Helston 3

This second week in Cornwall has absolutely flown - Dan, Livvy and Faye all went back to school on Wednesday and Paul is now home, his new job having been relocated to Helston which is great.

Substantial bridge at Poltesco

On Monday morning Faye dropped us back to the tiny fishing village of Cadgwith so we could continue our Coastal Path walk on to Coverack. It was another lovely calm sunny day and there was lots to see on this 4 hour walk along the clifftops and down to the odd beach such as Kennack Sands and Downas Cove, past Serpentine rocks and alongside a 9 hole golf course at Thorny Cliff. The Wednesday prior a French fishing boat had ended up on the rocks at high tide and they were still trying to float it off when we walked past. Lots of oil had leaked into the sea but they had apparently managed to hoover most of it up. Other memorable things we saw on this walk was the bearded man in the full black skirt, lots of blackberries and sloes (which Len's dad, Wils, made sloe gin from last year at the age of 92!) apple trees and of course the beautiful rugged coast-line.

Looking over towards the grounded fishing boat

Coverack is a quiet, little seaside village where we soon found a nice beer at the Bay Hotel, overlooking the sea, while we waited for the bus to take us back to Helston.

The watering hole at Coverack

Tuesday we all went to Praa Sands for a lie on the beach and a swim - the water temperature here is about 16 -17° at the moment, so a little cold to get in but fine once you're under! The waves are tiny at the moment but we managed to body-surf some gentle ones - I'm just missing that "whooosh" that you get when a good wave catches you!