About the Author
Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with over 90 books to his name and contributions to 40 other titles. He has written for several outdoor magazines and other publications, and has appeared on radio and television.
Paddy uses a tablet computer to write as he walks. His descriptions are therefore precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them.
Paddy is an indefatigable long-distance walker who has walked all of Britain’s National Trails and several European trails. He has also walked in Nepal, Tibet, Korea and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the US. Paddy is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild and President of the Backpackers Club.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
Glyndwr’s Way
Mountain Walking in Mallorca
The Cleveland Way and the Yorkshire Wolds Way
The GR5 Trail
The GR20 Corsica
The Great Glen Way
The Irish Coast to Coast Walk
The Mountains of Ireland
The National Trails
The North York Moors
The Pennine Way
The Reivers Way
The Teesdale Way (Martin Collins; updated by Paddy Dillon)
The Wales Coast Path
Trekking in Greenland
Trekking in Mallorca
Trekking in the Alps (contributing author)
Walking and Trekking in Iceland
Walking in County Durham
Walking in Madeira
Walking in Menorca
Walking in Sardinia
Walking in the Isles of Scilly
Walking in the North Pennines
Walking on Arran
Walking on Gran Canaria
Walking on Guernsey
Walking on Jersey
Walking on La Gomera and El Hierro
Walking on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
Walking on La Palma
Walking on Malta
Walking on Tenerife
THE SOUTH WEST COAST PATH
by Paddy Dillon
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
© Paddy Dillon 2016
Second edition Reprinted 2018 (with updates)
ISBN 9781783622955
First edition 2003
ISBN 1852843799
ISBN 9781852843793
Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
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Front cover: The fishing cove of Penberth in Cornwall (Stage 20)
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