slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: Cliff walks
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We were thwarted in our plans to travel to Boscastle today because of a failure to find any taxi who would take us until half the day was done. It was a beautiful day for a walk on the Coast Path to Port Gaverne Beach, and Susan and I were completely addicted to picking through…
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^^^One of the shots that everyone takes at Tintagel, but you can see why. ^^^A hiker we met on the way: “There’s not really a castle there, you know. Just a bunch of ruins.” Us: “YAY, RUINS!!!” ^^^Amazing views, too. ^^^”Gallos,” a recent sculpture installation referencing the legend that King Arthur’s castle was here.
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Turning north on the Coast Path, we headed to Tintagel Castle. The path was a much easier walk, and took us by old quarries in the cliffs and through lambing pastures. We made it in plenty of time! Now it was time to face those steps. I do not like going down normal stairs. These…
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The trail was very steep near the beach, and that was tough coming back, but we did it and we were glad of it. We took a break, then went back, turned right, and hiked the Coast Path to Tintagel Castle.
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There were caves! Neither of us had the guts to go to the very back of one long one, since it got dark back there. Sandy, who had his reservations at first about coming down here, suggested that maybe we could spend the rest of the day on this beach. But it was our only…
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Several posts with many photos and little commentary, because I don’t know that many synonyms for beautiful. So take a hike with us here. Yes! We could see the ocean from our bedroom window after all! After a great breakfast, we walked a short way down to the Coast Path from our B&B, the Penallick…
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Sandy and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary by going to England, with a stopover in Dublin for one night on the way there and one night on the way back. When we got a good deal on airfare from Hopper, it included a 7 hour layover at Dublin Airport, which was of course was…
slowly she turned 