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Day 7: Holywell to Mawgan Porth (13 miles)

Somewhat to my surprise this was a really interesting and varied day.  With heavy rain forecast into the afternoon, I was feeling reluctant to get out of bed! And certainly not enthused about getting moving. My legs seemed to agree and it was well into the morning before I really felt I was moving well.  We were surprised by this as we had treated ourselves to steak at the Sloop Inn the night before thinking this would set us up for the day, but it made me think (apologies vegetarians) how lions have to sleep off their feasts! Setting off from Holywell I was delighted the rain hadn’t come through and although I set off through and enjoyed the sand dunes, when I saw a dauntingly large slope coming up I diverted down onto the east side of the beach to check the geology and seek a cave I’d heard about - the Boly Well at that end. The views were gorgeous but the tide wasn’t low enough as yet to see the cave - and what’s more I hadn’t avoided a steep sand slope to get back on the p...