016-09-14 | The stunning Lllanddwyn Bay on Anglesey at low tide.
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A heatwave hit (for one day) and we went along Lllanddwyn Bay with the mountains on Snowdonia in the misty background.
On this day, with the heatwave, it was as good as any beach either Liz or I had wandered along anywhere in the world. And it was on Anglesey!
Skipping on past most of Ynys LLanddwyn island (dog ban until end of September) we wandered on a little to the next huge bay.
Wow!
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| Blackthorn Farm | 2016-09-14 | On to Blackthorn Farm campsite.
A nice spot just outside Holyhead,
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| Kennexstone Camping | 2016-09-15 | Down from Anglesey to the Gower Peninsula in south Wales.
Kennexstone Camping was a lovely spot on the south west side of the Gower.
The camp site and the Gower were so nice we slowed down a bit a stayed for three days,
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| Rhossilli and Llangennith beach | 2016-09-16 | In a holiday of stunning beaches, this was probably the best. Or was that Llanddwyn Bay? I don't know but this was a sure fire entry into Scooby's all time top five set of beaches. Or probably even higher.
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| Three Cliffs Bay | 2016-09-17 | The last of the beaches on Scooby's "Tour Of Britain's Best Beaches".
After 1650 miles and 16 days and ten beaches, our final beach was was at Three Cliffs Bay on the Gower.
Not quite all to ourselves and there were several thousand people doing a 14 mile walk for Macmillan Nursing.
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| Last days of summer? | 2016-10-02 | A lovely summy summer's day - maybe one of the last of 2016?
So we took Scooby on one of his favourite beach walks - from Exmouth to Sandy Bay.
Got there a little late - just past low tide - so as we were unlikely to get back round Orcombe rocks without getting a bit wet on teh way back, we came back on the cliff top walk.
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| Dinner at the Pandorra Inn | 2021-06-30 | Down to Tregunwith Farm again with the campervan so a first night's dinner at the Pandora.
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| Putsborough and Woolacombe | 2016-11-01 | Overnight in the camper van in Putsborough car park. Fearsome expensive but stunning views to wake up to.
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| Treloan, Portscatho and Gerrans | 2017-03-18 | First time away in the camper van in 2017. Staying at Treloan campsite on the Roseland peninsula. A short walk along the coastpath to Portscatho and then back inland via Gerrans. |
| St Mawes to St Just In Roseland | 2017-03-19 | A circular walk round part of the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall. From St Mawes up along the estuary to the old churchyard at St Just In Roseland. Then back inland to St Mawes. Stopped at Pineapple bay - at least that's what the sign there called it! |
| Boscastle and Valency Valley | 2017-03-20 | It was meant to be a short walk out of Boscastle and up the Valency Valley. A slight navigational inexactitude meant that we ended up coming back down the rather steep Valency Valley on the opposite side to where the car was parked! So we trugged along the valley floor until we came to some stepping stones across the river. However, it had been raining quite hard so they were partially under fast flowing water - only Scooby was up for the crossing there. So we ended up climbing back up the rather steep valley and then all the way back to the end of the Valency Valley. Doh! So - yes - the GPS track does show us going round twice. |
| Bantham | 2021-07-15 | A camper van trip to Aunemouth Camping - very nice spot. We took the dog for a walk down to Batham Quay and a recce for where we were planning to put the kayak in the water the next day. Unfortunately, there'd been a landslide at Bantham Quay and the temporary scaffolding walkway wouldn't be passable with the kayak.
So it would be launching from Bantham back beach. Lucky we'd found how to disassemble and pack the kayak trolley wheels.
Bantham back beach very dog friendly.
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| Tintagel and Trebarwith | 2017-03-21 | From Tintagel, a mixed field and cliff top walk to Trebarwith cove.
Back via Tintagel Castle - without paying the £8 English Heritage wanted!
Not quite as muddy as the previous day at Boscastle.
