Walking Feedback and Reviews -

Dear Ellie - We had a wonderful time and really embraced what the weather threw at us! It was an adventure that we will treasure for many years to come.

Thank you so much for arranging everything and it was a real pleasure to book with yourself and your colleagues at Encounter Walking Holidays.

Kind Regards,   Ian and Lauren 

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Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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The Pembrokeshire Coast Path lived up to all our expectations.  What a stunning route, very varied terrain, unspoilt, very few other people on it, felt very remote at times. 

We used National Express coaches to Swansea - have "wrinkly" coach cards so it's very cheap travel.  Travelodge for 1 night.  Train to Kilgetty, this is a "request" stop only, then short walk - made slightly longer by route finding errors, not a good start! - in heavy drizzle to Amroth.  Walked to the official start of the path to save time the next day.  Had a pint in the Amroth Arms, they do Doom Bar!, and booked a table for the evening meal.

Started walking properly on Thursday 12th September, again in drizzle.  Very windy at times too but what wonderful scenery.  This is going to be good!  Really pleased to have Choughs for company as we did every day except one.  It was always a lovely moment to hear and see the Choughs for the first time each day.  Towards the end of the route there were  seals and their  beautiful white pups in virtually every cove, could only hear them sometimes when the edge of the cliff was too dodgy to get too close.

Having never done any of the route before it was quite exciting starting out each morning wondering what we would see.  We were never disappointed!  Even the "industrial" sections were good.  The Valero oil refinery is very well hidden although you can hear the "flare" for miles.  There was an environmental protest there a couple of days after we passed with people chained to concrete blocks and tankers being directed across fields.

We were amused when passing the LPG refinery to see the "no fires or barbecues" signs as we passed under the huge pipelines.  Had no trouble following the route once we started.  There was a notice before The Gan crossing saying the bridge had been destroyed and it was only possible to wade at low spring tide.  It's actually only the middle section gone, this is a shingle bank, so with a bit of stone rearranging we crossed with dry feet.

We were SO lucky with the weather, the heatwave was okay for us as it was also very windy.  Only one very wet day from Trefin to Goodwick and it improved again after with some showers, forecast was always far worse than the actual weather luckily.  As we travelled home again having completed the route the weather deteriorated seriously,  Don't think we would have been able to do the last day safely as it was so windy.

As with the SWCP last year our accommodation providers all spoke very highly of you, you have a very good name, well done!  Accommodation was, as last year, varied.  We liked some more than others but they all provided what we required in the right place, you must have to do a lot of research.

The stand out ones were Jim Lowe at Manorbier, but unfortunately he is moving so that will be a great loss to you.  The truly delightful Elizabeth and John (a Cornishman!) with their beautiful house and garden at Dale, Anchor Guest House at Broad Haven and their lovely Italian food and Cranog at Trefin.

We took no camera with us again, pictures in heads quite adequate.  We did - again like last year - keep a daily diary which will jog our memories in the future.

Basically we had a wonderful holiday again, many thanks to you for organising it so efficiently again.

Best wishes, David & Anne

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Dear Damon 

I keep meaning to write to say we had a great walking holiday with your company and everything was organised really well, thank you.

We stayed in 7 guest houses and hotels nearly all were very good but particularly wanted to say that 2 really stood out as excellent. Myrtles cottage in Porlock village and Yeodale hotel in Barnstable were outstanding.

We plan on doing the whole pathway in the next few years so hopefully we’ll start planning the next section in the spring.

Kind Regards

Suzanne  

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Just a few words to tell you that we now arrived safely in Norway. We have had a perfect trip with lovely hikings in a beautiful landscape. The hikingtours matched us just perfect!

Thank you and maybe we will come back in the future????

Dear Damon - Tom and I just returned home from our spectacular walking holiday around Land’s End. It was way more wonderful than we ever dreamed it would be, in that we were fit enough for the “strenuous” bits and navigated the tricky intersections with the OS map that we downloaded on our phones at your recommendation. We followed the plan except that the final day we walked to the Mount back from St Ives rather than the reverse, because it was raining on the planned for day. The OS map came in especially handy for that, as we made our way from The Queens Hotel in St Ives thru the streets and paths to find St Michael’s Way. Although the scenery wasn’t as dramatic as the coastal routes, we loved traversing the farmer’s fields and cow pies, and catching glimpses of the Mount as we got nearer. We don’t live near the country so it was a treat to enjoy the green hills and smells. 

