In the words of Bob Marley, The sun is shinning, the weather is blue.... we left Newlyn after having a photo opportunity with the crew of Penlee lifeboat station. walking to Mousehole was steady and relatively flat. we stopped for lunch having an amazing pasty from Jessies Dairy and sat on the harbour wall eating it while watching children splash around in the water. Walking round to Tatar Du lighthouse was beautiful but beyond Lamorna the path was very difficult in that we had to scramble up rocks on all fours. As we headed for Treen - our first stop but we became very tired and started to trip over rocks so we decided to pitch up, wild style. We sat on a cliff top eating dinner and watching the PASAB sailors head out to the Isles of Scilly. That night we bed down for a well deserved rest only to be woken by my screams as a unidentified being grabbed the tent! I thought some scary person was out to get us only to find it was a dog as its owner called out "Sorry!"
the next morning we started off at 830 only to walk about 10mins around the corner and find a campsite!
We walked to Porthcurno and went to a cafe for a cup of tea just as the heavens opened. Sitting there we met a lovely family from Wimbledon on their holidays who very generously donated to the walk. We waited out the rain and then began our next leg to Lands End.
Along the way from Newlyn to Lands End we met lots of walkers all very friendly and interested in what i was doing. We met a father and son from cambridge who donated, a local lady called Nina who donated and a school teacher who was walking from Barnstaple round as far as she could. Everyone had lots of advice to share and goodwill to give, its been a lovely walk so far - apart from my blisters!
Lands End where they rip you £10 for a photo by the sign!!
I do have one question however, why is it that all guidebooks say to walk the path anticlockwise from Minehead to Poole? im walking it clockwise cos thats how the Cornish do it, Proper Job!
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