Cornwall & The Cotswalds

June 2019

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- Jun 8, 2019
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- England Greater London Soho Ripley's Believe It Or Not!51.510143, -0.13434551°30’37” N 0°8’4” W
Day 2
London
June 8, 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Our first full day in London
We walked 20 km around town, as we checked out the Royal family at Trooping the Colour, snagged the best viewpoint and had a friendly local give us a rundown of all the action! Visited the headquarters, then had a coffee in Hyde Park and walked around the busy Camden Markets, A quick stop- over at Harrods- checked out the £46500 chinchilla coat and amazing food hall!
Returned home ( a bit like Faulty Towers) , before heading to the West End, for a fun night at Mamma Mia musical..
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- Jun 8, 2019
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- England City of London Aldgate 51.515953, -0.07561451°30’57” N 0°4’32” W
Day 2
London
June 8, 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
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- Jun 9, 2019
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- England Royal Kingston upon Thames Berrylands 51.387817, -0.29109251°23’16” N 0°17’28” W
Day 3
Hampton Court Palace
June 9, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We hired a car & Kerryn drove us to Simon & Susie Birchall’s Home at Kingston upon Thames.
Simon took us to Hampton Court Palace, built in 1515 & an old haunt of King Henry 8th. Beautiful gardens. Walked home along the Thames - deer In paddocks, barges on the river, stopping at a local pub on the way home, before roast lamb, for dinner.
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- Jun 10, 2019
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- England St. Ives St Ives The Island 50.215008, -5.4772250°12’54” N 5°28’38” W
Day 4
St Ives
June 10, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Kerryn drove us down to St Ives, one of UK’s top beaches, where we start our walk tomorrow. A beautiful coastal town, where we drank at one of the oldest surviving pubs in Cornwall, built in 1312.
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- Jun 11, 2019
- 🌧 12 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- England St. Ives St Ives The Island 50.218311, -5.47582250°13’6” N 5°28’33” W
Day 5
St Ives to Treen
June 11, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
And so our walk starts!

We started the walk, with a wave breaking over us, as we got a photo shot!!
And it just happened to be one of Cornwall’s iconic days, with gale force winds, buffeting us against the cliff and sea spray flying over our heads. Our only advantage was that there was no one else on the track!
We found a sheltered spot on the side of the cliff, in some shrubbery, for a lunch stop, but it was too cold to stop for long. Very pleased to find our warm, dry accomodation at the end of the walk - Kerryn took a little longer to have a shower & get warm, as a hacksaw was needed to get into her suitcase. 😊
Mark Pilcher”s Gear Farm,picked us up from the pub & took us for a tour of their 160 acre farm, selling approx 13 bulls per year - walking distance from the pub!

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- Jun 12, 2019
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 115 m
- England Zennor Treen 50.182621, -5.59317550°10’57” N 5°35’35” W
Day 6
Treen to Pendeen
June 12, 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
A cruisey 16km walk today, after the rigours of yesterday!. Focusing on the journey, not the destination, which is a good thing as at the end of the day, I led the others astray, getting “lost” in the heath, trying to take a shortcut! We had a look around around the Geevor tin mine before heading to our accomodation (PPE for the by-product of tin, arsenic, was cotton wool nose plugs, handkerchief to breath through & smearing arms with clay!) In 1839, 7,000 children were employed in Cornish tin mines.

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- Jun 13, 2019
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- England Sennen Sennen Cove 50.080303, -5.69527550°4’49” N 5°41’43” W
Day 7
Pendeen to Sennon Cove
June 13, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Overcast, but generally fine.
Just out of Pendeen we walked through the remains of the Geevor tin and lead mines. and then the Iron Age Kenidjack Castle, near Cape Cornwall.
A walk around Cape Cornwall, then on to Sennen Cove, with a quick dip in the ocean, just before we arrived.

Established in 1853 , the Lifeboat at Sennen Cove faces some of the most challenging conditions to be found anywhere round the coast of the UK for lifeboat operations.
The Station is protected to some extent from the full force of the Atlantic Ocean by the high cliffs of Pedn-men-du.
After looking through their museum, we watched as they took the lifeboat out for a practice run, returning in thick sea fog.
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- Jun 14, 2019
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- England Sennen Land's End 50.073849, -5.70715550°4’26” N 5°42’26” W
Day 8
Sennon Cove to Porthcurno
June 14, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Day 4
Cliff top walking all day.
Views from Lands End across to amazing rock formations and the Sicily Islands, 45 km off the coast.
A swim in Porthcurno Bay,, with Brit, then ‘A Swell Party’ at the Minack Theatre. Dolphins swimming in the background.
The Minack Theatre is Cornwall's world famous open-air theatre, carved into the granite cliff and set in glorious gardens overlooking the spectacular panorama of Porthcurno Bay.
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- Jun 15, 2019
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- England Penzance Penzance Harbour 50.118435, -5.53932250°7’6” N 5°32’22” W
Day 9
Porthcurno to Penzance
June 15, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Day 5
Our final day of the coastal walk.
While Julie, Brit & I walked 19km from Porthcurno to Penzance. Julie decided to head back for a look around St Ives, while the rest of us walked on to Penzance.
Mousehall harbour beautiful, with colourful boats.
Stopped for lunch at Lamorna Cove Beach.
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- Jun 16, 2019
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 183 m
- England Morvah Mên-an-Tol 50.158558, -5.60448350°9’31” N 5°36’16” W
Day 10
Cornwall to Cheshire
June 16, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Devon, Wales, Cheshire.
Walked across the causeway to St Michael’s Mont, returned by boat. Lunched on Cornish pasties.
An unusual and attractive Cornish site, the Mên-an-Tol is believed to belong to the Bronze Age, making it around 3,500 years old. It consists of four stones, the most memorable being the circular and pierced upright stone. Passing through the hole was central to the healing process - with its obvious feminine symbolism, the holed stone was believed to aid fertility and its powers were sought by barren women, pregnant women seeking easy childbirth and famers seeking bountiful crops! Brit gave it a go!
Fish & chips at Rick Steins restaurant, Padstow, then on to Port Isaac, where Doc Martin was filmed - saw Bert Large having a beer at the pub!Read more
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