JOGLE 7 Day 7 Sun 7 Sep

Sun 7 Sep Start 9.15 Finish 16.15 Distance 15.5 from Padstow to Newquay.

We woke up to lovely clear skies and a wonderful view of the estuary from our room at the B&B. The humidity was low but clearly going it was going to be a very hot day. There is something to be said for perhaps walking later in the autumn for the cooler weather when in the SW England. Today’s route was fairly uneventful, mostly minor roads that were fairly well shaded, a few difficult footpaths were we had to fight to get through hedges was becoming normal. We came across a bungalow on a hill by a crossroads that had “Stonehenge” type stones all around it and stone plaques with sayings all over the outside walls. We also walked past a very much redundant airfield that was apparently the largest in England during WW2. We stopped and had lunch at St Eval's church in the porch with our Mediterranean vegetable pasty and bread pudding from Chough's Bakery in Padstow as this was the only place were shade was available. The church was steeped in the history of the airfield and some of the brave exploits of the pilots, an interesting place to visit. From St Eval’s church the afternoon became very hot with no shade until we arrived at Porth Mawgan feeling tired, we found a Coasta Coffee, had a latte, took the boots and socks off to air feet and gave them a rest in a nice piece of shade. From Portreath we ventured onto the SW Coastal Path which was breezy and very nice and had a pleasant stroll into Newquay. We found the B&B alright, which pleased Ian because he instantly realised due to the decoration of the house that a fellow graphic designer must live there, and he was right. It was a very welcoming nice place. We ate out at the Butcher's Bistro which was just along the road from the B&B and that was pleasant with good food, and then we took a stroll around Newquay to checkout the town and harbour, but it was dark by then so we couldn’t see a lot, but we did manage a sneaky ice cream by way of desert. They do like their ice cream around these here parts.