The mere thought of Cornwall and Devon conjures up the images of a postcard: rugged cliffs and white-pebbled beaches, narrow, winding roads and quaint little towns perched on the hills: as usual, there is only one way for us to find out whether that’s true or not: book a train, arrange a car rental, book at least 4 Airbnbs in at 4 different towns along the coast of Cornwall: and set off for the next road trip.
April half term tends to be spent further away, in
some exotic place overseas (if we’re very lucky) or back home in Italy or
France (if we are mildly lucky). Now, the 2020 taught me a new word: Staycation,
and this year staycation it is!
Lockdown has also geared us up to unlock our trekking
potential, so our mission for this trip was to walk (at least) 20,000 steps a
day, our motto being: the more the steps, the greater the discovery!
The weather has been just wonderful, basically every
single day apart from day 1 in the Dartmoor Reserve. I think we’ve just been
too lucky!
Day 1: 26,774 steps: Exeter (walk around the city Green Cicle walk)
Day 2: 21,547 steps: Dartmoor Reserve (Castle Drogo round walk- Tavistok), arrival and dinner in Boscastle
Day 3: 28,768 steps: Boscastle – Tintagel walk on the cliffs, visit of Tintagel, Port Isaac, Padstow (not particularly pretty, can be avoided), Trevose Head, Booby’s Bay, Constantine Bay (white sandy beach), St Agnes (sunset and dinner with pizza in the car). Did not go to Newquay as planned
Day 4: 22,841 steps: St Ives, Sennen Cove- Land’s End walk, Mousehole, Panzance.
Day 5: 32,409 steps: Helston- Porthleven walk
Day 6: 21, 072 steps: Saint Michael Mount- The Lizard walk - arrival in Plymouth
Day 7: Plymouth and Totnes
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