Day 37 – Widemouth Bay to Welcombe Mouth

Day 37 – Widemouth Bay to Welcombe Mouth

Arrival at Exeter to rendezvous with new taxi man who, happily, is called Trevor. Far more efficient than Alf in choice of route back to Widemouth, so trip completed by 11:00 despite a downpour for almost the entirety of the drive through North Cornwall. Fortunately, the rain eases by the time we get under way and, although it returns as we arrive in Bude, this serves to justify the shelter of an early lunch (crab sandwiches and Rattlers) at Life’s a Beach. We leave while it’s still raining rather than having a supplementary “rattle”, and again the rain eases within half an hour and the afternoon walk takes place in relatively fair weather. We get beyond our first possible stopping point at Morwenstow but, following several climbs and descents in quick succession (and early sightings through the murk of Lundy) decide to finish around 5:15 at Welcombe Mouth. Collected by Trevor’s cousin, Ian, who delivers us to Dylan’s B&B in Bude. Mine host a tad irritated by a recently departed guest having smoked in one of the rooms earmarked for us, but we take it anyway. Good supper with Argentine Malbec at the close-by Hebasca – despite John burning a finger on his skewer of prawns – followed by one large sticky (Japanese).