South West Coast Path - North Cornwall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- Having completed the Somerset and North Devon sections, we felt strong and ready to tackle the 140 miles of the path along North Cornwall. We had our fair share of wet and windy weather, but there were glorious sunny sections also resulting in a good mix of everything.
Very much enjoyed North Cornwall. I think our mood changed a little in this section. We lost the giddy excitement of the previous two counties, with our mood being fresher and it still resembling a normal 1-2 week trek. In North Cornwall, we started to realise what it was like to do a long distance trek where you walk week after week after week with just a rest day in-between. That was a new regime for us and I think it was strange for us mentally to deal with it and stay strong.
Check out the photo highlights slideshow and story at multicolouredpl...
Music: Fink and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) - Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us, This Is The Thing, Sort Of Revolution
Full SWCP soundtrack playlist: open.spotify.c...
Good music on these videos.
Walked from Minehead to just short of Clovelly about three years ago. Trying to get inspired to do some more. Just started reading 'The Salt Path' by Raynor Winn (good read) and have started to find the mojo again. Randomly searching TH-cam and found your video - more inspiration - thanks.
I just read the book from raynor Winn and now you give me the pictures. Thank you. Greetings from Germany
I'm just listening to it on Audible, hence how I found my way here too.
Great watching your videos for tips as I’m hoping to do a week between Hayle and Padstow. nice work and hope you had a terrific journey.
Interesting stuff. I admire your determination to get around Cornwall. Many schooners have tried and failed. Their wrecks are littered around Cornwall like leaves around a tree in late Autumn. I will subscribe. Normally I would not but you have interested me. This is my birth county and of my forefathers going back 7 generations. You, Sir, have done it justice. Thank you.
Love your videos! You've inspired me to go back to Cornwall and do more serious hiking. I experienced the Path between St. Ives and Zennor . Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought the winds on those cliffs can be a bit rough. St. Ives really is a lovely town.
Hi darrell,well after having a really crappy day and feeling a little down I decided to take 10 minutes out and search sw coast path as this is my favourite place in the world especially around Godrevy and st Ives just to cheer myself up a bit and look forward to my trip there in May with the family and dogs and stumbled on your little adventure it's just really cheered me up,the music is great and the memories it brings Back from the times I've had down there just really gave me the lift I needed to pull myself together and get on with it,anyway I've subbed to your channel and I'm gonna sit and watch the whole journey.great film can't wait to watch the rest thanks
Mad Mac82 Sorry to hear about your crappy day, but hopefully our SWCP travel videos brighten the evening... We do enjoy watching it back ourselves. It was a great trip!
Great video, as all this series has been! You've both got some serious bottle to tackle this huge walk.....well done!
Came here mostly to see what the North Cornish coast offered as I'm walking the Celtic Cornish Way this year. Based on what you offered here, I'll be watching all your SWCP videos. Very inspirational. Great content, pictures, videos, music, and Barney too :) Cheers!
It looks an amazing walk. Love the Fink soundtrack as well ❤️
I would genuinely love it if you posted a list of the music you used in this series. It is so inspirational, the journey of course is special, but the choice of music is amazing. I have watched this journey in its entirety a few times, and the music almost blows me away as much as the journey. Much love to the three of you.
Thank you kindly. I'm glad somebody has taken the effort to point out this element of the videos. A lot of hard work goes into choosing the right music, not only for scene setting, but also choosing lesser known artists who I can use officially, who (presumably) appreciate the promotion, and who are not likely to make a snap decision to have it banned on TH-cam videos in the future. I've added the track names in the extra information panel on each video so folks can know which ones are used, and I've also created a Spotify public playlist of all the tracks used at open.spotify.com/user/darrellgrundy/playlist/3ijgcBJIpUBHT0AHi8ZfrZ ... Enjoy!
Many thanks! I'll check it out now. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic video! It's an epic walk and you captured it beautifully.
@@DarrellGrundy I absolutely love the songs you used in this vid.
Wonderful videos! It's so difficult to find quality UK-based backpacking channels on TH-cam, really glad to have found you. You really make me wish I had the time to do the SWCP!
I say just do it! Sounds like you were born to hike that trail. Be damned with modern day responsibilities of mortgage payments, keeping up with the Jones', 4 weeks holiday per year. This is where the real 'take it to your grave' life experiences are to be had
Me! I'm one!
Excellent & Lovely films 👏👌😁❤️
Amazing walks and fantastic photography .... loved it!!
