March For Merlin Day Four

DAY 4 ~ 11th September: Port Issac to Polzeath
Another sunny day although heavy rain overnight had left mud and puddles. The cliffs to Port Quin and a little beyond were slightly lower than the previous day but had a series of stepped sharp valleys which took a bit of a toll. The going then became easy. Were joined by Robert Stancliffe at Trevan Point and the Gordon-Clarks who kindly gave us pasties and soft drinks in their small coastal cottage.Epphaven Cove was charming. The going around Pentire Point was attractive but not difficult. Saw Gus and Judy Anson at Polzeath who gave us water and a delicious chocolate bun. Later Robert persuaded the loaded ferry to wait on the beach for us(it was low tide). Most of the passengers contributed generously to Merlin after persuasion first by Robert(who returned home after the ferry left) and us!. Collection box is now heavy and causing a swinging momentum to the back of the pack-will have to connvert to a cheque. Because of the relatively easy going we decided to press on past Padstow around StepperPoint to Trevone Bay where our kind hostess for the next two nights-Liz Kennerley collected us and took us to her house at Trevose. our days's milage on the map was close to 20 miles(perdometer total 69 miles)Estimated climbs for the day 900ft. Nearly 9 hours including stops. Both of us tried from the extra distances S-J in particular is having trouble with her left knee on downward slopes.