DAY 3 10th September: Boscastle to Port Isaac
Normal start at 9.00am. Gently climbed onto the top of the cliffs which generally were lower than the previous two days at a few hundred feet and was able to keep up a steady pace for 8 miles. Weather overcast and windy but firm going underfoot. Later in the day there were a few light showers. Averaged 2 m.p.h for the 8 miles, which was ok, bearing in mind the endless kissing gates, meandering tracks, chats about Merlin to some fellow walkers and some breaks for viewing and rest. Some sharp valleys totalling about 600 feet in total past Trebarwith Strand and Tintagel. The last 5 miles (Straight on the map) changed from 'moderate' to 'severe' in places and there were about another 5 stepped sharp climps, some of them large with the cliffs increasing to 500 feet or more.
Vertiginous views over vertical drops. We were joined at Tregardock Beach by the Ruckers (our hospitable hosts for the night before our start) and we had a strenuous and amusing time , ending at 'The Edge' pub near the car park at Port Isaac. While having a drink the customers were pursuaded to donate £41 with other promises to contribute to the website and most generously the landlord offered to donate to Merlin the pubs 'takings' for the night. Our kind and hospitable hosts for Thursday and Friday nights - The Sherrards - (Simon is the Merlin Project's Chairman) and Sara collected us at 6.00pm. A total of 16.3 miles on the pedometer for the day and 50 miles in total so far and an estimated 1,500 feet in climbs (Overall 6,400 feet in total)
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