Cornwall Impressions

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Our walks, as we chose them, became easier over the week. Sunday we chose the harder walk, as it was the easiest harder walk and we thought we would like Bob the guide best. Actually, he got lost a couple of times and led us along an unnecessarily steep, rocky, and muddy version of the Southwest Coastal Way. So my muscles were tired when we did Monday’s walk, led by Helen, someone who is probably a bit bored by the medium level walking. The paths were more to my liking, some coastal walking but also woodlands and fields. The weather changed by Tuesday, wind blowing and rain in repeated intervals. All along we could see our destination of St. Michael's Mount, a tidal island with a fort and castle. By the time we arrived in Praa Sands (the town by the shore), Deirdre and I were more ready for a cup of tea than shopping while waiting for the hard-walk group to finish. The wind was fierce, blowing sand in our teeth and making huge waves for the little ferry boats to St. Michael’s Mount – not us! Wednesday, the “rest day”, we wandered around St. Ives, enjoying a different pace. Thursday, rain dogged us around the coast; at lunch I discovered my seaward sleeve was wet through to the fleece and my land-ward sleeve was dry! Still our breaks were all dry, and in the later afternoon we walked through a public “country park”, formerly an estate.

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Photos

Dawn
Beautiful but ominous start for the day

To the Lighthouse
inspiration for Virginia Woolf's novel

St Ives from a distance
This rough in summer; just think of winter!

Protected cove
The lumps on the beach are seals!

Seals
Great place to rest!

Ahhhh! Lunch!
Tehidy Country Park

Mythical creature
The carver found it in the wood.

Curious donkey
Or maybe we were the curious ones.

Comments

[Isabel Gibson]

Ominous start to the day
"Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning." Do you remember The Great Race, with Tony Curtis? That's where I first heard this weather ditty, from the character played by Peter Falk, henchman and foil to the villain, played by Jack Lemmon. Thanks for the memory . . . As for the donkey, I bet he's glad of the changing scenery provided by passers-by.

[beentouring]

Ominous start to the day
Glad you had a trip down memory lane. The saying was one of my father's favourites.