A backpacker’s dream or nightmare? Nearly 30,000 stairs, wind that can blow off a toupee and–a high dive? That is what I thought I would see at the end of this straightway near Boscastle, England, on the South West Coast Path. But it was just another steep plunge on the 630-mile trail.
Books and my backpack 
I section walked the South West Coast Path over a number of years. On one particularly memorable, and (as it turned out) dangerously windy, section in north Cornwall I had to crawl along the cliff path on my hands and knees and walk along a field instead…
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https://thesilkaroads.com/2016/02/21/south-west-coast-path-19/ Found my blog about that day!
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Wow. That must have been really scary. A good tip for a future walker of the SWC : check the weather forecast 😉
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It was intimidating, but doable at a slow pace. The weather changes so quickly there.
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I have had the weather forecast conversation with myself so many times – I always look to see if rain is forecast but usually forget to see what it has to say about wind… 🤦♀️
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For us, the difficult part is making the decision to trek on a bad weather day. On the SW Coast Path, there are quite remote, potentially dangerous cliffside sections. There is nowhere to go but forward. And a backpack makes a big target for the wind. But the challenge is what keeps us returning to the trail, right?
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Absolutely!
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It can be dangerous, for sure…we had horrific winds for several days in 2019. Horizontal rain is a delight! A few nice days make it worth it, though.
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I saw this morning that another section of the path has succumbed to storms.
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