Tracy Curran_Walking the Cornish Coastline Challenge

                                                                                            Porthcothan Saturday 14th February - the first weekend of half term - was sunny and beautiful. With a week's holiday stretched out in front of me and the dry and bright weather, it made getting out of bed much easier. I drove to Newquay to meet Sarah and then we took one car up to Porthcothan and started walking. I only intended on bringing one of my dogs with me but Cocoa, my mini cockapoo was not going to let me leave without her and would have woken the whole house whining if I had. Spirits were up as the walk began. Sarah and I hadn't seen each other for two weeks so we had lots to chat about, the views were stunning and the path was nice and level. We had a couple o...

From rain to sun... Check out Sarah's video of this walk:  Walk 3                                                                                        “Do you think we should go?” This is the question that Sarah and I are asking ourselves way more than I ever thought possible… We woke up early on Sunday to MORE rain and fog. Plus, earlier in the week sinkholes had opened up on Perranporth dunes – a worrying sign of how the relentless rain is impacting the ground we walk on. “I think we should try Bassett’s Cove to Hayle,” I finally decided. Portreath to Hayle was the actual plan but I knew that Portreath to Bassett’s Cove is a tricky up and down path, which completely flattens out from Bassett’s Cove to Hayle. “Plus, the tide times should allow us to get right acr...