Just some pretty pictures along the way – still looking at 25th of May and more to come. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Nanjizal to Lands End
Tag: travel
Colour
The walk along the coastal trail yielded a profusion of colour from orange lichen to pink flowers, green algae, and lovely, clear, cyan and blue waters. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Nanjizal
On Thursday 25 May, the penultimate of our walking group tour, we started out from Nanjizal. The horse below (click to see it larger) came right up and started chewing on my shirt, then my jeans and then started nuzzling my backpack. It either was smelling my lunch in there or was merely hoping for some food, I think. The long straight line in the map is us driving from Nanjizal up to Botallack. More about that anon. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Church and Castles
Past St Anthony Head we came to St Anthony’s Church and walked on from there into Emma’s Wood where we were able to see across the water to Pendennis Castle and St Mawes Castle. The (possibly apocryphal) story is that St Mawes was built because the cannon at Pendennis could only reach 1½ miles, but in the 3 years it took to build St Mawes, the reach of the cannon extended to 3 miles so the 2nd castle wasn’t actually needed by the time it was ready. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
St Anthony Head
From Killigerran Head we passed Zone Point along the Coastal path to the Battery Observation Point and Lighthouse at St Anthony Head. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
King Harry Ferry and Killigerran Head
The next day (24 May) we drove on to the King Harry Ferry (interestingly it’s driven across the water on a chain) and on to Porth, whence we trailed to the Killigerran Head. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Sharptor and Kilmar Tor
From the Cheesewring we made our way to Sharptor (different from the Sharp Tor we visited in Dartmoor) and on to Kilmar Tor before completing our 7+ mile circuit back to Minions. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Minions and Hurlers
The next day (23 May), we started at Minions and the Hurlers stone circles. A guide with another group entertained us with a lot of information about the circles, some of it sounding plausible, some not so much (radiation in the circle is lower than outside the circle, stuff about ley lines). Cows were resting among the neolithic stones.
We then made our way up to the Cheesewring, so called, because it looks like cheese that has been stacked to have the moisture wrung (pressed, really) out of it. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Kelsey Head and West Pentire
And, of course, we met more creatures along the way, sheep and seals (If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger).
Holywell Bay to West Pentire
From Holywell Bay we followed the Coastal Trail to Kelsey Head, Porth Joke and West Pentire and Polly Joke before completing our circuit. We saw marvelous wild flowering (a woman we met said the pink ones were sea poppies). If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Holywell Bay, continued
We also saw a lot of interesting marine flora and fauna. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Holywell Bay
The tide was out and we explored some caves. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Cornwall – First Day
On Monday, 22 May we did our first group walk of a bit over 8 miles, approaching Holywell Bay, then traversing The Kelsey Head, Porth Joke and West Pentire before circling back.
The approach to Holywell Bay and what we found there. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Cornwall
After Plymouth we drove down to St Agnes in Cornwall (well, I didn’t drive, but we did) for our next adventure. It was already early evening and we were tired. We walked down a steep hill to the sea for a quick look. Tomorrow (22nd of May, really), the real walking tour begins! If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
More Plymouth, continued
We continued to wander the streets of Plymouth and walked up to the Hoe. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
More Plymouth
We also went through the Plymouth Museum. It tells the story of the English colonists in America and their depredations of the native people they found in North America. It was certainly interesting to see this story told both from a contemporary historical perspective and also from an English one, since, contrary to how we think of it in the States, for the couple of hundred years before the revolution, these were indeed Englishmen and not Americans. Outside the museum, meanwhile, plaques commemorated the great voyages of colonialism with no regard for the revised history told inside. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Pirate Plymouth
We had chanced upon Plymouth’s Pirate weekend! If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Plymouth, continued
We quickly got our bearings and discovered some street art. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Plymouth
We arrived in Plymouth and before even leaving the car park I tried one more time to rephotograph my text images on location. Still not doing anything for me. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
Then, when we left the car park, we realised we were not in the most salubrious part of town.
Tavistock
After the llama walk we rode into Tavistock, ate a pasty on the church lawn and walked through the pannier market. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
