We did not think we could claim to have walked around in Cornwall until we had walked around Cornwall. We therefore set off to  walk the whole of the (Cornish section) of the South West Coast Path. This is about 300 miles long.

Some people do this the hard way, carrying everything on their backs. Others use the bed and breakfast solution which requires immaculate planning and timekeeping, or some nerve-wracking moments finding somewhere on spec. It also runs a real risk of some very nasty weather.

Living in Cornwall, we did it in stretches, using two cars when we could, to compensate for the lack of alternative forms of transport and to avoid the dispiriting feeling that we were only walking half as far as we might by using a there-and-back strategy. We tackled the more distant stretches – mainly those over 1.5 hours drive from home – by doing two-day trips, staying in bed and breakfasts.

We were rigorous about the stretches that we had already done: we had to be able to remember walking them together. Taking those as a starting point, we joined the dots to create a single narrative.

This is a map of our progress. Links to some of our posts are below: in geographical order, if not the order or direction in which we did them. We are updating these as we re-walk sections and discover new things.

North coast

• Sennen Cove to Lower Boscaswell (7.5 miles)
• Lower Boscaswell to Zennor (7.5 miles)
• Zennor to Hellesveor  (4.4 miles)
• Hellesveor to Godrevy (12.5 miles)
• Godrevy to Hell’s Mouth (2.5 miles)
• Hell’s Mouth to Portreath (4.6 miles)
• Portreath to Chapel Porth (3.5 miles)
• Chapel Porth to St Agnes (4.3 miles)
• Trevaunance Cove
• St Agnes to Perranporth (3 miles)
• Perranporth to the Gannel (8 miles)
• The Gannel to Mawgan Porth (8.5 miles)
• Mawgan Porth to Trevone (12.2 miles)
• Trevone to Padstow (5.2 miles)
• Rock to Port Isaac (12 miles)
• Port Isaac to Bosinney (9.8 miles)
• Bossiney to Crackington Haven (9.7 miles)
• Crackington Haven to Bude (10 miles)
• Bude to Marsland Mouth (8 tough miles)

South coast

• Sennen Cove to Porthcurno (5.8 miles)
• Porthcurno to Boskenna (3.5 miles)
• Boskenna to Lamorna (2.3 miles)
• Perranuthnoe to Praa Sands (3.5 miles)
• Praa Sands to Porthleven (5.1 miles)
• Porthleven to Gunwalloe (3.7 miles)
• Gunwalloe to Lizard (8.3 miles)
• Lizard link
• Lizard to Dean Quarry (10.4 miles)
• Dean Quarry to Porthallow (2.8 miles)
• Porthallow to Carne (3.8 miles)
• Carne to Helford (3.4 miles)
• Helford Passage to Maenporth (3.6 miles)
• Maenporth to Falmouth (2.2 miles)
• Place to Bohortha (2.9 miles)
• Bohortha to Nare Head (8 miles)
• Nare Head to Gorran Haven (10 miles)
• Gorran Haven to Charlestown (10.5 miles)
• Charlestown to Fowey (10.1 miles)
• Polruan to Looe (12.1 miles)
• Looe to Freathy (11 miles)
• Freathy to Cremyll ferry (9.5 miles)