I wake up at 5:10am with the light and the bird calls of oystercatchers, a wren, and a blackbird. I get up and have scones, from Port Issac, for breakfast as I take my tent down. I'm trying to get that backpack weight further reduced. I leave the Cornish blue and crackers for lunch and then will resupply at Bude later in the day. As it’s another strenuous and then moderate section to Bude and then severe and supposedly the toughest day of SWCP to Hartland Quay. I’m keen to get as far up towards Hartland Quay as possible today - Warrens’s Gutter is what I’ve earmarked on the spreadsheet although I think that’s quite an ask. I’m concerned that the weather forecast tomorrow afternoon to Friday isn’t looking good - rain and someone has said high winds so I’m thinking of giving Hartland Quay hotel a ring to see if they have a room spare. Glorious exposures of strata on beach as sun comes up. A Steep climb follows but worth it for a superb ridge walk. Castle point with the white blossom ...