118 Lamorna to Porthcurno to Land’s End

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

Lamorna Cove is, I am sure, a beautiful place. But this morning it is shrouded in fog. I look back across the cove, trying to make out the route that I walked yesterday. The path winds treacherously above the shoreline. In the distance is the craggy mass of Carn-du.

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117 Perranuthnoe, Penzance to Lamorna Cove

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

I set off from Perranuthnoe in brilliant sunshine. My plan for today is to walk through Penzance and Mousehole and to finish my walk in Lamorna Cove. It is a long way. I’m using an Explorer OS Map – more detailed than my usual Landranger Map – and the distance seems huge. I’m nervous already.

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116 Porthleven to Praa Sands

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

The BBC weather forecast today is ‘wet’. The BBC rarely lets us down.

But it is still dry when I start walking along the side of Porthleven Harbour. I stop to take photographs and to allow a group of walkers go on ahead of me. There are around 10 of them and they seem to have an official leader. I rather hoped they would be heading the other way, but no, they were walking the same way as me. I prefer walking alone, so I hang back to get some distance between us.

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115 Predannack to Porthleven

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

The sky is grey. My husband drops me off in the small car park at Predannack and I walk through fields, past cattle, to pick up the South West Coast Path again.

Predannack and fields of cattle, Ruth on her coastal walk
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114 Lizard to Predannack Head

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

I rejoin the South West Coast Path next to The Housel Hotel, standing and taking photos from the exact same place as last time. The rock at the end of the promontory is called Bumble Rock. It looks like a cat to me.

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113 Coverack to Cadgwith to Lizard

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

I wake up early to the noise of roaring traffic. What are all those cars going at this time in the morning? Then I realise – the sound I’m hearing is the crashing of waves beneath my window.

Getting to the start point of today’s walk is easy. I walk out of the Paris Hotel and I am on the South West Coast Path, heading southwards towards Chynhalis Point. The only place in Coverack closer to the sea is a house, ahead, perched by the water.

01 from Coverack to Chynhalls Point, Ruth's coastal walk, Cornwall

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112 Porthallow to Coverack

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

Today the forecast is good – intermittent sunshine and no rain. Yippee! Below is the view from my bedroom window in the B&B at Porthallow.

01 view from B&B window, Porthallow, Ruth's coastal walk

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111 Mawnan, Helford, Porthallow

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

It took me seven hours of travelling time and four different trains, but I am down in Cornwall for another three days of coastal walking along the South West Coast Path.

But I am on my own. This is both exhilarating and anxiety-provoking.

Without my husband, and with no public transport service operating along my route, I am entirely reliant on my two legs to get me from A to B. I’ve planned the itinerary more carefully than normal, with shorter walks than usual and pre-booking a series of B&Bs along the way. My luggage is being transported by http://www.luggagetransfers.co.uk/.

01 Mawnan Church, Ruth's coastal walk, Cornwall What could possibly go wrong?

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110 Zone Point, St Mawes, Falmouth, Mawnan

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

Today is a day of glorious sunshine and ferry rides. I walk at a slower pace than normal – both to take in the magnificent views and to snap photographs. I linger at St Anthony Head, surrounded by the brilliant blue sea and stunning vistas.

This is the view looking towards St Mawes, my first destination. Falmouth is beyond, further up and on the other side of the estuary.

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109 Nare Head to Zone Point

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Ruth Livingstone

Ruth on her coastal walkWe park at Nare Head and I check my iPhone before setting off.

I have bought a new portable recharger and I am planning to leave my phone tracking device on for the duration of the walk. Usually, this drains my batteries within a few hours but, with the portable recharger, I hope to be able to map the whole day. This will give me a more accurate estimate of my mileage than my usual knotted string + map method. Continue reading →

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