Another thing we did was take photos on our phones of our paper itinerary and guide book for easy access along the way.

Over the fortnight we loved meeting up at various points with the same walkers as we progressed along the route. No other Americans but Canadians, Germans and one Flemish woman with her dog Billie. She was camping along the way and we were so pleased that we were staying at the B&Bs and hotels you arranged for us. My favorite was the Gurnard Head Inn, but they were all great in special ways. It was fun to talk with Vivian, Tim, Shelley, Pauline and Pippa. My husband loved their Coca-cola breakfast room. We got upgraded at two places: the Old Success Inn, and the room that fronted on the sea, and at the Beachfield, where we got the penthouse suite. Three times we rode part way on the bus when it rained. And due to rain, we spent a morning touring the Telegraph Museum, which is excellent. Although disappointed that the Minnack had no production the night we were in Porthcurno, that afternoon we happened on a full dress-rehearsal for Orpheo; this was perfect because I doubt that we would have had the energy to attend an evening performance and hike on the next day. 

I could go on, but just wanted to tell you what a grand trip it was when it so fresh in my mind. We had many opportunities along the way to recommend Encounter Walking to others we talked to.

Many Thank Yous to you and your team!

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First of all the information, route and preparation by Encounter were, as always spot on.  We have a couple of suggestions and feedback on 2 of the B&Bs which we stayed at.

General route feedback and suggestion

1. The walk from Charlestown to Parr Sands was fairly dismal.  If those walking were not absolutely set on completing every inch of the specified route  and it was feasible from a practical perspective it may be worth adding an optional extra of the bus from Charlestown to Par and then walking on that day to Polkerris staying overnight there meaning a slightly shorter day to Polperro.

2. The signage into Charlestown seemed to indicate that we needed to take the diversion still and we ended up travelling inland on the road.   Having done that we still weren't sure we had followed the correct path!

B&B Feedback

1. Buckingham House B&B at Mevagissy was very pleasant and we were thrilled to find they did a laundry service. The info said 24 hours but they took our bag of laundry that morning and it was back in our room at the end of the day clean, dry and neatly folded.  It may be worth including that info if other walkers are having a day off there for the Lost Gardens.

2. The Royal Inn at Par Sands has a new manager.  Whilst the rooms are very spacious the food was the worst of the whole trip.  Rather than the menu that had been in use (and was still in the room info folders) these had been changed and we suspect involved the removal of an actual chef with the equivalent of brought in and reheated  "Break Brothers" type food.  The breakfast although freshly cooked wasn’t a lot better.  It may be something worth checking out?

Thank you once again for your excellent service and I have recommended Encounter to several other people who are interested in this type of walking and who have expressed an interest in the area you cover.

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Our walking holiday was very much a success.  Our hotels and B and Bs were always clean and the hosts welcoming.  As far as our dinners, the White House, Valiant Soldier and the Bath Hotel were the standouts.

Overall, the walking was more steep than we expected (we had last walked in the Cotswolds four years ago) but we managed quite well.  I should note that there was a stretch of the route above Deddy Combe on the way to Oare that involved a very narrow path above a steep drop.  We were happy to be past it.  Having the OS maps downloaded to my phone was very helpful since I could use the GPS function to ensure we stayed on the right path.

 I am back and all went well. It was a walk of two halves - the first 2 and a bit days were very flat and the rest zero flat almost. 

A few specific comments - The accomodation was all very good ; hard to separate any one location out but Surf Haven was a great room with a great view.

Going backwards on day one was slightly odd but worked without any issue and it was a gentle walk. 

A couple of minor direction issues - 

 - coming out of Bideford the path goes uphill after some houses and then right with a very hidden sign and not over a concreate area as the book suggests. 

- Beyond Clovelly I went the wrong way at one point in the woods but picked the path back up again fairly soon and later at what I think was East Titchberry cliff the path rather disappears and there is a broken sign post (it was very wet and poor visabilty at the point as well). It also broke the charger on my phone due to the wet. I intend to avoid walking all day in the rain in the future -

It rained on the day from Clovelly to Hartland Quay ; and it rained a lot and was windy had low visabilty. This was not a good day but I got the the hotel by lunchtime. The guide rather gives up after Hartland Point when the going gets rather hard. Clovelly itself was also a little odd ; almost too tourist like I think.

