A hard day - medication needed

Chocolate and Banana Pasty

I started yesterday with a gentle 3 mile warm-up to Mevagissey where I found myself in a bakery eyeballing this Chocolate and Banana pasty.  Slightly warm, it was as lush as you might imagine.  A good job I had this extra fuel, as what lay ahead nearly killed me.  8 miles of nightmare walking - very steep stepped climbs, very steep stepped descents, very steep off-camber wiggly paths.  You get the drift.  When I finally reached my lunch stop at Charlestown, I had to have a pint of Betty Stoggs ale to revive me. 

After lunch (and another beer), I still had 10 miles to go.  Helen walked with me for the first section to Par Sands which was much flatter.  After she turned back, I found myself enjoying a pint of Timmy Taylor's Landlord (the best beer in the whole world) at Polkerris.  The final few miles flew by although on the approach to my destination of Fowey I was really trudging.  Only one thing would revive me, straight to the pub for a couple of pints of Betty Stoggs Big Sister.  And some lush fish and chips.

Today is Polruan (opposite Fowey) to Porthwrinkle via Polperro and Looe.