Day 40 - Port Wrinkle to Kingsand – 11 miles

Alas the diary for this day seems to have got lost somewhere along the way in all of the versions of this site that have existed over the years. The photos and map of the walk are not lost though so I post them here.

Map of the day's walk:(click to enlarge)

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