After a rain filled night on the Lizard, Christmas Day started dull but at least not raining. Packing your tent and gear up in the rain is not fun.I set off along the coast towards Kynance cove where the path descends to the rocky beach. The beach is made more fun because a lot of…

Nicole had warned me the coast path just out of Coverack was treacherous in wet weather and there was an alternative route through a local sculpture park. One thing I have learnt is if locals give you walking advice it’s a good idea to follow it.The sculpture park was a pleasant change and I was…

After packing my tent up I took the opportunity to photograph the fig tree growing out of the wall of Manaccan church. Then I set off along the Cornwall lanes towards Porthallow. The lanes were very narrow. At one stage I had to walk back about fifty yards so as an oil lorry and me…

After a planned day of in Falmouth for laundrette work I was setting off to cross another river at Helford. This time I had a “lift” organised across the river, but the way things had been going, I wasn’t overconfident.The rain was falling fairly steadily as I entered a Cornish area of Natural Beauty according…

Finally managing to leave Portloe after a 2 day weather stop was a relief. However a new problem arose in that my lift across the river at Place now wasn’t going to happen. This left me a bit stuck but I decided that I’d have to get a lift from Place via the roads to…

Please think about all those people who miss Christmas. They are the ones who want to have a family, fun-filled Christmas just like you are hopefully going to have but can’t. To them, Christmas is the time a loved one passed on, the time when a relationship ended, the time when they said or did…

Very stormy indeed! I managed about 20 yards of cliff path found a storm tossed young kittiwake and decided it wasn’t safe. The winds lasted for two days and according the locals at the hotel some of the worst they had seen for a while!I shall resume on the 20th.

Leaving Mevagissey in the early morning , I was soon in Portmellon where I met the ladies from Mevagissey Rowing Club, launching their boat for early morning training. Their boat is a bit special as it’s a Cornish Pilot Gig. These are raced during the summer and they have the world Championships in the Scilly…

A frosty start from Crafthole with a large all metal bridge covered in ice to negotiate. Then it was working my way past Par and St Austell before lots more climbing including frosty steps.Had breakfast in a posh cafe in Charlestown missed out on the fact they served V60 coffee. Probably a good thing as…

Polperro was almost deserted as l left at 8am . a steep climb took me out onto the cliffs on another cold fresh day . I had a seven mile walk to get to the ferry at Polruan. Snow lay on the path and a hard frost gripped the mud.Robins were very common and seem…