John O'Groats to Land's End - Day 065 - Wadebridge to Newquay

Day: 065

Date: Thursday, 04 August 2022

Start:  Wadebriidge

Finish:  Newquay

Daily Kilometres:  37

GPX Track:  Click here for Julie’s Strava & Photos

Total Kilometres:  1849

Weather:  Warm and mostly sunny.

Accommodation:  Hotel

Nutrition:

  Breakfast:  Pastries

  Lunch:  Egg salad sandwich/Ham & coleslaw sandwich.

  Dinner:  Fish & chips/Burger & chips. icecream

Aches:  Dave - the usual niggles.  Julie - nothing reported.

Highlight:  None really.

Lowlight:  None really.

Pictures: Click here

Map and Position: Click here for Google Map

Journal:

We were walking by 6:30am on a mild and partly cloudy morning, with the intention of buying something for breakfast in Padstow, 10 kilometres away.  Our route firstly travelled along some country lanes before joining the Camel Trail, a railtrail linking Padstow to Wadebridge.  The attractive trail followed the tidal River Camel and we enjoyed the peaceful early morning scenery of river, mudflats and sandbanks bordered by pretty farmland.  There were a few people out for walks, runs and bike rides, but mostly we had it to ourselves.

At Padstow, a little town on the river that has become a yachting and tourist centre, we happily found a bakery open (they don’t open very early in England) offering yummy pastries and we bought some to eat for breakfast later on.  We left the river here and walked across to the coast on a series of field paths to Trevone Bay, a small beach resort, where we rejoined the Coast Path.  It was turning into a lovely day and many people were already out walking or setting up on the beach.

For the rest of the day we followed the Coast Path westwards along the attractive rocky coastline.  The cliffs weren’t as high as for the last few days, but still high enough to be spectacular with brilliant white breakers crashing on the rocks below.  Every so often, the path descended to attractive sandy coves full of holiday-makers  - Treyarnon Bay, Porthcothan, Mawgan Porth and more - with the obligatory cafes, pubs and ice-cream kiosks.  They were all buzzing and the mood was happy in the welcome sunshine.

On the cliffs above Watergate Bay, as we neared Newquay, there were some massive marquees and stages being set up for the upcoming Boardmasters Festival - a great location ….. in good weather.

We reached Newquay, a traditional English beach holiday town with a plethora of fast food joints, games parlours, hotels, etc., at 4:00pm and checked into our hotel.  Although we covered a lot of distance today, there was always something to look at and the time passed quickly and easily.