We left home before 8 am to get to a parking place that was accessible by bus both from Coverack (the start of our walk) and Helford (the end). This bit of the coast was quite exposed and windy, and full of sludgy mud, but fortunately nothing our boots couldn't handle.
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| Masses of wild garlic all along the path today |
At Porthoustock there was no shop or cafe (so no tea or coffee, worse luck) but there was an interestingly huge concrete edifice dominating the small, stony beach - a quarrystone silo, no longer used.
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| The beach at Porthallow |
There were a couple of diversions in place that meant we couldn't go around Nare Head. Unfortunately the signposting of the alternative route was woeful, and we got a bit lost really. We acquired a companion for a while. He had a great head of hair for his age but was a bit of a talker/bore.
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| Intrepidly climbing over some barbed wire and a hedge |
We made it to Gillan's Creek and had to ford it barefoot.
The icy cold water revived our feet.
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Looking over towards Flushing
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OK, so we made it to Helford in time for the 3.15 bus. We got a cup of tea/coffee from the local shop (the first shop or cafe we'd encountered all day) and were told that there was in fact only one afternoon bus back to our car, which had left at 2pm. Turns out the timetable on Go Cornwall's website was wrong. She said a taxi might be £60 so we decided to just walk back to the car. About five miles, some of it through long grass and up hills. My legs were hurting by the time we made it to the car at about 5 o'clock.
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| Yikes! |
In the evening we were at the Ferryboat Inn once again, this time with Iris and Ronan having a slap-up and expertly cooked dinner. I was more than ready for those fish and chips! Slept like a log.
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