Lands End is a turning point on the South West Coast Path as we begin to head roughly eastward now along England's southern coastline. This is looking back toward the lighthouse out on the rocks offshore from the Lands End point.
This was another day of stunning blues and sunshine.
And watching seals way down in the water below us. (It helps to have a camera with a good zoom lens)
A little cove where a tunnel has been cut to allow easier access to the beach.
The cove of Porthcurno was the end of this day of walking. We have been here before but did not see the beach and cliffs at all due to thick fog. What a difference.
The beginning of the next day. Cloud that became fog. A foghorn sounding rythmically in the distance. Ponies doing their mowing work.
Penberth Cove is one of many managed by the National Trust who look after 39% of Cornwall's coastline. They manage it for historical, cultural and environmental values.
Old methods of fishing with small boats are used here in keeping with history.
Looks like heaven on earth - a pile of books between the bed and the window that looks out to sea.
Sometimes it is hard to tell if standing stones have been positioned by ancient people or modern ones, but I am pretty sure this one is natural. How has it withstood the wind on this exposed cliff top?
The fog thickened. This patch of exotic Monterey pines is a reserve and is used by local sailors as a landmark for navigation.
Woods! The first we have seen for days. It was lovely to enter the nurturing green enclosures.
Mousehole (pronounced Mowzole) A quaint little harbour town looking much the same as three years ago when it was also shrowded in fog and the tide was out.
We continued along a rather drab trail between a busy road and the grey gravel beach to the larger commercial harbour at Newlyn. This then morphs into Penzance.
Someone has been having fun with scarecrows while cleaning up the rubbish.
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