Day 9 – 29 May 2010
We were all woken early by the noise of the first rain since the trip began. Decided to leave site early to beat the early Plymouth Bank holiday traffic and had breakfast in car park near Mountbatten Fort. My morning route included running around Plymouth Docklands, past the Barbican and the Hoe until meeting the Cremyl Ferry at the far side of Plymouth waterfront. Again met some good people on the ferry – a young guy on a cycling trip insisted on paying my fare as well as a contribution to Cancer Research and another kind gent who had himself walked parts of the SWCP donated £10. As I landed on Cornish soil for the first time I realised that my rucsac was still carrying the Devon flag! (Team had hoped to meet me near the Hoe to exchange flags but they claim ‘I was too fast for them’.) We met up again when I was passing through Kingsand & Cawsand and again at Portwrinkle before finishing for the day at Seaton (not the Devon one!) A reasonable 25 miles today considering the Cornish ‘sideways’ rain most of the day. Finally back to our good friends Chris and Sue’s cottage near Bodmin for a luxury bath for me and dinner, B&B for all! Wonderful!
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