Lizard Point to Coverack Day 13

Saturday 26th October

We start the day early at 8am with a lovely pot of tea (Simon always has black coffee) served by Austin and a full English brekkie! The conversations today revolve around buses and taxis as we are concerned about our Sunday section being around 32km!!

The good news is the weather for today is a sunny 14c and the wind has calmed to a fresh breeze.

On the way out of Lizard we picked up some supplies from the deli. I took a few pics of the local produce - cabbage, cauliflower and some of the meats. Aged meat seemed to be quite popular but as we make our way towards Coverack the local delight becomes crab. 🦀

After enjoying wonderful scenery around The Lizard, the South West Coast Path embarked on a roller-coaster route through to picturesque Cadgwith. We stopped on a small headland in Cadgwith for our picnic overlooking colourful fish boats. Cadgwith is a charming fishing village of thatched houses and small fishing boats. This is the only village where the boats are launched via the beach. There is no harbour like other villages we’ve passed through. We wondered how they manage to get their boats launched. Maybe the tractor that was parked nearby.
We popped in to a cafe to grab a coffee and it became obvious what the local fisherman were catching. Crab 🦀 was on the entire menu. We also spotted the crab pots in the street and old crab heads used as decorations outside dwellings.

A few more headlands on, we had the opportunity to walk along a beach where we noticed many pink jellyfish had washed up and stranded. They are known as Mauve Stinger Jellyfish and are a rare species in the UK oceans. It’s even more rare to find them washed up on a beach.

The path continued along the cliffs to Black Head, later reaching the charming village of Coverack.

We rested at a hotel called The Paris Hotel. As soon as we checked in, we headed back downstairs to order a Korev Ale which is the local beer. We enjoyed our pints on a rock in the sun overlooking the cove. Afterwards we wondered around the little harbour where locals were drinking their beer on the harbour wall.

For dinner we ordered crab, smoked bacon and Parmesan linguine accompanied by a Muscadet French wine. We figured that we were hiking in crab country so this would be the perfect way to try it! It was lovely.Baca selengkapnya