So hurricane / storm Ophelia decided to head Cornwall’s way over the weekend. As a result, massive winds were forecast today on the coast of Cornwall and this hadn’t changed overnight...
We have a new companion on the path this week, my son Arthur.
I wasn’t expecting to walk at all today - just too much on the cliffs with the wind. However, after getting the 4.5 hour train journey over with and discussing an alternative plan with our local taxi driver (also a walker), we decided just to cut out the most dangerous 5 mile bit picking up where we left off last week. So we get dropped off at Kynance Cove.
It is spectacular - the gusting 60 mph winds are blowing us inland here. Instead of in our faces if we had started at Mullion on high cliffs. It means I will miss 5.5 miles of the path on this trip.
It is hard to stand up! The sea is wild and the swell is huge as we look towards Lizard Point. The most southerly point on the British mainland.
It is weird with the sun shining and the temperature at about 16 degrees. It’s a bit like walking with a big hair dryer blowing at you on full power.
We’re going to call this the actual most Southerly point as it seems like it was...
Some shots of the sea since it was so amazing today...
The southern-most cafe on the British mainland is a good place for ice-cream and the view in a sheltered spot...
Here is the Lizard lighthouse - would seem like a summers day had the wind not been pounding us into it - we didn’t hang around...
Looking back to the lighthouse from the bass lookout
Once we round Bass Point we are round the whole Lizard and heading North with the wind on our backs.
It is much calmer here, for a bit... our destination is a few coves on.
This is called the Devil’s Frying Pan because of the hole and thin natural bridge. The sea is really trying to open it up today and there are lots of people here.
When we reach Cadgwith Cove, our destination for the night, the sea is doing its best to wash it away...
There is a rock in the middle of cove which prevents it from reaching the main beaches
Still it is relentless
Cadgwith is a small fishing village - the boats have been moved up by tractor three times today and are as far they can get them without blocking the road. If the sea comes this far, there is nothing more they can do.
The view from our room in the Inn - best seats in the house!
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