Recreational path guides include OS mapping extracts based on 1: 5,000 scale (Explorer) mapping and show the route of the trail itself, though do not extend very far either side. Walkers may want to carry additional maps if deviating from the route to accommodation, etc.
Aurum publish Out On Your Feet: The Hallucinatory World of Hundred-Mile Walking, LDWA member Julie Welch's book about her first attempt to walk the LDWA 100 mile event.
Publisher's website 2018
The longest of Britain?s National Trails, the South West Coast Path follows the spectacular coastline for 630 miles around the southernmost tip of England from Somerset all the way to Dorset.This volume of the Official National Trail Guide, published in association with Walk Unlimited, features the second section of 169 miles (271 km), from Padstow in north Cornwall to Falmouth on the south coast.
From the surfing mecca of Newquay and St Ives? s golden beaches it hugs the rugged clifftops round Land? s End and the Lizard ? as far west and south as it is possible to go in Britain ? visiting serpentine harbours and craggy coves such as Cadgwith and Porthcurno with its dramatic open-air theatre. Besides truly wild sea-life like seals and fulmars, the Path offers the only chance anywhere in the country to see the delightful red-beaked chough.
Whether you're a holiday stroller or an experienced long-distance walker, this official guide contains everything you need to walk this well-loved path.
