Jeri’s Steps: 26,147
Miles walked: 7.25
Elevation: 1,205
Walking Time: 3 hrs 45 min
Pints: 2
Churches: 2
Stiles: 12
Benches: 3

‘One does not simply walk into Morvah’

Today was a tough one. We left the North Inn in Pendeen after a quick cup of coffee and a stop at the Spar then headed across country to Morvah via a narrow path invaded by brambles and nettles to reach the SWCP about a mile away. As we move further north away from the beach side towns the path itself becomes the enemy; it’s not the constant ups and downs necessarily. The path of course follows the landscape and this part of the coast has numerous inlets for rivers and streams where the path dips down to cover the obstacle then scrambles back up the other side. The tumbling waterfalls and mossy ferns are beautiful, but the path is painfully narrow, sometimes just a boot width and is strewn with boulders and, if not boulders then, loose scree, all of which makes progress agonizingly slow. The stats above don’t do this walk justice; we walked solidly from 8.30am to 4.00pm and didn’t cover much ground. The weather though did come through; sunshine with a very light breeze.

St Ives and Carbis Bay where we are staying was missing the G7 excitement of last week. Gone were the military escorts and Michelin chefs. Eating has not been a problem so far, given the amount of calories we are burning…

Today saw far more stiles, both stone and wooden, so our average improved significantly.

Dinner at Becks, lovely grilled Sole and a pint each of Atlantic Ale. Then to bed at our beautiful B&B The Mustard Tree. mustard-tree.co.uk