A brisk easy downhill lane with wonderful Cornish wild flower hedges lead back to Porthcothan beach. We rounded the clover strewn moorland headland, in bright sunshine, seeing Bedruthan steps; the Victorian’s Cornish giant’s stepping stones! The path then literally vanished due to the 2021 cliff erosion. Drizzle found us enjoying a welcome cream tea at Mawgan Porth, sheltering from the ensuing deluge.
Brightening skies saw us head out along the cliffs above cove after cove of lovely, empty, scenic sandy beaches. The RNLI life guards out patrolling their safe surfing zone on every beach; easy day hardly any surfers!
Thats because the wind picked up and the heavens opened; mile up mile of driving horizontal rain into Newquay. The road welcome after the wet windy cliff path. Drenched, drowned rats checked in for a welcome hot shower.
Cream tea Rating 7.5 the Catch (frozen but tasty scone, jam & cream; great dry location!)
Adventure in sound; being interviewed by Radio Cornwall around 8:25am https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c32jtp ~2hrs 27mins 20+secs in on the “making a difference spot”. (You may need a bbc app to listen?)
Official SW Coast path: 11miles
Official running total: 189miles
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Thank you
Paula
PS We stayed at the Griffin Inn Newquay on 17 May; griffin-newquay.co.uk
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