At lot of probably mis-remembered memories of the last time I was at Tintagel - just over 30 years ago in my old Dodge ambulance with a group of friends. Was even rainier back then.
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| Birthday dinner at the Devonport | 2017-04-08 | Liz and the hound took me to the Devonport for a birthday dinner. Down the cliff path from the campsite at Maker Heights to Cawsand.
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| Maker to Rame Head | 2017-04-09 | The usual walk from Cawsand to Rame Head - only slightly longer as we had the campervan up on Maker Heights. A gloriously hot sunny day at the start of April.
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| Croyde and Saunton Sands | 2017-05-06 | From Croyde Bay towards Saunton and then down onto Saunton Sands to give the hound a low tide run about. Think Saunton Sands is might make it into Scooby's all time top three beaches!
Some photos from Woolacombe Beach (on the next day) may have snuck in somehow.
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| Start Point | 2017-06-25 | A short walk to Start Point. Makes a change to walk round it rather than sail round it. There was no "inshore passage" while we were there.
A camper van trip to Slapton for the night.
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| Loe Beach to Flushing | 2017-07-08 | A paddle along the Fal estuary. Down from Loe beach round the Flushing. Almost ideal weather - light winds and tide with us on the way back.
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| Helford Passage to Padagarrack Cove | 2017-07-09 | With Winguru and the Met Office differing in forecast speed by about two and a half times, we wanted to avoid the possibility of too much incoming tide against the westerly wind. So we had a short paddle from Helford passage down to Padagarrack Cove and then up past Port Navas.
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| Praa Sands to Trewavas Mine | 2020-09-16 | Along the south west coast past from Praa Sands to a little way beyond Trewavas Mine.
Spot the photos of the camel's head and the alligator head!
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| Tregantle Beach | 2017-08-13 | Hot sunny August Sunday and we had a whole cove at Tregantle Beach to ourselves - Cornwall's "forgotten peninsula" at it's very best. Scooby had a whale of a time - didn't stop for the whole two and half hours - even kept himself amused digging holes in the beach while we were reading.
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| Maker and Cawsand | 2017-08-11 | In the camper van at Maker again. Walked down to Cawsand to give the dog a swim and for a pint in the Rising Sun. The weather that evening was really gloopy for mid August!
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| Buck's Mills | 2017-10-28 | A walk along the north Devon coast path.
A sod of a hill up out of the Buck's Mill valley and then along the cliff tops through old woodland to Peppercombe.
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| Morte Point | 2017-10-29 | From Lee Bay along the coast path to Bull Point lighthouse and then on around Morte Point.
Some big up and downie bits along the way and some scary (for me) cliff top paths!
Camera was happy with the sunlight though.
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| Woolacombe | 2017-10-30 | We couldn't go to north Devon without giving Scooby a walk along Woolacombe beach. It was near high tide but neaps so there was still plenty of beach for Scooby to chase his ball from one end to the other and back again.
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| Uplyme to Lyme Regis | 2018-04-14 | From Hook Farm Camping to the end of The Cobb in Lyme Regis.
First outing for the camper van in 2018
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| Portland Bill | 2018-04-15 | A look round Portland Bill - given that I might just be sailing round it next weekend.
We got there after the "slack water" time when its best to sail sound The Bill. It was only about a F3-F4 but at the northern end of our walk there was really no way through for small boats. The waves were starting to break from about 150 yards out and beyond that there were some rather unpleasant looking overfalls (a strong southerly current at that time). No real room to get through between the two. The inshore passage off the very end of The Bill didn't look bad at that time.
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| Praa Sands to Cudden Point | 2020-09-15 | Along the south west coast path from Praa Sands to Cudden Point. Past Prussia Cove and on to Cudden Point for great views across Mounts Bay and Saint Michael's Mount.
See the photos for the pussy cat carrying hippie - it's not me, I've got a got a dog to keep happy.
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| Campervan at Morthoe | 2018-04-29 | An early season weekend trip up to North Morte Farm at Morthoe.
