South West Coast Way

Despite being woken early with heavy spatters of rain on the tent, it turned out to be merely a shower. Today was finally going to be a decent day weatherwise. The wind, though still strong, was nothing compared with the hurricane force gales of the days before. I lazed about snoozing for a while opening the side of the tent to let the sun shine in for a change. I didn't have to worry too much about time today, with only planning to walk along to St.Ives, mainly on the flat. I did get up and went for a shower which cost 20p but it was beautifully hot and powerful and the site was only £5 after all!. It wasn't very pleasant drying off with the sopping wet towel that had got wet the night before in the heavy downpour while I'd been sitting in the Red River Inn. I went back to the tent and decided to peg the towel to the nearby fence to lighten it a bit at the very least. I was in no rush today after all! I'd managed to pay the warden for the night, on my way to the sh...

Of course, with going to sleep so early the night before, I woke up correspondingly early this morning! I managed to fall asleep again though and dozed on until about 7.40am, when I eventually decided to get up. I went to find the showers and toilets. They were nice and I had a HOT shower, washing out the pair of pants and socks that I'd worn up to this point and donning a new pair. I elected to keep the same T shirt on though as it wasn't too pongy!:) I returned to the tent. The main heavy rain of the night seemed to have ceased, but wind blasted drizzle came and went. I think I was beginning to get very jaded by wind on this holiday so far! The forecast that I'd heard yesterday, sitting in the car waiting for the rain to go over at Treago Farm had said that it would be wet early on today, but clearing to become blustery showers later on. I had to stick with this forecast and hope that nothing had changed. I ate some chocolate cake for breakfast and dismantled the tent i...