Day 28 Bude to Crackington Haven

Odd stone light tower celebrating something

A sleep in and a later breakfast as we don’t have so far to go today, supposedly 14.5 km.

We dawdle a bit, get some stuff from Boots, the pharmacy shop, and then set off at 9.45 AM.

The start is quite easy, around the castle of Bude, across the canal at the lock gates, then off across the cliff tops.

Bude reveals itself from that side and is quite large. Wikipedia says 16,000.

Widemouth Bay, is as it says a wide mouthed bay and there are people surfing and eating food. Well mostly eating food.

Then it starts to get a bit tougher, with some roads to walk along, that are quite steep and narrow.

Millook Haven

Millook surprises us as it is quite steep both down and up and a further bit of road is also quite steep.

It’s then cliff-top with great views and at the GPS says we are getting closer to Crackington Haven our anticipation for a beer rises.

We then hit another hideous down, at Cleave, followed by the expected up, and THEN another via Castle point. If the track is not stepped it’s simply a steady climb up, but should they insert steps into the path it is tiring and our legs, still not fully recovered from yesterday’s bashing, protest.

Finally, about an hour after our ETA, we arrive, after 4 hours walking and nearly 17 km.

No idea where they got the 14.5 km from!!

Crackington Haven and a beer

The only pub in Crackington Haven serves beer!! So we have some and follow that with a Cornish pasty.

We then have a trudge of about 800m to our B and B. Jo protests and says she won’t go back down the hill for tea and heads for bed. Her cold is worrying her.

Our B and B is a substitute for the original, with the room being very pokey, with lots of the owners’ stuff taking up much of the room.

The bathroom etc is down the corridor. Jo is not impressed.

It’s not ideal but it’s OK.

The host has offered to pick us up after dinner at the pub. Jo is still not impressed and says she won’t go. We will see!