I’m not sure what to write about today’s walk. On the positive side we had a wonderful day as far as the weather went – our first really sunny day and a pleasure to walk in with great views all day (when the path permitted). No rushing to beat the rain or worrying about where strong winds might catch us! The morning as far as St Loy’s Cove was just about as good as it gets!
On the slightly negative side, it took us over six hours to walk just over 14kms, a distance that would normally take between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 hours depending on the terrain. The pace was due to the really terrible quality and condition of the path after St Loy’s – poor routing through boulders and other obstacles, and at times extremely close to the cliff edge, and really allowing the path to degrade due to erosion and zero maintenance. A real first world problem but a bit annoying because it could be so much better!
All of that said Mousehole (mouwzel) is a picture perfect village and we have two days to make the next 12kms😀
Just starting out on a beautiful morningPorthcurno beach, which we did not see yesterday as we walked inThe Minack Theatre from across the coveAnother look back at PorthcurnoWild ponies on the track – they weren’t there when we went past!The beautiful vista towards the eastDescending into Penberth Cove, another postcard little hamlet Stepping stones over the river at PenberthLooking back west after Penberth CoveDescending to Porth Guarnon, I thinkEntering the tunnel…… and in the forest, just before St Loy’s CoveBridge over the creek at St Loy’s Navigating the boulders at St Loy’sTater-Du and it’s lighthouseLooking back at the lighthouseLamorna Cove is still elusive but we can see the point!A fellow travellerStill hard going past Lamorna Point…A pigeons’ roost just before LamornaWhere has the path gone?This is the final little bit of descent into a perfectly flat car park!Looking back at Lamorna Cove – we had a lovely soup there but gee it was hard to get to!A relatively nice section of path outside of LamornaAlways one more headland to round, this time Carn-DuSt Michael’s Mount in the distance, we should be there in a couple of days’ timeThe path has become the natural watercourse – easy to fix by diverting the water at the top of the path!Coming down the hill into MouseholeBeautiful Mousehole village
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