Building character in CORNWALL

Marcus Leach is a writer and speaker with a passion for adventure and the outdoorsI

It’s character-building,” I shouted through the roar of the wind as the rain continued to lash at our exposed faces. Kim’s expression told me that she didn’t entirely agree and, truth be told, I was beginning to think she might be right. Perhaps we should have stayed in the caravan after all. The weather hadn’t seemed too bad when we set out an hour before, but had gradually worsened to the extent that our toddler son, Harrison, now had to hold both of our hands just to stop himself being bowled over by the wind.

Baby Dorothy, meanwhile, was blissfully asleep, cocooned in her all-in-one and safely tucked against my chest in her carry pouch. From where we were standing, it was difficult to tell where the sky ended and the sea began, the two a seemingly inseparable blanket of dirty grey.

It was a view we had come to know well