We set off a little late in the day with our first stop at the Lifeboat station in Looe. We were met by John a lovely man who showed us in, gave us water and sat us down for a few minutes before showing us around the station. We had our picture taken in not the usual manner!! As you can see.
John then took us down town for pasty and set us off on our way with a free ferry trip across the river.
We started our long trip to Polruan in the midday heat which was very challenging. Reaching Polpero wasnt so bad until we left Polperro. The route between Polruan and Polperro was particularly tough as there were a few steep ascents and descents. After sweating profusly, we passed a sign that said Polruan 3 and half miles, thinking we were half way there we pressed on. What seemed like hours later we passed another sign that said the SAME thing. How could it still be 3 and half miles? The sign a little further on said 4 and half miles. We soon came to the conclusion that someone in the South West Coastal Path Team must be having a laugh. Either that or we were becoming delirious in the heat...
We collapsed on a headland after an awful hot hike still realising we had another two miles to go. we wanted to cry but there was no water left in us!! We staggered into Polruan rather late and headed for the pub and a cold pint of cider. We asked the pub about accomodation as we were rather lacking on that front. Luckily a lovely lady called Beth Rigg came over and said her husband was the Ray, was the treasurer of the Fowey and Polruan Lifeboat and that their holiday cottage was empty so we could stay there for £20. Of course we jumped at the offer, our tired feet were weary.
We then got chatting to a man next to us who explained he was from Newlyn and his boat was here for some repairs. His name was Steve and just before he left he gave Beth the £20 for our accomodation! We could hardly believe it and we would just like to say a big thank you to Steve! That night I slept so well.
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