The usual Scooby hound walk along Woolacombe Beach at low tide,
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| The Levellers and Maker Height | 2018-06-24 | A weekend in Cornwall meeting up with Richard T to see the Levellers. Friday night at the Fishermans Arms in Gollant. Saturday at the Eden Project for A Beautiful Day Out with Ginger Wildheart, Dreadzone, Reef, New Model Army and the Levellers. The Levellers were just about as good as I've ever seen them - everyone was dancing!
Then Sunday night up on Maker Heights at Rame. Slight disappointment that the usual camping field was closed - meaning the views of Plymouth Sound weren't quite so good. After a couple of pints in the Devonport Arms in Cawsand and drinking wine until it got dark (about 10:00pm), things got messy!
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| Mylor to Malpas | 2018-07-07 | On one of the stunning summer days in 2018 we put the canoe in at Mylor and paddled up towards Truro - getting just a little way past Malpas.
Just about everything was great - the tides were as planned, the sun was hot and there was a cooling sea breeze (OK - that had to be paddled back in to on the way back!).
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| Helford Passage to Gweek | 2018-07-08 | On yet another stunning 2018 summer's day, we put the canoe in just past the Helford Passage and paddled up to Geewk at the top of the Helford.
Then a dawdle back stopping at an old lime quay.
Highlight of the day for Liz was teaching Scooby to enjoy swimming! We think that his buoyancy aid may have helped.
At Penwarne Farm Campsite - lovely views in a field overlooking the sea between Falmouth and the Helford.
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| Dinner at the Pandorra | 2018-07-06 | Walking the hound from Tregunwith to the Pandorra Inn.
At Tregunwith Farm with the camper van - great location, friendly owners, relaxed atmosphere and great prices. Don't tell anyone else!
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| Prawle Point and The Pigs Nose Pub | 2018-09-01 | Down to Prawle Point - the most southerly point in Devon and a headland well known to sailors!
Pint at the Pigs Nose pub.
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| Polkerris Beach | 2018-09-02 | Stayed at Penhale camp site near Fowey. A short walk to Polkerris Beach where we knew that dogs were banned but didn't know that the ice cream shop would shut up shop at half four - outrageous!
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| Praa Sands | 2020-09-14 | Late summer camper van trip to Praa Sands. Started with a visit to Praa Sands itself for Scooby Hound.
Hiher Pentreath Campsite was fine - looked a little unloved to start with but clean and well placed.
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| Rosemullion Head | 2018-09-05 | A new take on another of Liz's favourite walks - to Rosemullion Head (between the Fal and the Helford).
Scooby allowed us to just sit a read for a hour or so while watching the strange floaty things out to sea).
Then back via Mawnan Smith with the walk extended a bit as Scooby couldn't be trusted to cross a field full of cows - even on a lead!
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| Helford River | 2018-09-06 | A short walk down to one of our favourite canoeing spots on the Helford - without a canoe this time.
This is where Scooby previously learnt to swim just for the fun of it so Liz was keen to take him back for another paddle.
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| Gwenapp Head | 2018-09-08 | Another new take on a favourite walk. From Treen, via St Levans, Porthgwarra and on to Gwenapp Head (just along from Lands End and happily not touched by the awful tat at Lands End).
We could see the rain showers getting blown in from the Atlantic - but as they were mostly horizontal it was possible to keep mostly dry by sheltering behind lumps of granite.
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| Pendeen and Portheras Cove | 2018-09-09 | A new walk to Pendeen Lighthouse and the stunning Porteras Cove which we'd not been to before.
Took a wrong turn down to the "Boat Cove" and then took a little while to figure out how to actually get to Portheras Cove (it's via a path high above the cove and then down to the beach on the eastern end).
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| Godrevy and Hells Mouth Cafe | 2018-09-10 | Met up with Ruth and Derek H for a revisit of the walk past Godrevy Lighthouse and on to Hells Mouth Cafe.
Lots of seals in the cover just past Godrevy Lighthouse - they are the blurry black blob things in the photos.
