Blowin’ In The Wind

LETJOG – Day 4: Friday 21 May – ST MAWGAN to PORT ISAAC (19 miles)

My first solo walking day. With the strong westerlies at my back, even the rain, unrelenting but light, and the cool conditions, might have proved quite conducive to walking. But the variable gusts and localised eddies, at times, made even walking in a straight line quite a challenge. And that was without any breweries to visit today!

On which note, a trip to the renowned Sharp’s Brewery (of Doom Bar fame) in Rock, on the eastern side of the Camel estuary, was precluded by any infringement, however tempting, of the LETJOG rules against motorised transport – in this case the ferry from Padstow. Instead a lengthy detour ensued along the Camel Trail into Wadebridge, and thence northwards, eventually, back to the coast and into Port Isaac.

A couple of highlights, inevitably on such a day, are around food:

Tomorrow is a big day. Will my legs have the 26-mile marathon to Bude within them? The answer, my friend . . .