Category Archives: Cornwall September 2018

Saturday, September 8, 2018 We flew into Heathrow, took the Express to Paddington, and got right onto the Great Western train bound for Cornwall. It was an easy trip. We spent our first night at Carbis Bay, the next town north of St. Ives. We stayed at Lamorna Lodge, really more like a small hotelContinue reading “Day One: A Night in St. Ives”

Sunday, September 9, 2018 We had glorious weather for the first day of the walk: sunny and warm with clear skies. The day started ominously, though: when we told the cabbie who brought us to the head of the path where we were headed (Pendeen) he said “Oh no! you can’t do that…you’ll be luckyContinue reading “Day Two: St. Ives to Pendeen”

Monday, September 10, 2018 The day started with a typically quirky breakfast conversation with another guest at the B&B: a lorrie driver, motorcycle messenger, expatriate, and jack of all trades. The conversation was interesting until it turned somehow to race, and then… The first part of the day’s walk is a dream, as you passContinue reading “Day Three: Pendeen to Sennen Cove”

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 We woke to a thick mist that quickly turned to pea soup fog. We hadn’t realized how close to Land’s End–the westernmost point in England–we actually were: less than two miles. The path from Sennen Cove is broad, with asphalt or stepping stones for a good bit of the way. ItContinue reading “Day Four: Sennen Cove to Mousehole”

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 When I awoke on the fourth day of our adventure, I was too sick to walk at all. So we undertook further exploration of the Cornish bus system, traveling first to Marazion so that we could walk up to Saint Michael’s Mount, and then from Marazion to Porthleven. We changed busesContinue reading “Day Five: Mousehole to Porthleven”

Thursday, September 13, 2018 I was feeling much better after a day off, and the weather cooperated as we headed south. We were walking along a great bay that runs all the way from Land’s End to the Lizard–from the westernmost point in England to the southernmost. The first half of the fourteen mile walkContinue reading “Day Five: Porthleven to Lizard”

Friday, September 14, 2018 This was the fourth night in a row in which we had stayed in rooms above a pub owned by the St. Austell brewery and the fourth night with really lovely accommodations. Highly recommended! We walked down to the sea along a farm lane; as soon as we reached the coastalContinue reading “Day Six: Lizard Village to Coverack”