Terra & Tide
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Coast
Long Shore
Nine nights following one coastline on foot, sleeping where the path meets the sea.
DISTANCE
142 km
TOTAL ASCENT
3,420 m
NIGHTS
9 nights
FROM
$5,100
Moderate · four to seven hours, one boat crossing
Day by day
DAY 1
Arrive Porthcurn
Boots off, feet in the sea within the hour. Supper is whatever came in this morning.
Transfer 25 min
Harbour inn
DAY 2
The first headland
An easy start along the cliff path, mostly to find out how everyone walks.
320 m ascent · 4 h
Harbour inn
DAY 3
Round to Zennor
Granite, gorse and very little shade. The wind does not stop but you do get used to it.
540 m ascent · 6 h
Farmhouse
DAY 4
The long beach
Six miles of sand at low tide, which is the only reason we start at half past five.
Flat · 5 h
Farmhouse
DAY 5
Boat to the island
An hour of open water. Seals on the way out if the swell is low enough.
Crossing 1 h
Island cottage
DAY 6
The island circuit
All the way round on a path that is mostly not a path. Nobody else is out here.
410 m ascent · 5 h
Island cottage
DAY 7
Back to the mainland
Morning crossing, then a short afternoon walk to shake the boat off.
Crossing 1 h · 3 h walk
Harbour inn
DAY 8
The cove with no name
A day built around one swim in one cove. Whether it is warm is not the point.
260 m ascent · 4 h
Harbour inn
DAY 9
The last cliffs
The best walking of the week, saved deliberately for when your legs can take it.
620 m ascent · 7 h
Harbour inn
DAY 10
Out at Penzance
A slow breakfast, then the branch line back to the main one.
Transfer 30 min
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What the price covers
INCLUDED
Guiding throughout · all accommodation as listed · breakfast and evening meal every day · baggage transfer between stops · group safety kit and first aid · a full kit list and route notes eight weeks before you go
NOT INCLUDED
Flights and travel to the start · lunches · travel insurance, which we require · personal equipment · drinks with meals · tips, which nobody expects
Departures
Eight places on every date. When one is full we do not add a ninth, and we will say honestly which of the remaining dates suits the route best.
Departs late May
5 left
Open
Departs mid July
0 left
Full
Departs mid September
4 left
Open
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