So here we're thinking we've done pretty good so far on our walk - having finished 63 miles over 6 days with a cumulative elevation of 12,307 feet. And then we meet up with a couple who've been walking for 12 days starting in Penzance and were carrying everything they'd brought for their walking holiday in their backpacks. Yikes!!! But it sounds like the record for the total 630 miles of the entire trail is someone who did it in 16 days - over 39 miles a day...running. My first question of course would be, why? :) And the second one - how in the heck??? The trail is not gradual rolling hills - it's up & down and up & down, on most of the time a narrow dirt/rocky trail - and near cliffs. Which is why they call is a dramatic coastline. If you lived in the area, it would be a wonderful thing to tackle the trail - but over a number of weekends and over a number years. And we met quite a few who were doing just that. However my guess is this is the only stretch of this coast we'll be tackling (but never say never - learned that after we completed the Costwold trail;)
Loved having experienced this great trail - but my feet are happy the walking's over...for now.
Up elevation, yes. Did you count the down elevation? That's always hard on my knees...because, you know, I'm an old man :)
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