Minds Willing, Bodies Failing

I'm sorry to announce, that for now at least, our epic kayak trip around Cornwall is over. The conditions we faced on & off the water took their toll on us all.

Yesterday morning in the 4-6+ foot tidal races from the Lizard to Mullion Cove I (Tiff) severely aggravated an old shoulder injury and combined with the eye injury sustained the day before, this made me continuing extremely unsafe for us all.

Paul and Ollie faired a little better, but the pace we had been setting also took its toll. Paul damaged his wrist, making rescues/recovery not possible with kayaks weighing 250 lbs+ and Ollie was constantly bordering on sheer exhaustion.

We were all content dealing with the double figure blisters on our hands, split lips and permanent coving of salt/sand on the trip - However with the extremely bad physical state we are all in, we concluded it was not viable/safe to carry on.

We'd like to thank everyone who has donated the £500 + to Help for Heroes and hope our 94 hour run from Gunnislake Weir to Mullion Cove as a team, goes some way to showing our dedication to the planned trip. Plus we all wish to see the full Cornish coastline & may well carry on over the summer doing it in sustainable 2/3 day legs.

I (Tiff) would also like to announce, that I feel it would only be right to try and make it to Marsland Mouth, since that’s where we were being sponsored to reach. I do not wish to try and solo kayak the distance for safety reasons, however will keep as close to the original route as possible by running/walking the Cornish Coast path unsupported! Carrying all my own supplies and sleeping wherever I can find a suitable cave, bush, rock ledge etc. in which to bivvy under.

I need to recover for a few days, but am currently looking at starting my run on Monday 7th June from Mullion Cove. I shall keep this blog running & the Facebook page, plus will carry SPOT on my rucksack.

I hope this continuation of the trip solo (be it by land, instead of sea) will capture your hearts and lead to an even higher fundraising total for Help for Heroes.