Porthcurno Beach to Penzance - Day 9

Monday 21st October

Today is overcast but a lot less windy, which is really nice . I’ve decided today I’m not going to take ANY photos of scenery and instead I’m planning to find interesting signage that tells a a story about coastal life and the history of Cornwall and the Southwest coast of England.

Our walk was very relaxing today as the sun was shining on our backs and the sea was so much calmer. It made for ideal walking conditions. It was still a long walk of around 20 kilometres.

We had a quick stop at Mousehole (pronounced Mowzel), is a small fishing village situated just over three miles south of Penzance. It was once a busy harbour, famous for landing huge catches of Pilchards.

As we walked on in the late afternoon towards Penzance we spotted a large fishing trawler just a few hundred metres of shore. We pulled out the binoculars and took turns to view the fishermen hauling the huge net in. Pretty sure there were haddock, hake and cod in the catch today. We saw these types of fish in fresh fish shops in the next harbour which was Newlyn.

Newlyn is one of the largest fishing ports in the UK – the iconic harbour is central to the fishing industry in Cornwall.

Finally we walked in to Penzance. Penzance is the largest town in West Cornwall, famous as an ancient market town and historic port. The town has a long history as a prosperous market town.

We have now walked 190km of the South West Coast of Cornwall. Tomorrow is a rest day for our legs! We plan to go for a swim in the Jubilee Pool. One of its pools is geo thermal heated to around 28c. The sea water comes from 400m below ground. The other larger pool has natural sea water a temp of around 14c. We didn’t think we would venture in to that one!Läs mer