Really enjoying your videos. Can't wait to see you in East Devon. I'll wave at you when you walk past Seaton. :)
Fantastic coastline. Happy hiking!
Awesome, great video!
Amazing! Love watching your travels
Really enjoyed that and admire your sense of adventure, I've been to a few of those lovely places but never walked there!
Great video and views. Thanks for sharing
Excellent well done on video and walk
Looks a great walk well done 👍
Great trip, thanks for sharing.
One of the few people I have seen wild camping on the beach
Loving your videos! We are thinking of doing this in sections this year - would love to go straight through but work pressures don't allow it! I agree with the estimation of Rick Stein's fish and chips. It's in the top ten but nowhere near as good as some we had at Drumnadrochit at Loch Ness! (also twice the price!). Thanks for putting these up, we are using them as research! :D
Good video - decent production values
What's the titles of the songs played in this video ?absolutely love them !Fantastic views as well!
Oh okay I got it, I just read the description below.
Yup - I put all of the artists and song titles in the TH-cam video description (expanded). Also, I created a Spotify playlist as well for all of the songs played in this SWCP video series (also linked in the description). Thanks
Hey guys. I will be starting the trail in a couple of weeks. Could you tell me if there are natural water sources along the way, or did you have to carry it all with you? Love these vids, watch them regularly
Yes - plenty of streams along the way (sterilising this), and towns / villages pubs etc. where you can fill up. We just had that small issue as featured in the video in South Devon, which seemed to be drier / absent of streams and had to carry more on our backs to be sure. Good luck with your trip
@@DarrellGrundy Thank you good sir, much appreciated
well done guys! Hope Ican do the same too, one day.
Great videos
Watched them all
Attempting it March April this year
Would love to pick your brains regarding wild camping stops
Good luck - I'm sure you'll enjoy, but weather might be an interesting factor at that time of year. What questions do you have about wild camping spots? I think most are a bit hesitant setting out about how easy wild camping will be on that trail, but once you get going a do the first couple of nights, it becomes quite easy to choose a good location out of the way or quiet.
Love it 👌🏼
Great video. Did you wild camp alot of your walk and did you get any hassle doing that? Obviosly you left it as you found it. Im looking at doing the full slog next year for charity. So trying to save where i can. Thanks.
We wild camped a lot of it. No hassle, but we were fairly discrete and mindful of not being an annoyance. We loved the wild camps for being closer to the picturesque spots sunrise and sunset, but yeah, a good deal to with saving money else the full walk would cost a fortune if staying in lodgings. We did some camp sites too. Enjoy your hike.
@@DarrellGrundy cheers dude
hey guys awesome video me and my mate are supposed to be doing a exploration walk from lands end to Newquay soon. was wondering how did you manage to sleep without worrying of knobish passers-bys? I'll be taking photos and videos will upload them for you to enjoy!
+jollygiant7223 Happy to report no nobs on our trip. The locals seemed to be okay with wild camping so long as you're not leaving any mess and being a bit discreet where you camp down and what time you set down/get going. Have a good trip!
Enjoyed watching your walk. I'd be interested to know what camera you used. Sammy
Mostly a Nikon D750 with Nikon 28-300 VR lens, with a 20mm and 50mm for some shots, and Sony Xperia Z2 phone for the wet shots. Thanks
Haha, at the beginning your tent is very close to CSOS (giant satellites, government listening station thing). Surprised you didn’t have men with rifles after you. There are some good spots to camp around Northcote, just before you get into Bude, including an amazing hidden ledge used by abseilers (it’s off the path and fairly tricky to get to via some wooden steps and a very narrow bits with drops but worth it when you find it).
Great Vid well done guys
Love your vids still. what is your suggestion for wild camping during your walk? the pros cons
Funnily enough, I've started writing a book about that since there's so many questions and folks understandably want a lot of help to properly prep for the big journey. But in the meantime, I can give a short summary which is we totally understand that wild campers will be a bit apprehensive about how easy it will be on the SWCP to find good, wild sites along the way, and not to get any hassle from oiks, or to be moved on from land owners. We had the same concerns. Of course, we're not advocating that folks should go out and blatantly camp wherever they want with no respect for land owners, locals or visitors wanting to admire the natural scenery. But if you wild camp with respect, then generally we found the majority of folks were tolerant of it, and there's plenty of beautiful and interesting wild camps along the SWCP to make it an amazing experience.
