20180528 Crackington Haven – Tintagel

Date: 20180528

Time: 9:05 – 17:00

Distance: 22.4 km

Stay: Pendrin House, Tintagel

Walk

Today I walk to the castle of King Arthur (the one of the round table) in Tintagel. Let’s see if I can find that sword in the stone.

Before I get there, however, I first have to cross the highest cliff in Cornwall. The ascent is alternately easy (read not too steep) and less easy (so steep). In the end I’ll manage it up to the 223 meter high top of High Cliff (original name).
But it has not been done yet. It is now rapidly going down and then up again to the top of Rusey Cliff, which is located alongside it and is only a few meters lower.

After this tour de force it mainly goes down with some steep slopes before I am in Boscastle. There are a lot of people in Boscastle, which is probably because it is a bank holiday in England today. At least I manage to get a spot in the beer garden to drink a pint.

After I have also replenished my water supply (which is going very fast today with the warm weather), it goes on to Tintagel. It also immediately goes up again. After that it keeps going up and down with a few steep descents and rises. Eventually Tintagel Castle comes into view, or at least the remains of it. I left this morning extra early because I want to pay a visit. This visit also brings a number of altitude meters with it because the castle and everything that goes with it lies on two hills. But that does not stop me, I can handle the few extra meters.

After I looked around at Tintagel Castle, it goes up one more time to the village itself. Here I have a pint before I go to the B & B for a well-deserved and much needed shower.

All in all, today was a tough day. not only because of the many altimeters, but also because it was very hot. But I did it again 🙂

Weather

Summer weather today, sunny the whole day. There were clouds to see, but they were further away. Actually too hot to trudge up steep slopes. Fortunately, there was a nice sea breeze, which gave a bit of cooling.

Lyric of the day

Because of all the strands (beaches) that I have seen below me and the past few days and because most of them look like you’re indeed stranded when you’re there, today a song from Budgie, Stranded:

Stranded! stranded like a lily on a pond
Stranded!
Stranded and I think that I’ve gone wrong
Stranded! won’t somebody help me get away
Stranded! there between the time of night and day

I’m stranded every way I look
I’m stranded on a river
Stranded like a honeysuckle gypsy to a giver
Stranded like a damsel locked up in a tower
Stranded like a minute stranded in the hour

Stranded! every every every way I go
Stranded! stranded and I think you ought to know
Stranded! stranded I’ve got problems on my mind
Stranded! stranded and I think you’re not my kind
Oh no, you’re not my kind!

Stranded! stranded every every way I go
Stranded! stranded and I think you ought to know
Stranded! stranded like a fish upon a beach
Stranded! stranded and I think it’s out of reach

Well I’m stranded every where I look
I’m stranded in a river
Stranded like a honeysuckle gypsy to a giver
Stranded if you wanna be stranded if you don’t
Stranded like a martian landing in a font
Yeah yeah!

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