A Land's End to John O'Groats Charity Walk

Back on the road again. Chepstow to Monmouth ~18 miles. No packs!!!

Had a wonderful day. Aunty Nat joined Ed and I today and we had glorious weather and the luxury of having only a day sack on our backs. The Offa's Dyke Path is green and pretty indeed, although you don't see an awful lot of Offa's Dyke - when you do see it, it's rather small and you wonder how it was ever meant to keep the Welsh out of England.

Feeling good as we're now heading north rather than eastwards along the south west coast path. It feels like we're going places now.

Blisters, sores and knee feeling better for having the weight of the pack off for the day. Looking forward to another lovely warm sleep in a soft squidgy bed. zzzzzzzzz.

Carlie.

 

Hello blog readers,

sorry about the lack of blogging, but we've had a tough week. Lot's to catch up on.

Day 6 brought us eventually through New Quay and we camped outside of a little village called Pendoggett.

Day 7 was absolutely exhausting - goodness knows how many hills we walked up and down. Towards the end of the day the we walked down and back up a 30% gradient in order to get to a camp site. Nearly in tears by the time we got to it, I was so tired. We decided to stay at the Penhalt farm campsite for two nights and take the next day off to rest our limbs. The campsite offered a abulous view over Widemouth Bay and Bude situated in the distance.

Day 7* rest day. Did absolutely nothing. Ate the campsite shop out of stock (almost) and enjoyed not having the packs on.

Day 8  tooki us through Bude and we camped a few miles just outside of Bideford.

Day 9 we camped a few miles outside of Barnstaple where we mst say a huge thankyou to Sue Harty and the Fremington Quay Cafe for her kindness and generosity towards us (see photos). Sue very kindly let us camp in a nearby picnic area which was out of the way so we wouldn't get asked to move on and let us have the keys to the public toilets so we could help ourselves. If that wasn't enough she cooked us the most amazing bacon baguette EVER for breakfast - free! And filled us up with tea and coffee. We would also like to thank her and her husband for their donation. Thank you so much!

Day 10 took us through Baranstaple and over some rough terrain where I feel on my knee awkwardly. Was in a lot of pain and had to stay overnight at Twitchen Farm in Challacombe in Exmoor National Park to rest it. Ed and I managed to get a whole farm house to ourselves the next day for £20 each breakfast included - very lucky (see photos / videos). Had day 10* off to recover.

Day 11. Knee much better. We walked out of Devon and into Somerset and camped outside Churchtown. Day 12, yesterday, took us through Roadwater and over the quantocks where we got our first view of Wales - very good for morale. We climbed up a huge hill to get to the top of the little quantock where we camped. We met a couple from London, Thomas and Lucinda who very indly shared their food with us that evening. We very much enjoyed their company conversation and food! Thank you both! If you read this, Ed and I wanted to say that if you're ever Cardiff way and are looking for a bed for the night we have a guest room and you're very welcome to stay at ours - your children too! 07816 401046 (Carlie).

Day 13 - we're just in Bridgwater -another ridiculously hot day - it's supposed to get cooler and wetter tomorrow - hope so! Right - Cheddar - here we come!

Speak soon bloggers and thank you for all the comments! Keep them coming!

Carlie