Quality filming and editing, always felt blessed to be Cornish
I've been following your walk and really enjoying it - well done, I think it's brilliant. I'd like to do this walk next summer 2017 on my own and will do it for charity. I would really appreciate some advice. Are there campsites en route? Is it ok to wild camp - Do I need permission? Do you advise walking boots or walking shoes. And also, did you pre book your occasional hotel stays?
Hi Lisa - only just seen this comment. Apols. for the delay in responding. Yes there are a lot of camp sites along the way or some distance off the trail. There is usually space in them to get a small pitch if turning up without notice, but during the school holidays, some can be fully booked up. Wild camping, in our experience, was fine where you're considerate to the land owners and others sharing the trail. It'll be too difficult to ask the land owners permission unless it's obvious (i.e. nearby farm), so you just have to risk it. We had lightweight boots. With heavy backpacks, some ankle support is important to reduce risk of twisted ankles. If you had a light backpack, cross trainers would be fine I think. Pre-book hotel stays - yes! They are busy in tourist season. Enjoy your trip!
Lovely video, enjoyed it a lot.
Thinking of moving to Cornwall for this very reason.
Is it okay to camp anywhere, or are there restrictions?
Cheers.
There are normal restrictions - i.e. not technically allowed / legal to camp anywhere on the SWCP, however it is tolerated if you be considerate to the land owner / locals / visitors in terms of site selection and time you camp down / get going again, and obviously mandatory to leave no trace. Thanks
How easy was it to find wild camping spots? Having hiked in America and Scotland I got so used to being able to csmp wherever. Then amidst covid I tried to hike the Coast to Coast... my god it was a camping nightmare, everywhere was someone's garden or farm. Just rubbish trying to camp in England. I do not recommend that hike by the way (Coast to Coast) but HIGHLY recommend The West Highland Way
It was fairly easy, but in summer you have to be respectful of people out and about enjoying the outdoors and don't necessarily want to see tents spoiling their views. So we found places out of sight from the paths, and set down late and moved on early. Only the busier town areas down in South Devon did we really struggle and just resigned ourselves to the fact we'd stay in accommodation instead.
@@DarrellGrundy You're a diamond, thanks for that. I'm very familiar with Leave No Trace, so I'm hoping I'll be good 🙏 can I also ask what you used to edit??? Are you going on any other hikes soon??
I use Final Cut Pro on Mac, which I think is a great product for pay once, and has loads of cool features for regular folks to publish good looking videos. We were hoping to do some other hikes this year, but a bunch of reasons has meant they probably won't happen. Good luck with your travels.
Nice video guys :)
How good can fish and chips be?
Nice video enjoyed it :)
Hi Darrell. I've walked this. I liked you and your partner (and dog) and enjoyed this. But. ..24.34 minutes to cover this stretch of the SWCFP - one of the greatest odysseys of my life is ridiculous, in my opinion. You could have made ten documentaries on this stretch!
pasties are brilliant in padstow ..the best in cornwall
Hello, can i ask you what camera did you use?
It was a Nikon D750 with 20mm, 50mm and 28-300mm lenses, and a Manfrotto tripod with a fluid bearing head (for smooth panning). Weighed quite a few kilos, but pleased with results, and photos came out nice also
Thank you ! :) nice results indeed !
what breed of dog is that?
He's an American Cocker Spaniel - hardly anybody can identify him, but we're partly to blame keeping him in a 'puppy cut', but it adds to his mini-bear appearance :-)
I’m planning to do a big nature walk In the uk I just don’t know where to go lol it will be my first ever proper nature walk . I’ve become a brand new person and really spiritual now all I want to do it walk threw nature but I’m from a small town full of council houses and sirens 🙄 never the less I want to explore the real world of nature . Any suggestions would be appreciated , I want as much views as possible and animals etc ❤️ your all amazing who read this and I hope you live a beautiful peaceful life ❤️🌎🙏
Have a look at all of the UK National Trails and see which one suits your scenery and nature and location and length. We've done South Downs Way and The Ridgeway which were good intro walks, and I have videos of those ones as well. But if you want more remote, then maybe Wales or Scotland will have the best views, nature, solitude. Enjoy.
@@DarrellGrundy thanks dude , hope that you are okay and well 🌎🤟
the best fish and chips in padstow is hidden at the back, chips ahoy, knocks the socks off Rick Steins anyday
Did you have to carry dog food with you ?
Yes - and did my back hurt on some of the longer multi-day sections between shops? Yes
Darrell Grundy ouch, I bet he appreciated it!
I didn't know prince Harry had taken up hiking?? ;)
I get that a lot :)