I actually liked the flat walk on the railway track it was sunny and easy. 

The day from Appledore to Clovelly was the longest given the walk round the dunes at the start (although Appledore was very nice and Westward Ho appeared less so). 

The Hartland Quay to Bude day was very good for the views and not quite as infamously hard as I had expected - although not easy. 

The next day I walked all the way to Boscastle as it looked like rain on the last day and caught the bus back to Crackington Haven ; If I had realised how long the 7 miles were I might not have done that but it was fantastic walking and views one of the best on the whole path I think. 

This meant I used the last day to avoid the morning rain and then get the bus back to Boscastle and walk up to the Church that Thomas Hardy restored ; which was a nice change and also I was nearly there before when I did the across Cornwall walk so I was pleased to finally make it.

Oddest thing that happened ; I passed a middle aged man in a floppy hat on a remote part of the walk to Bude with a foldup bike ; a large video camera and two kitchin wall clocks (really it felt like Alice in Wonderland) ; there was no way you could cycle and I still have no explanation for it.

Many thanks as always - Ken.

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Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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We really enjoyed our recent walking holiday. Everything went very smoothly - accommodation was good and luggage transfers were efficient. The guidebook and notes sheets were extremely helpful. We really liked having the choice of accommodation were available. We will be booking to walk the next stage with you next year!

Hope this is helpful.

Company feedback - it would be nice to have the option to upgrade rooms when booking as we would have loved a bath sometimes and also a larger room - would have been happy to pay an upgrade.

Encounter Walking - Thanks Ann its fine look at differnt rooms when you ask for a quote just let us know and we can include rooms with baths and larger/seaview rooms as options to consider

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Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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Hi Damon,

we had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed our walk along the Jurassic Coast very much. We were lucky with the weather: 55 minutes of rain in ten days and a little bit of storm on our last day. We loved the views and managed every cliff despite their heights. It was a very good decision to split the long walk and to stay a night in Kimmeridge.  All of our accommodations were really very, very good. We loved especially  „The Albany“, Lyme Regis, „Cove House“, Lulworth, „Farmhouse“, Kimmeridge and „77 Portland“ in Fortuneswell. The 77 was really the most enjoyable stay ever. Only the hotel in Bournemouth, Best Western Royale, is not worth the money. I would delete this from your list.

Our luggage had been in place every day and it waited for us in our room.

Thank you for planning and managing our holiday so well; I have already recommend you to our friends.

Kind regards

Christa

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Thanks for a wonderful walk.  Great choice of accommodation‌, luggage transfer perfect, scenery breathtaking, etc.

An experience I'd like to share, though, as it might be useful to other walkers : On day five of our trip - from Cadgwith to Porthallow, we found it was easy to get lost - as indeed we did. After a place called Shag Rock, as the acorn path has been mingling for a while with the "coastal path",  if you miss the  place you are supposed to sway left you find yourself in Loggan Point... and realize too late that you should never have been there.

We tried to resume our itinerary, making our way through a stock of cows reluctant to let us through, looking for an acorn symbol that  seemed to have vanished. Found ourselves in the coutyard of a bad tempered holiday maker who grabbed us by the arm to show us the way out...

By then, and according to the map, we deemed to be in Rosenithon. Further up the road the acorn we had been looking for suddenly made an apperance, and we thought we were saved.

Not so. A place calle Porthoustock had yet a few tricks of its own, as the acorn played hide and seek along an unlikely path that finally left us on the road by the "Fat Apple Café". We were almost there.

The trick is not to get mixed up with the coastal path, and stick to the "acorn" at all costs - even if it  is sometimes malicious.
Thanks again,
 

We walked this from 23rd - 30th July and it was superb - the weather was stunning, the views spectacular and the instructions faultless. The  accommodation was of a consistently high standard throughout.

Your itinerary worked for us - although Megan at The Old Rectory did not need 2 weeks notice to provide us with an evening meal (although doubtless she would have preferred that!) as we forgot - but she provided a superb meal anyway.

