Hartland Quay to Bude

We had managed to get a few miles out of Hartland Quay before wild-camping which meant we had less distance to walk today. We had been waiting for our first rainy day, but we got off lightly, as although it did rain all morning, it had dried out by 11am.

This section had the biggest ascent of the whole path (1390m), it seems like you have only just emerged from one river valley when you are heading down another flight of steps into the next. By 10am we has passed into our third county of the path, Kernow! (Cornwall).

Although the rain had made lots of the steep ascents and descents slippery, the scenery was still stunning and we even passed a GCHQ listening station.

After a quick sandwich stop on Sandy Mouth Bay we met my parents in Bude for afternoon tea. We did some kit switching from our grab bags and washed all our clothes at a launderette (thanks Mum and Dad). We then headed to our hostel for the evening. 

Now we are back in civilisation the Haribo rationing can end (by ruling with an iron fist I made one bag last 4 days) and we can buy some proper walking snacks rather than eating gift shop fudge.