It’s going to sound crazy but it really was a great walk today, despite the rain and the “scrambles” up over headlands towards the end.
We hummed and hahed about whether to catch a bus for the section to St Just, or cut a section of the coast out to go in there and wait for some of the weather to pass through but in the we just went for it.
The weather was fairly kind heading toward Cape Cornwall and we were rewarded with beautiful scenery and good, albeit wet, paths. Lots of stacks and remains of Cornwall’s mining past.
The complexion of most things changed after Cape Cornwall: no stacks or ruins but lots of mine shafts; winds and rain, but now coming from behind us as we swing south; the rocky coast changed from sharp, ragged rock to smooth boulders; and we spent more time clambering up and down rock as we passed a few creeks and headlands.
We were happy to get into Sennen Cove but definitely not as weary as our previous couple of days. Tomorrow we’ll pass Land’s End and gradually move around to be traveling east😀
Stepping out into the mist after a lovely stay at TrewellardThe industrial landscape around Trewellard BottomsThe well restored Levant engine house, apparently used in the Poldark seriesAgain, evidence of a pretty industrial past heading southSouth Zawn, I think, looking southAnother well preserved relic, Crown MineKenidjack Valley, our first big descent and ascentLooking west from the same spot towards Cape CornwallThe ruins of Kenidjack castle from the south side of the valleyCape Cornwall lost in the mistIn between the two western ends of the UKRain setting as we head southAn easily identified mineshaft…… and a less obvious one!A bit of a scramble up after crossing the creek at Porth NansenLots of these today – at least the pictures of people falling off cliffs seem to be behind us!Land’s End in the distance – nice underfoot as the rain set in!Another scramble down to a slab bridgeThe “beach” has changed from ragged rocks to rounded bouldersCape Cornwall in the distance, looking northGwnver beach, Sennen Cove and Land’s EndSennen Cove looking past the two most optimistic swimming flags I’ve ever seen!Another scramble over the headland between Gwnver beach and Sennen CoveAt last, on the beach at Sennen CoveA Portuguese man o’war I thinkThe still dark skies looking northToday’s walk
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