Day -1


I'm on the 2nd of 3 trains to get down to Penzance, I expect to arrive there
at about 15:30.  It's taken a good 2-3 days to get ready, and that's just the
packing plus a bit of googling for somewhere to stay the first night, and to
see where I'm likely to get to at the end of Day 1.  I'm storing each day's
campsite or B&B (I originally was going to travel *v* light and just use B&Bs
until I realised what the cost would be.

Two problems so far:

  - my pack is too big and weighs too much
  - I'm too fat and unfit to be doing this

So what's the remedy?  Well, the idea is to start walking reasonably easily,
eg I'm only looking to do about 8 miles the first day.  The goal is Minehead
initially, which as I type this, I don't know how far it is, but generally I'm looking
to average 15 miles a day, so each 'under' day needs to be made up.

Hmm.  I wrote the above from the train, now I'm in the hostel by Land's End
(where I have a room to myself!) called Land's End Accommodation (at
Trevesacan which is maybe 1/2 mile from Land's End.  Nice place) and I've
been googling more.  Minehead is 265 miles by the coastal path!  Aaargh, it's
all those coastal wrigglies. I'll have to cut some corners to get the mileage
down, as I've 2 weeks to get there in order to go to our first music festival
of the year.

So, early night, and looking forward to day 1, tomorrow, when the walking
starts!