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| St Agnes and Wheal Coates | 2018-09-11 | On to Beacon Farm Cottage camp site and the only day of the two weeks that was really lost to the weather.
As soon as we got to the campsite and sat down to admire the view, the fog and mizzle came in with a vengeance.
So we only did a short walk to the Wheal Cotes mine - very atmospheric perched on the cliff side and appearing out the gloom. The photos of fog and mist may not be the most exciting if you weren't there...
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| Perranporth | 2018-09-12 | No trip to the south west would be complete for Scooby hound without a trip to Perranporth and Woolcombe beaches. So we "did" Perranporth on the Wednesday...
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| Back to Woolacombe | 2020-09-09 | A few days in the campervan at North Morte Farm so we had to take Scooby Hound to Woolacombe at low tide.
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| Mortehoe | 2018-09-15 | Another one of Liz's favourite walks. From North Morte campsite down to Lee and then up and down the rather strenuous coast path round to Mortehoe Point.
The coast path coming up to Morte Point is genuinely scary for someone like me with just a hint of vertigo. Still - survived again!
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| Woolacombe Beach | 2018-09-16 | Last day of our holiday and a quick walk along Woolacombe Beach - Scooby hound would not have been pleased if we'd left without giving him a run along the beach.
Met Cathy and Mark S at Putsborough - we were sitting having an ice cream and they were just finishing their first surfing session of the day.
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| Rame Head - again! | 2018-12-02 | The "Tribby" (our camper van) hadn't been moved for a couple of months so we too it on a road trip down to Cornwall. Liz's favourite walk - from Cawsand to Rame Head and back again.
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| Trevose Head | 2019-04-23 | Four beaches in one walk - Scooby in doggie heaven.
In the campervan at the very nice Trehias Farm Camping - near Trevose Head (just west of Padstow).
Walk via Treyarnon Bay, Constantine Bay, Long Cove and Harlyn Beach - all dog friendly beaches.
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| Rock | 2019-04-24 | Back to Rock (opposite Padstow) for a slightly soggy walk along to the mouth of the Camel Estuary.
Visited St Endoc Church - the last resting place of John Betjeman - and considered his lifetime's regret!
Expensive lunch in the cafe above Rock Beach lifeboat station!
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| Back to Morthoe | 2019-04-25 | Back to Lizzie's favourite campervan site - North Morte Farm at Morthoe.
A rather wet and windy day (it got windier!) so we did a pub crawl of all of Morthoe's pubs (the Chichester Arms and the Ship Aground) and then took some rather good fish and chips to the bench below Morthoe Cemetary for a stunning view over Woolacombe Bay.
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| Woolacombe Beach | 2019-04-26 | Back to Marine Drive above Woolacombe Beach waiting for a break in the weather to take Scooby for a walk along the length of Woolacombe Beach - his absolute top favourite beach!
Ice cream at Pustborough Cafe as usual.
Spent the night in teh campervan half way up the hill from the sea at North Morte - so facing directly into Storm Helena from the north west. A very noisy night indeed.
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| Scooby's last summer holiday walk | 2019-09-23 | Your activity description here
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| Glastonbury Tor | 2019-04-28 | Across to Glastonbury and a walk up the Tor. Didn't bother with Glastonbury Abbey - they now want over £8 each to see what Henry VIII's soldiers pulled down.
A lot of people being very noisily "spiritual" at the top of the Tor.
There was a "Schnauzer convention" on Brean beach.
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| Bolberry Down and Soar Mill Sove | 2019-09-07 | First day of hols! Whiteley's off to new camp-site near Salcombe - remember for family happiness mobile signal not great for route finding! New camp-site with very friendly owners.Walked to Saw Mill Cove lots of dog swimming & ball throwing. Views of Rame Head (Liz's favourite headland!), Burgh Island & the Eddystone. Expensive pints at newly furbished bar on way back.
