Very nice friendly accomodation last night in Portreath meant we were raring to go this morning.
Straight onto the beach with low tide to greet us
We were quickly in familiar terrain
This is called Hells Mouth - because of its’ proximity to the road, and the steepness of the cliff, there are a lot of “jumpers” here.
I don’t think you would know much about it if you threw yourself over!
We reach the edge of St Ives bay which is marked by Godrevy Lighthouse, built in 1858–1859.
The cove near the lighthouse has lots of seals on it regularly - if you look really closely here you will see them...
We get onto the beach at Gwithian in St Ives bay. It is massive with the tide out.
And beautiful again. It is sunny but slightly chilly in the wind.
A stream flowing fast to the sea forces us to take off our boots to wade through it and we walk around 4 miles along the beach barefoot.
The kite surfers have hit Beach buggies as it is so deserted they have enough space to wack along with the wind...
We reach Hayle, which supplied tin as early 1500BC. Today it will supply us with a Cornish pasty to push onto St Ives.
The tide is far in on the beach we walked along this morning and our route would now be impossible - we would have been pushed onto the path in the dunes.
Palm trees indicate our arrival into St Ives. A really pretty town that has inspired artists for years.
It is a very popular holiday destination, even in October.
Down at the harbour we find a highly recommended ale house in a really unlikely position. Pushing passed the wheelie bins in the alley we find 5 Real delicious ales to quench our thirst after a long day.
We head back through St Ives, where we will start again tomorrow, and onto the bus back to Hayle where our accomodation is.
Back in Hayle, we find that the England rugby captain will be appearing in a nearby hotel - gutted we will miss it...
There are some interesting signs around making us feel slightly uneasy...
But at least I know where to come to get my cat sorted...
Coming along the cliffs at Carbis Bay we hear a sound and look over to find two seals playing. If you want to see the video - click here
