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Woodland walk today

A short woodland walk today – after yesterday’s coast walk – in Holsworthy Woods just south of Holsworthy

Holsworthy Woods
Fern
Lichen
Holsworthy Woods

It was just a quick mince pie and tea stop today with a flask. As the weather was damp and dull I headed back to the hotel and a movie – so I did not need the rest of the gear and food I packed with me.

Tea from a flask whilst walking and hiking

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South West Coast Path walk

I parked in the same place I did on Saturday and walked north(ish) towards Bude – taking as many opportunities as possible to make images.

The light was particularly good as the weather was overcast – so no hard shadows but it did mean the distance was a bit hazy.

First order is the day was find somewhere for breakfast with a great view. With this is mind I found an out of the way drop in the cliff down to a spot – out of the wind but where the main sound was the crash of the waves.

Cliff top spot
This hollow kept me out of the wind
Breakfast on the cliffs
Cliff top breakfast stop
Backpacking food for the day
Food for the day

The plastic box is an up-cycled cake box. Breakfast was home baked wholemeal bread with cheese spread and homemade plum jam. Of course I brewed fresh coffee.

The biscuits (Oreo’s and breakfast biscuits), apple and fried rice is for lunch or snacks. In the box is also milk, curtesy of the hotel, a vegetable stock cube and soy sauce.

South West Coast Path
Rick Strata
Strata
South West Coast Path
Waves

On the way out

South West Coast Path
South West Coast Path
Rick strata
Strata

Lunch is here.

These sheep came to see what I was doing whilst I was eating
South West Coast Path

The Storm Tower

The Storm Tower Bude
The Storm Tower Bude
The Storm Tower
The Storm Tower Bude
The Storm Tower Bude

Bude

South West Coast Path Bude
South West Coast Path Bude
South West Coast Path Bude

On the way back

South West Coast Path
GCHQ listening post
GCHQ listening post in the distance
Lower Longbeak​ Cornwall
Lower Longbeak
Black and white misty coast

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Eighth Day – Tusken Raider

Tusken Raider
Tusken Raider

That reminded me of this song – from the movie “Breaking Glass” and one of my all time favourite albums.

Then I wrote this today for my cybersecurity news blog Smart Thinking Solutions – about today’s Reith Lecture, broadcast on the eighth day, looking at the dangers of using autonomous machines with the abilities to kill people.

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