It drizzled most of the night, so when I got up at 6am, everything was soaked. It took a while to wipe the tent down ( to reduce weight and preserve the tent) before I walked back down to the train station. I caught the 8:07 to Carbis Bay, and resumed my walk from where I left off yesterday.
I soon walked past the posh hotel where the G7 was held last year.
The path then ran through a posh residential area, where all the houses must have been in the several £1m bracket. There was also some interesting flora and fauna.
It didn’t take long to get back into St Ives. I had a walk around the harbour, before breakfasting at a cafe.
I had to hang around for a while, to wait for a shop to open, that was holding onto a re-supply parcel for me.
Once that was collected, I decided what to keep and what to send back home, so posted a few things back home in the same box.
By 11:15, I was free to rejoin the path. I climbed St Ives Head, with its views over Porthmeor Beach.
After we left the built up area, initially the path was quite a pleasant stroll.
However, that soon changed. I had been warned that this stretch of path was quite difficult. They weren’t wrong! It was not so much the physical exertion, as the mental. You see, the path (such as it was) went through mile after mile of boulder fields, meaning that every placement of your feet had to be carefully considered.
Believe me, that’s gets very irksome quite quickly!
After a couple of hours of that, I decided to have a sit and eat my lunch. I chose a spot that was quite close to the shore, where a couple of seals kept popping their heads up!
I sat there for 20 minutes and only stopped when it started drizzling again!
I rejoined the boulder path but soon began rejoicing when a flat bit of path appeared.
Unfortunately, it didn’t last and soon I was back scrambling over massive rocks again.
Eventually, I reached Zennor Head, with views over Pendour Cove.
That also meant that I had to divert inland to the village of Zennor, because there is a pub called the Tinners Arms, which is a compulsory stop ( I don’t make the rules, I just diligently follow them😜). I am writing this in the pub, because after I leave here, I’ve no idea where I will stay or if I will have a phone signal to post.
**Update**
As I left the pub, the rain was lashing down. The landlord wasn’t particularly helpful. My tent doesn’t lend itself to being put up in the rain ( it’s tent inner up first, then fly sheet). I’d managed to see that there was a B&B just up the road (using the pub’s Wi-Fi) but there was no phone reception to call them. I walked up and knocked on the door to Tregeraint House, which was opened by a lovely lady called Sue. Unfortunately she didn’t have any spare rooms. However, not only did she phone around her neighbouring B&B, but she also invited me in to get dry and have a coffee. She then offered to drive me down to Boswednack Manor B&B, but I told her I couldn’t put her out anymore than I had already.
A 10 minute walk in the rain and I arrived at the second B&B. They are going out early, so I have to be up for breakfast at 6:30, but that suits me fine. Like an idiot, I made a mental note to get cash out in St Ives, but of course I totally forgot. All I had was £30 cash, which my hostess was happy to accept at short notice (instead of the normal £45).
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