The Exmoor stage: Minehead to Combe Martin

This was our learning curve – and like Minehead’s North Hill it was steep. The original plan, lovingly drawn out on a map on the wall at home for months in advance, involved a two-week blast down to Tintagel, camping on many nights. Reality bit early, and the hastily-rearranged plan covered the 35 miles of the Exmoor coast in four days that pushed us every bit as hard as we wanted to be pushed. Exmoor: it’s steep. But breath-takingly beautiful with it.

• From London to North Hill
• North Hill to Porlock Weir
• Porlock Weir to Lynmouth
• Lynmouth to Heddon’s Mouth
• Lynmouth to Heddon's Mouth
• Heddons Mouth to Combe Martin
• Hunting the Earl of Rone