We are off on week three of the great south-west coast trek. We have booked camping at Joliot's Well in Camelford. Having packed the tent and all the camping gear on Tuesday afternoon, we only have to sort out our clothes for the week and any food that we are taking from home.
With the sun beating down from an azure sky, we leave Sherborne c0930 and head west, stopping for coffee in Honiton, and continuing on to Boscastle where we have lunch - nothing special - in a pub just by the car park. Some sea mist is covering the coastal strip down in these parts so we don't hang around and set off to find our camp site. The charge for the week is £133 which is a bit steep. The camp site is mostly static vans and cabins with a few hard standings for caravans and tourers and a couple of sites where tents will go. All pitches have access to electricity but we are not geared up for it.
We get quite sweaty putting up the tent in the full afternoon sun but enjoy a pleasant beer afterwards. The showers are different to anything we have encountered before. It is a set of rooms each with a WC, basin and shower cubicle plus soap and hand drier. Men and women use the same showers. There is a hair drier and one room has a bath for which you have to pay extra.
We drive down to Tescos in Wadebridge (sorry Martin) to stock up with supplies for breakfast and packed lunches. After a late night shower in the unisex shower block we turn in for an early night.
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