Dai's slow LEJOG

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Day 5 Portreath - Mawgan Porth

32 miles (157 miles total)

Leaving my comfortable farm B&B I followed the Mineral Tramway inland. It was a pleasure after the busy coast road yesterday . After a mile or two admired the converted mine winding house and then briefly had to rejoin roads to cross the busy A30 dual carraigeway. The next section was particularly enjoyable following the tramway through the heathery valley through the old spoil heaps down to Devoran. After leaving the trail a short road trip was followed by another off road piece into Truro. Availing myself of a picnic lunch on the quayside outside Tescos I then pushed on to Newquay getting there by three.
Newquay is tacky but surrounded by superb beaches which looked great in the spring sunshine. I recharged the batteries with a rather good ice cream.
Followed the scenic and hilly B road on the final stretch to Mawgan Porth. Like the previous day the coast road was rather busy even this early in the season.

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Photos

Mineral Tramway
The mineral tramway is a traffic free cycle route crossing from Portreath on the North Coast to Devoran on the south coast.

Mine winding house conversion
Just off the Mineral Tramway

Old mineral Workings
The Mineral tramway passes through areas of previous mining only partly re-vegetated

Fellow cyclists
for some miles I was accompanied by this intrepid pair

Mawgan Porth
view from near my farm guest house