Beer drunk: 1 1/2 pints, Distance walked: 22km, Time taken: 7h 40m (about 6h 40m walking)
Today was midsummer's day. The temperature reached a high of 13C and it started raining at 11am and has only just stopped. I'm glad I'm in Cornwall in the summer. I hate to imagine what winter is like.
Not much to report today. I walked, it rained, I kept walking.
I didn't encounter many people today. A few out walking their dogs in the morning before the rain started and even fewer other hikers. I did see a fewer hardy (determined?) souls as I went round Land's End. They'd come all this way to the most westerly point in England and they were going to get their photo taken no matter what. There is apparently a theme park (what theme?) here as well as overpriced gift shops and tea rooms but I went around all the buildings on the seaward side and managed to avoid noticing any of it.
My B&B here is yet another country house turned into an hotel. My room is on the first floor at the front and my own private bathroom at the back, down half a flight of stairs, across a landing and up two more stairs. I just see myself falling over them in the night. The other drawback is my bathroom is just by the back door, which is the entrance all guests are supposed to use. I shall have to take care there is no-one about before flinging open my bathroom door, clad in nothing but pyjamas or a dressing gown.
I had lunch at a pub in Sennen Cove, the Old Success Inn. It was a mistake. While it was pleasant at the time it gave me enough time to cool down. Going out into the cold again was not very nice until I'd walked far enough to warm up again. On the plus side, the steak and ale pie (and the pint) were very good.
Dinner was at the pub here, the Cable Station Inn, as it is the only place here to eat. I had the steak and chips. It was very good steak and chips. The chips were crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside. The steak was tender and tasty and cooked just how I'd ordered. But I'm so tired of steak&chips or fish&chips. I'm looking forward to getting to Penzance tomorrow as I'll have a lot more choice of places to eat there (plus a day off walking).
Porthcurno is "famous" as it is the point where all sorts of undersea telecommunication cables reach land, from 1870 until the current day. There are all sorts of notice boards and museums and the like to tell you all about it. There is also no mobile phone reception whatsoever.
We've had non stop rain too but we've got an excuse. Plus an earthquake centred on Moe which Miohael said he felt in Blackburn but I slept through it or perhaps thought it was those darn possums again. Do you realise that Sennen is the source of Sennen House in the Merry books. The founder of the school came from Cornwall.
ReplyDeleteGtaeme had an operation last night to drain the abscess around the base of his spine. Let's hope that does the trick!