King Arthur’s Old Gaff

We’ll I’ve made it to Tintagel but I can’t tell you how much my right foot hurts. It’s got quite a few blisters. That’s my only moan my friends. God (who I don’t think exists but if he does then) bless the Headland Caravan and Camping Park for giving me a freebie on account of my Help for Heroes sponsorship. It cost a fiver last night for a sloping, stone filled pitch and a cold shower – which I declined.
The country:
Coming down from Crackington Haven to Boscastle and down to Tintagel is a real challenge. A lot of steep valleys to struggle down and up, even though I’m as hard as nails. In Crackington I met a bunch of Blades fans – the Burgins from Swinton. Salt of the earth.

As I was saying, the country; the scenery is stunning. Just beautiful and the mountainsides are covered in purple heather, yellow gorse flowers, red thingys and blue flower things. The weather couldn’t be better, sunny periods with a cooling breeze to keep me from overheating on the upward climbs.
Antonia took this when she joined me for those three lovely days.

Some more metrics.
So far 144.9 miles 35,600 feet

This is a photo of a wild horse with her foal on the headland north of Tintagel. I’m very lucky to see this.

In Bertha’s wake there were strong stormy showers and after a particularly harsh one I bumped into a man and his daughter who had caught the storm on Holdstone Hill near Combe Martin. He said they’d been on top of the hill when it hit, adding that it was a Holy hill. He said there were UFO’s and ETs up there and they passed their energy on to people up there who radiated it onwards to the whole world.
I said I was going to Combe Martin and he told me that they lived there. He told me that I’d drop down into a valley before climbing up over 1000 feet to the top of the Great Hangman – the highest point on the whole coastal path. When I was by the stream the woodland elves and spirits would send me their energy and I would be ok to climb up to the top.
I bade him we’ll. Incongruously he was wearing a Peterborough United track suit top. I made it up the Great Hangman though!

Night night.