Author Archives: sheg4184

It’s a Wrap!

Posted on 21 June 2026 by sheg4184

The Final Lap: Falmouth to Bigbury-on-Sea He made it. Yesterday, after a week on the final run up the east coast of Cornwall and across the border into Devon the job is done. Yesterday afternoon, I joined One & Only … Continue reading →

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Of Tin & Tea & Tidal Rivers

Posted on 15 June 2026 by sheg4184

The penultimate phase: the Lizard Peninsula I have just been looking at a map that divides Cornwall into six areas, like stripy socks, and noticed that the southern end of the county looks something like a crab claw. So, we … Continue reading →

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Combing the Penwith Peninsula

Posted on 7 June 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 6 of the Salt Path: St. Ives to Prussian Bay ‘By Tre, Pol and Pen, Shall ye know all Cornishmen’ On the south western tip of Cornwall (or Kernow as it is known by the Cornubians) is the rugged … Continue reading →

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Of Martyrs and Artists and Clamorous Bells

Posted on 4 June 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 5 of the Salt Path: Boscastle to St Ives This past week, we have been based in St Columb Major, a Cornish town a few miles inland, and well away from the hustle and bustle and total chaos of … Continue reading →

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Down on the Border

Posted on 24 May 2026 by sheg4184

‘…For men must work, and women must weep,Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,And the harbour bar be moaning.’. ~ Charles Kingsley (Three Fishers) Phase 4: The Salt Path: Westward Ho! to Bude Our accommodation these past few days has … Continue reading →

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“A Wimpling Wind”*

Posted on 17 May 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 3 of the Salt Path: Lynmouth to Westward Ho! Wandering through a tranquil wilderness beneath dappled beechwoods, I emerge into green fields beside a still and silent lake, and it is hard to imagine that I am in the … Continue reading →

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A Glimpse of Somerset

Posted on 14 May 2026 by sheg4184

Phase 2 of the Salt Path Experience: Minehead to Lynmouth We have moved on to Somerset this week, but only fleetingly. The walk, as I think I mentioned before, officially begins in Minehead. So we have spent two nights in … Continue reading →

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A Soupçon of Dorset

Posted on 12 May 2026 by sheg4184

Lime Regis, where “the principal street [is] almost hurrying into the water, … [and] the very beautiful line of cliffs [are] stretching out to the east of the town.” ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion Phase 1 of the Salt Path Experience: … Continue reading →

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Campania Felix

Posted on 15 March 2026 by sheg4184

I am not very good at reacting joyfully to surprises, as the One & Only knows only to well. So, it was a rare thing that he chose to surprise me for our anniversary this week, and an even rarer … Continue reading →

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Proud Mary, Proud Mum

Posted on 23 February 2026 by sheg4184

‘I love the java jive and it loves me’ ~ the Inkpots, 1958 Proud Mary Café (PMC) has been a popular coffee shop on Oxford Street in the heart of Collingwood, Melbourne for over sixteen years. It was founded by … Continue reading →

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