We just followed your itinerary to the letter. There were no hiccups. Thank you - a superb holiday

Tim, Barbara and Deborah 

Dear EWH:

Just a quick note to tell you that we loved every minute of our fabulous Dorset walk from Weymouth to Poole.  So utterly spectacular!

We very much look forward to booking with you again, so please keep us on your email list for updates, specials, whatever! 

Sarah and I had a great time doing the Two Moors Way. It was challenging but fun, and a great achievement to complete it. We were quite lucky with the weather; not much rain and comfortable walking temperature most days with only 1 or 2 days being very hot.

All the accommodation and luggage transfers worked smoothly. The accommodation was all good, a nice variety of pubs, hotels and a farm, but no complaints, they were all friendly and accommodating some of them especially so. We did get a packed lunch from all of them, some had a lot more content than others but they were all OK, but we were a bit fed up with cheese sandwiches and ham sandwiches by the end of the week - would have been nice if they'd had some other choices (to be fair, a couple offered egg mayonnaise too, but that's not something that travels well especially on warmer days!). And some of them had homemade brownies/cakes etc on their dinner/lunch menus, but only the farm put anything homemade in their pack lunch - the farm was definitely the best pack lunch of the week!

The walking instructions combined with the book and frequent referrals to ordnance survey maps on our mobiles kept us on track. I think it was just once where we got slightly lost. It was on day 1, on Dartmoor, we had to get to a cross and then look out for a "settlement" and bear left. But we didn't even notice a "settlement" and just instinctively followed the only prominent path not realising we were even at a decision point. So we had to back track there, but there was still no other path that we could make out (or a settlement) so we just headed up a hill in the generally correct direction until a path became apparent.

Thanks for all you arrangements, organisation and support. It made for a great adventurous and challenging holiday.

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Dear Damon!

Thank you again for planning our holidays to all of you. It was again a great experience and we really enjoyed it. The scenery is impressive. we didn't expect it. The B&Bs were good, somewhat special in Marloes. But okay(old-fashioned!) and we loved it. The B&B in Broad Haven was very good with a nice view  to the sea. The Walking tour was okay, even if a bit between Broad Haven and Solva was not so easy. Luggage Transfer worked well.

All in all we were very pleased! Thank you so much, also for the additional material, which was helpful..

Best wishes,

Angelika

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Hi Damon & Dean.

Thanks for the opportunity for some feedback.

Just want to say we enjoyed the walk tremendously.

Information from Encounter was spot on and thorough, bags picked up and dropped off as per itinerary.

We had to cancel our first one taxi trip and varied the drop off for the 2nd -  Sue from Excel taxis (based in Corfe Castle from memory)  was excellent and she even took us on a scenic route.

Accommodation was perfect - from the welcoming West Bay pub to really lovely B&Bs ie Cove House,  Abbey House and No98 - were we felt quite spoilt.

Only had one small issue that we were able to rectify - the Poole accom Cafe Guest House 34 was already locked up when we arrived to check in at around 4.30pm - Fortunately the nice lady in the e-cigarettte shop next door knew the code and was able to let us in after checking our credentials! So we didn't have to use the after hours contact numbers, which we later found out where already thoughtfully provided by Encounter in the itinarary. A friend of the owner (who was overseas) was on deck in the morning for breakfast - so all good.

Thankyou again and we are already planning our next walk!

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I can not believe how quickly the nearly three weeks went and how varied each day was. Walking day after day is so calming and focusing giving an appreciation of the wonder and beauty of creation all around you through all the senses. Thank you for planning my whole route for the 630 miles over the last four years. There have been no major problems or hitches - all has gone smoothly. Your detailed itinerary of what to look out for and where to get refreshments has been ideal for someone like me who doesn't like the planning phase of a holiday and whose spatial and navigational reasoning is not the best. Thanks you for your efficiency and attention to detail. I have stayed in such a variety of places over the four years with so much character and have met some very interesting people it has been amazing.  And that is before you start on the wildlife and scenery. So thanks again.

 All four years have been excellent  and I cannot express my thanks enough to you for setting the walk up for me enough.

Thanks

Shalom

Rowena

Hi!

