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Lynmouth to Combe Martin
August 10- the hardest part. From the itinerary: Challenging - Strenuous. An easy start on tarmac to Castle Rock. There are some...
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Aug 13, 20234 min read


Porlock to Lynmouth
9 August- from the itinerary: Challenging - Moderate with some more strenuous ascents In this section the Coast Path, some of which is...
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Aug 13, 20235 min read


Minehead to Porlock
August 8, 2023 - From the itinerary: Challenging - Moderate with an alternative more strenuous section. 8.9 miles to Porlock Weir, but...
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Aug 12, 20234 min read


Minehead to Combe Martin
The Southwest Coast Path is a 630 mile long distance path stretching from Minehead in Somerset to Poole Harbor in Dorset. From 8 -11...
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Aug 12, 20231 min read


Last day of this segment - Fowey to Par
March 9, 2023, from the itinerary: Readymoney Cove The ruins of St Catherine’s Castle standing guard over the entrance to Fowey harbour....
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Mar 12, 20232 min read


Porthallow to Fowey
March 8, 2023 - Happy Women's Day From the itinerary: Take a view of The First World War granite cross memorial at Downend Point and look...
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Mar 12, 20233 min read


Crafthole to Porthallow
March 7, 2023 from the itinerary: Today is described as "expert", "challenging", "moderate to strenuous"- honestly it didn't seem that...
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Mar 11, 20233 min read


Kingsand to Crafthole
March 6, 2023 from the itinerary- start your day walking through Cowsand and taking the SW Coast path up the hill, following the contour...
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Mar 6, 20233 min read


Plymouth to Kingsand
March 5, 2023: From the itinerary- walk 5.4 miles to the twin villages of Kingsand/Cowsand. Leaving Plymouth you'll need to take the 8...
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Mar 5, 20235 min read


South West Coast Path: Plymouth to Par. Getting There
I wanted to walk the segment Dartmouth to Plymouth, but it's a bit too early- 2 ferries only start working as of April 1 and we are just...
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Mar 4, 20232 min read


Our Trek Ends
October 5, 2019, from our Itinerary: Free day in Kathmandu to explore the city. Today I went to explore Swayambhunath Mahachaitya, this...
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Jan 24, 20231 min read


Returning to Kathmandu
October 4, 2019 from the Itinerary: We fly back to Kathmandu and transfer to our hotel. We were up before/at the sunrise and caught these...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read


The Last Climb Back to Lukla
October 3, 2019 from the itinerary: Continue to Lukla We retrace our steps to Chaunrikhara where we start the last climb to the airstrip...
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Jan 22, 20231 min read


We Finally See Everest - Better Late Than Never....
October 2, 2019, from the itinerary: Descend through Namche to Monzo The walk to Namche Bazaar takes us along a beautiful undulating...
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Jan 22, 20232 min read


Continuing our Descent
October 1, 2019, from the itinerary: Retrace our steps to Kyanjuma Descending through Pheriche, we cross a small bridge and have a short...
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Jan 20, 20231 min read


Our way down and first clear day
September 30, 2019 from our Itinerary: Climb Kala Pattar (5545m) for classic mountain views of Everest; descend to Pheriche. We have...
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Jan 19, 20232 min read


Arriving at EBC
September 29, 2019 from the Itinerary: Visit Everest Base Camp; overnight at Gorak Shep Today is a very long, hard day as we leave very...
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Jan 18, 20233 min read


Last Night Before EBC
September 28, 2019 from the itinerary: Continue the ascent to Lobuje. The trail climbs steeply out of Dingboche past a chorten and...
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Jan 6, 20232 min read


Acclimatization
September 27, 2019, from the itinerary: Spend the day at Dingboche for acclimatisation We spend the day at Dingboche to continue our...
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Jan 5, 20231 min read


Dingboche
26 September 2019 from the Itinerary: Continue up the Khumbu Valley and then the Imja Valley to Dingboche. We descend through the...
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Jan 4, 20232 min read
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