Number of walking days: 13
Number of rest days: 1 – Dartmouth
Number of kilometres walked: over 300 (not including rest days)
Number of steps taken: 500,000+
Number of SWCP signs we saw: 1236
Number of SWCP signs we missed: unknown but far too many
Number of bridges crossed: 151
Number of ferries: 5
Number of gates opened and closed: 187
Number of stiles climbed: 27
Number of steps climbed: 2,600
Number of swims: 0
Number of metres climbed: 7,990 (nearly Mt Everest from sea level)
Highest cliff climbed: Great Hangman 318m
Most metres climbed in a day: 1,518m
Least metres climbed in a day: 17m
Number of times chased by cows: 0 (they are better behaved in Devon)
Cutest animals we saw: grey squirrels
Best breakfast: Sea Breeze Plymouth, thank you Anne
Best dinner: Wheelhouse Restaurant, Minehead, Pork and apple pie
Smallest breakfast: Salcombe
Number of poached eggs eaten: 24 each
Most expensive packed lunch: Noss Mayo, £6.50
Prettiest town: Porlock
Ugliest town: Paignton
Longest day: 27 km Woolacombe to Braunton
Shortest day: Minehead to Lynmouth14 km
Place I’d like most to go back to: Brixham
Place I will never go back to: Paignton
Number of beds slept in: 16
Narrowest bed slept in: Salcombe
Most comfortable bed: the one at the end of a tiring day
Least comfortable bed: the ones on rest days
Number of times we really got lost: 1
Number of times we couldn’t find our B & B: 8 (tired brain fade at the end of the day)
Number of times our bags left before us: 2
Number of places with no wi-fi: 0
Number of days until we got sick of Full English Breakfast: 3
Number of Cornish Pasties eaten: 0, went off them last year, too salty for us
Number of Cream Teas: 2, complementary at B & B when we arrived
Number of glasses of wine/beer/cider: 4 each (a very dry walk!)
Number of desserts eaten: 0 (gained too much weight last year)
Number of times a dog wanted our lunch: 4
Number of things we lost: sun glasses, sun screen
Number of things we left behind in hotel rooms: 0 – not bad for us
The most luxurious accom: Instow Barton B & B and Dartmouth Boutique B & B
The squeakiest floors: Worswell Barton Farmhouse Noss Mayo
Number of kisses Paul got at a kissing gate: 0 (cows, sheep and dogs don’t count)
Number of kisses Barbara got at a kissing gate: lost count
Number of boat harbours we passed through:
Number of nettle stings: only 1, we learnt from last year
Number of Iron Age Hill Forts we crossed: 1
Number of Iron Age Hill Forts we actually recognised: 0
Number of photographs taken by Paul: 2054
Number of photographs taken by Barbara: 54
Articles of clothing not worn: 40%
Number of rivers waded through: 1 – The Erme
Number of times we got absolutely saturated: 1 – Torcross to Dartmouth
Best new technology: South West Coast Path phone app (saved us dozens of times)
Most obsolete must have: paper maps (didn’t look at ours once)
Most favourite drink during the day: fruit smoothie (Pau)
Most favourite drink during the day: Kleen Kanteen coffee (Barbara)
Number of times we ran out of water: 1