Day 20 - Wednesday 9th June 2010
A good send-off from John and Lin saw me 'climbing' up Penkenna Cliff out of Crackington Haven. (For info: some wonderful sunsets can be see here.)All familiar ground but all distances seem longer than I remember ... or is just that I was 20 years younger when I would sometimes run home 18 miles from work at Morwenstow to Crackington? The guys caught me at Widemouth Bay and again at Bude for a Cornish pasty refuelling,at Duckpool for a coffee and at Morwenstow cliffs, near Hawkers Hut for liquid replacement before the real work began on the 'switchback' path to Hartland Quay. First border crossing since leaving Plymouth, but this time at least I remembered to swap flags from Kernow to Devon!Another 26 miles on a very difficult section - however my thigh injury continues to improve ... have started to plan a schedule to finish in Minehead late afternoon on Sunday 13th June - however this will mean 29 miles from HQuay to Bideford (Blues clubhouse late tomorrow),a cool 31 miles from Bideford to Woolacombe on Friday, 26 miles from Woolacombe to Lynton on Saturday before the final 22 miles from Lynton to Minehead on Sunday. - but would be nice to finish on Sunday rather than Monday - would also mean whole trip in 24 days rather than the more usual '26 marathons in 26 days'. All these guesstimates are very provisional - I hope don't regret making them!
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