Their story, in their words…
We began our hike in Polperro, Looe. We knew we had a lot coming when the first walk we did (from the train station to the campsite) was up a 45-degree angle hill… it took us about 3 hours when it was a ten-minute drive.
It was just me (Lois) and Arvy for the first 3 days of the 10-day hike as James joined us on the Friday when we had left Bromley on the Wednesday. The first camp was nice, it had drinking water, showers and a tuck shop which sold fresh meats and eggs. Although, on the first night, Arvy’s tent pole snapped in half, followed by the second pole snapping on the second night.
However, the second campsite was extremely basic. All it was, was a field. We were the only ones there. It had a basic toilet facility with one shower. It did have a washing up station which was handy however it was covered in mould.
James joined us at the third campsite, luckily for us he put up the tents much quicker than we were able to. Our favourite campsite by far was Roselidden House Camping. There was a café on site which was run by the owner of the camping ground. They had donkeys on site and a tiny kitten which would run around.
We ended up staying there two nights as it torrentially rained the first night and all of our things got absolutely soaked! Luckily for us, the owner was a very lovely woman who was more than happy to provide us with a safe place to stay another night free of charge (and the cakes were delicious).
At the third campsite, we met this lovely couple who invited us into their caravan on the same campsite as us to eat fish and chips with them! They donated 50 pounds to us and helped us find activities to do in between our hikes.
Our final campsite was by far the most beautiful, it was right on the coast with the most beautiful sunsets. We spent the final three days of our trip at that campsite as we had finished the 100 mile hike.
Cows broke into the campsite from the farm next to it! We met a lovely family that lent us their portable stove and pot as our one broke on the last night.
Although it was exceedingly difficult, we thoroughly enjoyed our hike and 100% would do it again. We did shed some tears, and we did get a little stressed at times, but this hike gave us the chance to see the beauty of Cornwall.
It also gave us an unmatched sense of responsibility as we had to plan and execute this well for it to work. We met lovely people, spent time together hoping to place such as the national maritime museum in Falmouth and crabbing on the docks of places we visited.
And for that we thank mark evison for giving us this amazing opportunity, we will forever be grateful. If we were to do this again, the one thing we would take away form this is… PACK LIGHTER.
