I have reached an important milestone in my Coast Challenge- I have arrived in Barnstaple! The last long run brought me within 5 miles of home so I decided to do the next section during one of my shorter midweek training runs to leave me in a better starting position for next week. This meant this morning saw me running the familiar Tarka Trail between Braunton and Barnstaple and joyfully arriving home. I have run this route dozens of times, but the sight of Barnstaple's new bridge appearing in the distance has never been as exciting as now when I knew it meant I had reached the next stage of the Coast Path. Even better, now when I look at the map the distance I've completed suddenly looks much more impressive, in fact I think I'm about half way, and the Challenge has started to seem do-able once more!
Route:
Braunton- Velator roundabout- Wrafton- Chivenor- Barnstaple. 5 miles in total.
Distance on Coast Path:
53 miles to date.
Map:
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- Laura Lou
- I am a trained medical doctor and novelist based in North Devon. After a brief stint as a Medical Writer and health and fitness/outdoor sports journalist I have decided to focus on fiction and now have completed five novels for children/young adults, one of which is available to buy on Amazon (search Laura Louise Stewart or book title Secrets of the Spirits). I have been a runner for many years and have run-explored my way around the world(Paris, Barcelona, Lausanne, Porto, California, New York and North Carolina to name a few locations seen with my runner's eye view.) My other passions are music, dancing, swimming, attempting surfing and other watersports, and thinking about doing a triathlon (whilst sitting comfortably at home drinking copius amounts of tea). To discuss work, please email me at lauralou.stewart@googlemail.com
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