Praa Sands to Mullion Day 11

Thursday 24th October

Today was a lovely overcast day which stayed dry. It was a little breezy which enhanced the ambience of walking in Cornwall on the coast. The grey skies kind of made the ocean look a milky opaque colour all day so we saw lots of soft tones in the landscape.

We stopped for coffee at Porthleven Harbourview cafe. It was a beautiful little harbour similar to Porthreath Harbour. Porth means port and there are many seaside villages that have Porth as part of their name making it a challenge to remember them.

Porthleven was such a cute little harbour village to stop at and we found lots of little shops that were very unique. I ended up buying more tea towels from an artist who designed Rick Steins logos and merchandise. We stopped in at a shop called Lindy Lou where Simon bought some cute canvas bags for his kids. They were made in London and they’ll make beautiful gifts.

It was a 20 km walk today, along paths with mostly the level ground. This made it a little bit easier and more relaxing. The only wildlife we came across were the Chouffs (Cornwall National bird ) and a tiny baby adder.

The choughs have black plumage and brightly coloured legs, feet and bills and are resident in the rocky sea-cliffs of Cornwall. They have long broad wings and perform spectacular aerobatics.

The adder is the UK's only venomous snake, but its venom is generally of little danger to humans. It’s a protected species as its population is declining.

We stayed at Mounts Bay Inn tonight. After checking in and having showers we chillaxed in the room waiting to see if the sunset would happen at 6:15 but the usual clouds roll in from the Atlantic and we caught a feint pink strip above the cloud line. That was it!

We had a drink at the bar downstairs. The fire was on and so we made ourselves comfy on the couches there. I could sleep here tonight!!Read more