We've been back a while, I just wanted to send you some quick feedback on our walk. It was a lovely experience, we really enjoyed it and plan on continuing the walk next year. The highlight for me was Hartland Quay, which was pretty remote but very lovely. Port Isaac was also a favourite (the really nice hotel certainly helped). The start around Barnstaple was a bit rough (although the Old Rectory was a marvelous accommodation), we do prefer the more remote walks, but interesting nonetheless. I still love the trailblazer guidebook...

We learned a couple of things, among them that launderettes are infinitely preferable to sink washing and that walks over 20 km are much harder (even the easy ones) than the short and strenuous ones. Next year, we will go back to some rest days...

Thank you very much for such a meticulously organised walk - everything went well and I keep recommending your services!

Regards and have a lovely summer,

Britta

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Dear Damon,

I just wanted to thank you for helping to organise another fantastic trip for me - this time with my husband to celebrate his retirement - from St Dogmael's to St David's.

The level of care and detail that you put into producing itineraries is extraordinary; there wasn't a moment when we felt a base hadn't been covered, and we appreciate how much you tailor trips and accommodation to customers' requirements.

The only slight hitch was due to the reception team at Lys Meddyg, Newport being a bit disorganised and not having a table for us for our first night until 8.45 pm (late for hungry walkers!) It was a Saturday and they were busy and I had the impression that they'd simply taken bookings from drop-in diners and pushed residents to the back of the queue. It might be an idea to advise walkers to phone ahead to book a table rather than leave it until checking-in, especially at weekends. This advice worked well in other places we stayed. Nevertheless, the food there was superb, and they even managed to squeeze us in earlier, so hats off to them for doing their best to rectify matters.

Special mention must go to Alison at Carrot Cabs. She picked us up bang on time at St David's and went out of her way to help us get to Stumble Head on the two days we started walking there from our accommodation in Fishguard.

I whole-heartedly recommend you to anyone we speak to about our walking holidays, and would have no hesitation in using you again.

So a big, big thank you to you and the rest of the team!  All best wishes,Sue 

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thanks for your e-mail.  First, and most importantly, we truly enjoyed our vacations and everything worked out perfectly, including the weather (we only had a single day with rain).  Also many thanks for chosing such nice accomodations on our rest days in St. Ives and Penzanze, both of them were lovely.

As regarding the route, the first part from Newquay to St. Ives was slightly less spectacular than the part that followed, however, seeing the (slow) change of scenery is what makes this hike so interesting.  Very briefly, our thoughts about the accomodations and the route:

Thanks again for the perfect planning, we had a most memorable time.  Next year we will probably do something different, but we would certainly love to continue the path in the near future. 
 

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Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

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I just wanted to say thank you  once again for the superb organisation of our walk this week from Wembury to Morchard Road. All went without a hitch apart from my navigation skills on a couple of occasions when I failed to pick up the Two Moors Way, following other footpath signs instead - but soon corrected. Most importantly my teenage son enjoyed the walk (it can difficult to get teenagers to admit they might enjoy anything that doesn't involve computer games and the internet!) and the fact that we now have completed the Two Moors Way having done the northern half two years ago - again thanks to you.

We will have to think what walking we might do next.

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My daughter Judith and I recently completed the final leg of the South West Coast Path (booked through yourselves) and we just want to thank you very much for all of the help which you have given us over the last six years.

We have thoroughly enjoyed every stage of the Path and the final leg through Dorset was absolutely beautiful.

Your arrangements were (as always) meticulous and the accommodations which you chose were (without exception) excellent. 

We have really appreciated everything that you have done for us and would particularly like to thank Damon for his constant helpfulness and being able to deal with every query that we have thrown at him!

It has been a wonderful experience and one which we will never forget.

Now...time to start planning our next adventure!

Kind Regards

Janet 

Belfast   

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On the second day my husband was having extreme foot pain so we attempted to hire a taxi from Shipham to Cheddar. None of the local services were helpful, and staff at the Penscot Inn explained to us that this is normal - the private taxis do not like to come at short notice for short trips. Eventually we found our way on foot to a 126 bus stop near Winscombe and took the bus to Cheddar. If our experience was typical, then it would be useful to include information about local buses - perhaps draw the bus route on the map in addition to or instead of information about taxis.

All's well that ends well, and we had a great time. Thanks for your help.

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