Cape Cornwall to Porthcurno Beach Day 8

Sunday 20th October
The forecast was raining and strong winds. We set off at around 9:30 am. A later start due to the rainy weather but it cleared off by 10. The main challenge was the strong winds today. I have never experienced wind so strong and it did not let up for the next 6- 7 hours of walking.

Our first stop was a beautiful swimming and surfing beach at Sennen Cove. This was apparently a naval military training base back in war times. We are fortunate to be staying here tonight after our walk to Porthcurnan, thanks to a taxi transfer back. We also stopped at Sennon Cove Life Boat Station to check out a real life rescue boat. These stations are all manned by volunteers and are an important service for saving lives out at sea.

Next stop was the Lands End. This place is considered to be one of the U.K.’s most treasured and famous landmarks. You can get your photo taken here at the lands and signpost. We chose to have our photo taken with
Paddington Bear on his special seat because he was cute and it was free.

Pressing onwards with the relentless wind still blowing at a gale force strength we were in awes of some Incredible rock formations past Lands End. It was hard to stop taking photos as the rock formations were so beautiful.

Finally at around 5pm we descended down some rather steep steps to a beach at Porthcurno. Some people say that Porthcurno is the most beautiful bay in the world. There is certainly something magical about the combination of clear turquoise water and the white sand of this beach with the bold sculpture backdrop of the Granite cliffs. It is also fame for the Minnack theatre which was created in the cliffs in the 1930s. Porthcurno Beach reminded us of the Great Ocean Road.

We stayed at The Old Success Inn at Sennan Cove. We were lucky to have a beautiful room with a lovely window overlooking the ocean. We popped it open so we could listen to the ocean all night.
We deservedly enjoyed a beer together in the outdoor area overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
After a delightful dinner of salmon linguine and a nice Aussie Chardonnay, we called it a night and went upstairs to find something on the tele that was uniquely UK. We ended up watching Born Free, the true story about a lioness called Elsa. It was set in Kenya and made in 1966. I remembered watching this as a young child.
The Old Success Inn at Sennan Cove is definitely a hotel we would love to have spent another night in mainly because of the view from our room so close to the ocean.Leer más