Date: 20180605
Time: 9:15 – 17:10
Distance: 24.1 km
Stay: Nanterrow Farm, Gwithian
Walk
Today I have an extremely short and easy walk ahead of me. That leaves time and space, so I decide to make an extra walk inland. I go to the Tehidy Country Park (thanks for the tip Damon).
After breakfast, it goes on again. As usual, first a climb out of the village and up the cliffs. This goes through a luxury neighborhood. I come across a number of very nice accommodations, all almost new and of course with a view over the sea.
Once at the top an easy part follows and then it goes up and down a few times. This is the ‘most difficult’ part of today. No problem for an experienced Coast Path walker like me.
Then I arrive above Basset’s Cove. This is basically the extra walk that I have chosen. The walk comes from iWalk Cornwall, it is the Tehidy Country Park to Deadman’s Cove walk. A bit of the walk goes over the Coast Path and that part I walk twice today. I do the walk in the opposite direction because it suits me better.
The extra walk is a nice change from the Coast Path, a nice walk through the fields and especially the forest in Tehidy Country Park. The gray squirrels here are very tame, they come right to you. Probably because they expect something to eat.
After I have seen a large part of Tehidy Country Park, it is time for coffee at the visitor center / café. There are a lot of crows and chews here, it’s a big noise.
After the coffee, I go a bit further through the Country Park and then it goes back to Coast Path. I take a short detour from the route to walk through the Country Park some more and so I have to do less of the Coast Path twice.
Back on the Coast Path I walk a bit of 1-2 kilometers that I already had before. Then it continues with an easy flat part above the cliffs. At Hell’s Mouth Café I take another break, I still have time enough. No coffee this time, but a cranberry juice.
Also after Hell’s Mouth, the route is easy and flat. From Godrevy Point I have a nice view of Godrevy Island with the lighthouse. This lighthouse was the inspiration for Virginia Woolf‘s classic novel To the Lighthouse.
After a short walk through the dunes, I arrive at the beach of Gwithian and I have to say goodbye to the Coast Path. I have to get inland, to the village itself. That is not so easy, there are only roads going there and they go via a detour. In the absence of other options, I walk along the road until I come across a Public Footpath that is more or less heading in the right direction.
So I try that and that went fine. Through a dune-like terrain, a few fields and a campsite I arrive in the village, right at the Red River Inn where I wanted to go.
I am way too early, I can only go to my overnight stay from 4.30 pm. No problem, I can wait in the pub and work on this report.
The trip to my B & B today is a walk in itself. Almost a half hour walk, in the middle of the fields. But well worth it, a beautiful room in real old English style. Unfortunately no wifi or mobile reception, but that is no problem, I have that here in the pub.
I will be picked up later by the landlady, I have walked the stretch twice today and that is enough 🙂
Weather
Today it was a little stuffy again. A lot of clouds and quite humid. The last two kilometers it was drizzling a bit.
Lyric of the day
Because of the noise that the crows made in Tehidy Country Park, today a song from The Black Crowes, Remedy, just because I like it.
Baby, baby why can’t you sit still?
Who killed that bird out on you window sill?
Are you the reason that he broke his back?
Did I see you laugh about that?
If I come on like a dream?
Would you let me show you what I mean?
If you let me come on inside?
Will you let it glide?
Can I have some remedy?
Remedy for me please.
Cause if I had some remedy
I’d take enough to please me.
Baby, baby why did you dye your hair?
Why you always keeping with your mother’s dare?
Baby why’s who’s who, who know you too?
Did the other children scold on you?
If I come on like a dream?
Would you let me show you what I mean?
If you let me come on inside?
Will you let it slide?
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