Fistral Beach

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A very different walk today with a lot more ups and downs compared with the more gentle cliff top walking on the previous days.

We were rugged up in our waterproofs but the rain largely stayed away until I took my rain pants off at Watergate Bay beach! From there showers until we were in Newquay itself, where we stopped for a nice (and healthy) lunch.

The walk continues to reward with outstanding ocean scenery – coves, bays and headlands wherever we look! A brief shower caught us just before reaching our hotel but we’ve lucked out – they have a guest laundry! So far the weather has been too cold to dry anything so we’ve not been handwashing and things have banked up!

Had a great time catching up with my cousin, Liz Harvey nee Gaillard at Fistral Beach but forgot to get a photo!

The view from our window at Mawgan Porth this morning – when we walked across the beach yesterday there was sand out to the furthest breakers!
The sprawling village of Trenance, just east of Mawgan Porth
Newquay in the distance
Beacon Cove – from here there were a lot more ascents and descents than previous days
Al climbing up after Beacon Cove
Looking back after climbing back up to the cliff top
Right under the flight path to Newquay airport
The very long and pretty Watergate Bay
Watergate Bay
Back in civilization – this is where the coastal path comes out into the Watergate Bay hotel
Looking back east along Watergate Bay
Coming into the town of Porth, on the outskirts of Newquay
The tide’s out at Porth beach
The interestingly named Lusty Glaze beach!
Tolcarne Sands private beach
One of the tourist streets in Newquay
The harbour and surf beach at Newquay
Looking out to Towan Head just after Newquay town
Fistral Beach and our hotel in the distance, just before a brief shower had us scrambling for our waterproofs again

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