JtA TEAM · 2026 UK ADVENTURE
Want to come along for the ride across England and Scotland?
The JtA team are on an adventure through the UK — sharing the highlights, the behind-the-scenes moments, and the places that make you stop and say “wow”. Follow the journey: 2026 JtA TEAM 2026 UK Adventure Series.
Day 5 kicked off with the very un-London task of collecting a hire car and pointing it away from the city. Once we finally escaped the motorways, the trip instantly turned into one of those “this is why we travel” drives — rolling countryside, hedgerows, and little pockets of England that feel like they haven’t changed in centuries.
We broke the journey at the Half Moon in Clyst St Mary for lunch, and it absolutely delivered. Proper pub vibes, genuinely fantastic meals, and the kind of stop that makes you glad you didn’t just power through on service-station snacks.
Then it was on to Polperro, a postcard-perfect fishing village on the Cornwall coast — and a place that clearly doesn’t care for modern cars. We knew parking in the village wasn’t a thing, but we’d been led to believe we could drive partway down to drop luggage at our accommodation.
Spoiler: we could not.
Before the regret had even finished loading, we were committed — creeping down a laneway so narrow it felt designed exclusively for a kid’s Little Tikes plastic car, hoping with every fibre of our being that nothing would come the other way. Somehow (miraculously), we survived the descent, guided by the directions and laughter of amused locals who have clearly watched this exact scene play out a thousand times.
And then… payoff.
Our accommodation is a stunning stone cottage — the former Harbour Master’s home — sitting right on the water. The kind of place where you stop, breathe, and instantly feel like you’ve arrived.
The Day 5 Tally:
7.3k steps
5 km
2 pubs
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