Date: 20180601
Time: 9:35 – 15:35
Distance: 23.3 km
Stay: Penlan B & B, Porthcothan Bay
Walk
I continue where I left off, Today it goes from Padstow to Porthcothan, a stretch of a little more than 20 kilometers. It will be an easy route because there are not many height differences and where there are, they are not very big and certainly not steep.
From Padstow it immediately goes up and after that along narrow paths with lots of vegetation. This ensures that after a while I am wet again, even though it does not rain. But that is no problem, it will dry up over time. However, I am also covered with pollen, but that too is not a problem since they can be brushed off easily.
After a while I pass the tower at Stepper Point. This is a navigation aid (Daymark) that was built in 1820. Unfortunately, there is little view, it is foggy.
The fog gives the next part that I walk a very special character. I can look over the edge of the cliff, but I do not see the sea. At times, I do not even see the cliff edge. Looking ahead is also limited. However, the Coast Path is easy to follow and occasionally I encounter markings.
I see the mist rolling in from the sea.
After a while the fog starts to rise. Or actually I walk out of it because when I look back, I see more low clouds than where I am.
As I said, today I have an easy route and it goes quite flat over the cliffs to Trevone Bay. Just before Trevone Bay I pass Roundhole Point. This is named like this because there is a huge round hole in the ground (cliff) (in Cornwall they like to call things as they are 🙂 ). Roundhole was formed because erosion created a cave that collapsed over time. It is about 80 feet deep and at high tide, there is water at the bottom.
In Trevone Bay it is time for coffee at a beach café.
After the break, I continue towards some large beaches. First comes Harlyn Bay, then Mother Ivey’s Bay, Booby’s Bay, Constantine Bay and finally Treyarnon Bay. At most baysI walk above the beach, but in Constantine Bay I walk quite a bit over the beach.
At the last beach, in Treyarnon Bay, it is time for a pint at the local youth hostel, I am now about 10 kilometers further and not too far from my final destination.
If I want to continue, Davey shows up. He has caught up with me during my rest day. He stays in the youth hostel tonight and is therefore at his final destination. I have a few more kilometers to go.
During the last part it starts to get foggy again. I pass a few nice rock formations and then Porthcothan suddenly turns up behind a bend.
Today I also saw a number of remnants of installations from the Second World War, but there was not much to see, these were mainly concrete plains.
Weather
The temperature was fine today. However, it was very cloudy and misty from time to time. I walked with my head in the clouds again, not because I was so high, but because the clouds were so low. Due to the fairly high temperature and humidity it was a little muggy.
Lyric of the day
Since I often could not see the sea, the lyrics of today are obvious, Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. Mist does look like smoke…
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn’t have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky Claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
We ended up at the Grand Hotel
It was empty, cold and bare
But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know, I know we’ll never forget
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