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| Salcombe, Soar and Bolberry | 2019-09-08 | Walk across fields to Salcombe via aerodrome (with plane landing) Overbecks, steep hills, South sands, North Sands (where Scooby was allowed to swim & do ball chasing). Lunch in Salcombe with rip off fish & chips (definitely paid for the view). Ferry ride back to South Sands (1st ferry trip of many) & ice cream. Long walk back to van -frieindly natives helping with getting past field of cows - mum, calves & some with horns...described as docile. Everyone quite tired!
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| Maker and Cawsand | 2019-09-09 | Wet start to day - headed off to try & find camp-site @ Bovisand for a different view of the Plymouth Break water, got hoplessly lost so detoured to Maker. Camping back in our favourite field. Walk into Kingsand & Cawsand. Scooby nearly lost his ball but was very brave & eventually retrieved it. Pint in the old Cawsand Bay Hotel area - now called "The Bar." Watched Rame Gig go out & some unusual fishing boats moored in the bay.
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| Fowey and Bodinnick | 2019-09-10 | Headed off to Fowey. First camp-site full up so deviated to Boddinick. Camp-site bit like Sea Houses but very welcoming owners. Walk down hill to ferry, through Fowey heaving with tourists. Walked to Gibben Head. Refreshments of ice cream (DIY effort by hirer of the cottage (Dapher's connection) near the lake.) Watched a very tippy yacht (Macgregor with BIG engine on back). Pints in the Ferry Inn - great view of Fowey in the evening sunshine.
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| Portscatho and the Hidden Hut | 2019-09-11 | 20th Wedding Anniversary! Decided to go to The Roseland - Treloan campsite at Portscatho. Walked in the drizzle to beach, Scooby ball chasing & swimming. Lunch at The Hut - tomato soup. Evening spent in the Plume of Feathers pub for anniversary tea - mackerel burgers (delicious) - also very well -behaved Scooby! Walk back along coast path in the dark!
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| Treen and Penberth Cove | 2019-09-12 | Walked to Penberth Cove - a Poldark favourite. Past Logan Rock and up through the woods to The Logan Rock pub for a pint. Chicken in residence at the pub.
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| Fish and chips in Morthoe | 2019-09-21 | Walk to Morthoe and the rather nice (and huge) fish and chips. Some other bastard had our seats at the cemetery overlooking Woolacombe Bay.
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| Lands End, Sennen and Gwynver Beach | 2019-09-14 | Had another free day's parking on the extornionate £6 Lands End parking fee. Walked to Sennen and saw lots of yachts doing the "inshore passage" round Lands' End. On to Gwynver beach (because Scooby asked). Ice creams at Sennen and then back to Treen and G&Ts on the cliff top as the sun went down (and the nudists disappeared).
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| Lamorna Cove to Mousehole | 2019-09-15 | Along from Lamorna Cover on the coast path to the tourist trap that is Mousehole. Extortionate wraps in a cafe. Home across the fields and the ice cream at the cafe in Lamorna.
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| Godrevy and Trehidy | 2019-09-16 | Walk along the coast path to Hell's Mouth Cafe. Seafood chowder was excellent again (and the cheesy chips weren't really necessary). Then inland via Trehidy Park (which Liz liked) and then back along a now very misty coast path.
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| St Agnes and Trevaunce | 2019-09-17 | From Beacone Cottage Fram along the coast path to chat to a very friendly chappie in the St Agnes Head NCI lookot. Then on lunch in a cafe overlooking the beach at Trevaunce and then, of course, some Scooby "ball action" on the beach. Back via Sta Agnes and The Beacon.
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| Perranporth | 2019-09-18 | Dog on beach at Perranporth. Dog happy.
Dog swallowed so much sea water he puked in the camper van that night. Which was nice.
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| Constantine Bay | 2019-09-19 | James Corden was teaching his dog to do "back flips" on the beach (see photos). Walked to Porthcothan and then on to Constantine Bay for ice creams and a bit of Scooby ball chasing. Doubled the length of the walk just to get some wine from the local shops!
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