Day 23 Bude to lundy

Two hours sleep and we are up at 0015 on Sunday morning. Or is it Saturday night? The wind has dropped and we have a small window for Lundy. The tide is out and its springs. We have a very long and bumpy walk to the sea shore with boats and kit. The next challenge is launching through the surf in the dark, not easy as you can't see the waves until they break. We get out back without incident and the strong spring tide whisks us up the coast. The crossing goes as planned and without incident. One last challenge of the day is carrying all our gear up the hill to the camp site, its a killer and makes the paddle seem easy.

Days 20 to 22 bude

It's been to windy to cross to Lundy so we've had a bit of a rest in Bude. This has given us a good opportunity to clean and sort kit, stock up on food and get ready for Wales. We are now fully rested and ready to go again.

Day 19 Trevose to Bude

Today we paddled in a straight line for 28 miles to Bude.

We saw our first dolphin of the trip, I think it was a common dolphin. It hung around with us for about an hour swimming under our kayaks and jumping out of the water from time to time. Rach tried to get some photos, but dolphins are very camera shy.

We arrived at Bude just after high water and had a nice easy landing on the slipway.

Day 18 St. Agnes to Trevose Head (Mother Ivey's bay)

As we Paddled past Newquay the fog came in thick and we lost sight of land. We just manage to sight Park head and are reassured that we're on course. The tidal race of Trevose Head was bigger than I expected and with very poor visibility it took a lot of concentration to navigate the rocks and breaking waves. As we came out of the race into Mother Ivey's bay the fog cleared just enough for us to see the beach. We decide to spend the night here as we do not have enough time to get past Rumps point before the tide turns.

Day 17 Sennen cove to St. Agnes

After a good nights sleep at Trevedrafarm campsite we set off from Sennen cove at 10.30. We have wind swell and tide with us and make good progress towards St Agnes. As we get to St Agnes head the sea becomes confused, fog rolls in and the swell picks up. We are both hoping landing at Trevaunance Cove will be possible. If we can't land safely it will be further 10 miles to Newquay.

Thankfully as Trevaunance Cove comes into view we see its a nice easy landing, Phew!

Day 16 Lands end

A short day today, just 9 miles around lands end to Sennen. No photos of our paddle today. The sea was rough and there is no way I could of held my camera steady enough. After being flung about by the sea for 3 hours we have checked into a camp site which we seem to have all to our selves. I've had an amazing shower and washed all my stinking clothes. It feels so good to be clean.

Day 15 Falmouth to lamoran cove

Another good day. On the water at first light only to be engulfed by fog. The first few miles are done with the compass and the sea is glassy. When the sun does come through it turns the sea to a shiny cream. We are both feeling fit and make good time to the lizard. Going round the lizard is as easy as it gets. We stop at Mullion cove and have a long lunch in the sun.
After its a long paddle straight across to Lamoran cove.