200 miles for 200 years
I'm walking a little over 200 miles of the SW Coast Path from Bude (on the North Cornwall border), past Land's End and Lizard Point to Falmouth - where I will hopefully arrive in time to join my shanty band "The Dockyard Dogs" (the official City of London RNLI Shanty Band) at the Falmouth International Shanty Festival.
The RNLI is now a little over 200 years old (founded in 1824) and so it is kind of like 1 mile for each year.
I'll hopefully pop into / have my photo taken outside some of the many RNLI stations en route.
Please give generously to this incredibly worthwhile charity.
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Made it to Falmouth!
Thursday 11th Jun Yesterday I walked the final 11mi from Helford to Falmouth in time to be joined by the rest of the shanty crew for this weekend's Shanty Festival.
Land's End (and beyond!)
Friday 5th Jun A couple of days ago I made it to Land's End (symbolic point on the trail!). Now I'm heading back up the other side of the coast - reaching Penzance last night for vegan fish and chips (smoked tofu wrapped in seaweed and then battered...yum!).
Back on the Trail!
Friday 29th May Good evening all! Back on the trail for the past 2 days following the end of the extreme heat. Have made it down to Porthtowan (hopefully hitting St. Ives in two days time!). Mum and Dad have joined me for the past couple of days (which has been lovely) but I think they will be leaving me to it for tomorrow's 14mi stretch to Hayle.
3 days in and it's bloody hot!
Sunday 24th May Thanks to everyone who has kindly donated so far. A bit of an update from the past 3 days (I've traveled from Bude to Port Isaac [the home of the Fisherman's Friends shanty band... Very apt!]. The heat has made an already tough challenge even tougher. Today's leg from Tintagel to Port Isaac was described in my guidebook as one of the toughest on the entire trail and so it turned out to be. After exhausting my water supplies (about 4 litres), and with nowhere en route to refill, the relentless heat took its toll and I jumped into a taxi for the last 2mi of the day (shout-out to the lovely Star Taxis who managed to interpret my vague instructions "uhh... I'll meet you where the Coast Path meets the road", then agreed to let me as a sweaty mess into her new car and then to top it off donated the fare to my RNLI walk).Thank you to my Sponsors
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James Lacey
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Rachel Worledge
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Alice Marshall
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Sandra And Steve Hawksworth
Go Dan, another challenge, great cause. Proud of you. 🥰
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Dave”kombatz”
Happy trundling 💚
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Shanty Audience Member :)
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Claire Hawksworth
Good luck Dan!! Hopefully you enjoy it too
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Samuel Dickinson
Best of luck Dan, a gentle coastal stroll by your usual standards.
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Barry Tone-hay
Great job, Dan. Heat and hills: a deadly combination! Well done and good luck for the rest on the walk. Barry T
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Tom Scarlett
Run like the wind. Soar like the clappers. Walk like John Wayne. Go Dan go.
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Matt Ray And Family
Keep Haulin mate .. at least there is no wind to blow the man down but the weather is like South Australia .. what a good cause for the lifeboat man.. hope you don’t feel like a dead horse at the end
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Brian Lee
Keep up the good work Dan love Grampy and Sue. X
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David Smith
Go for it Dan Leafe nothing on those hills
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David Sellman
This donation is conditional on you doing the walk in full Whyteleafe kit carrying Mac the Dog around your shoulders. Also, by the time you reach your destination you’ve written a song for your shanty group to sing titled hey Lino (it’s when he kicks the ball not when you look up). Have fun!
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Sandra Hawksworth
Keep on going Dan, love All the M's. X
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Anonymous
Keep plodding mate, just think of a new pair of boots x
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Alison Easton-skinner
Well done Dan, all for a worthy cause, you will smash it !
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Katherine Reed
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Carol Reed
A very good cause. Well done!
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Cheryl Wright
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Adrian Van Aalst
Get a move on you sausage!!
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Sandra Hawksworth
Money from Caroline Knight Dan. Well done, a great cause.
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Jim And Nicki
Enjoy it all Dan Well done
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Caroline Alan And All The Family
Good luck Dan! Enjoy your trek. There’s a nice farm shop on the cliff path just before you reach Boscastle! Its called Boscatle Farmshop funnily enough! 😂 Worth a visit!! Have fun! Xxx
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Megan
Well done Daniel, you can do it. Love Grandma. X
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Nikkie Walker
A fantastic adventure for a fantastic cause. Good luck!
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Tim Deadman
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Vivaldi's 3rd Cousin
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Anonymous
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Phil
Go Dan!!! See you down there!!
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Chris W
Good luck!
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Jenny & Grant
Good luck Dan ye absolute madman! 🏴 200 miles for the RNLI?! That’s no a walk, that’s a full-on Highland pilgrimage with blisters the size of haggis suppers. From North Devon tae Land’s End and roond tae Mousehole — ye’ll have calves like bagpipes and a face like a sunburnt haddock by the end of it. Mind and keep hydrated, dinnae trust any suspicious hills labelled “easy”, and if ye start hearing the seagulls speaking Scottish… it’s maybe time for a wee sit doon. Proud of ye pal — absolutely smashing it for a brilliant cause. The RNLI will be chuffed tae bits. Now get those boots oan and gie it laldy!
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Dan Hawksworth
Thanks to Star Taxis who donated the fare to my RNLI walk <3
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Peter Snowdon
Keep Haulin all the way to Falmouth, Dan! Fantastic walk. Best of luck!
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Richard Pearson
Good luck, Dan!!!
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Ian And Christine Baldwin
Good luck Dan
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The Surrey Campbells
Keep Haulin
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Mark Hudson
Go for it legend!
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Teresa Hinder
Well done Dan you are doing fab enjoy the shanty
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James Mallett
Good luck Dan
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Tim Birkett
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Good luck Dan