Day 2

.    Start:      St Just.  Trevaylor campsite    End:  St Ives, Grey Mullet Guest House
Linear distance walked:  14.5 miles

First, all my mileages are very approximate.  I carry a GPS but don't switch it on much
to conserve batteries.  Second, why 'linear distance walked' - because I don't count
exploring in towns eg, or backtracking, I only count miles 'in the general direction of
travel', which used to be Minehead, just by following the coastal path round, but now
is unknown and TBD.  I need to be at a music festival in just under 2 weeks, so I'll decide
where I will aim to end up.

Last evening and night was awkward.  I can't sit up in the tent, which means
I am reliant on campsites having some kind of recreational room to go to, and
I don't know how many sites are like that.  It was also pretty noisy from the
wind, and often as I could feel myself on the cusp of sleep, the tent would get
rattled.  But the good thing is, the tent pitch site I picked was relatively
sheleted and the tent didn't blow away.

The point of this walk is enjoyment, but I also want to be doing some studying
and job-hunting.  The not being able to use the laptop in the evening, coupled
with the size and weight of the pack (probably no more than 15 kg but to me it's
a lot and so is the size 55+10 litres).

So, briefly, the day.  I started off on the coastal path but it's very up and
down and I was making as little as 1mph in places, so I road-walked quite a
distance in order to make St Ives.  I didn't want to spend 3 days over just 22
something miles.  The weight of the pack was an ongoing annyonance, especially
as it's a fairly hilly road.  I suppose ascent over the 14.5 miles was 3-400
metres, not a lot, but it seemed a lot.

So, I've had enough of the tent/pack, and to get rid of both I've decided to
use Snowdrop (Teresa and my campervan) to live in each day on the walk.  Tomorrow
I'll go fetch it.   If it seems wimpish to you to, after just 2 days, abandon
back-packing, well yes, I empathise with that view, but I see no point in delaying
my decision!