Sunday 14th August

By: Mike

 


St Just to Land's End

At the bus stop, we talk to two walkers who are camping and carrying huge packs.  They have walked from Minehead.  38 days, of which 28 were walking days.  They say that they have found everything expensive, including camping.  “This is not a cheap holiday”, they say.  They met one walker who had planned to do the entire walk, but ran out of money before he got to Cornwall and had to give up and go home. We get off the bus in St Just.  I buy stamps and post my pc to Stuart.  He will probably have left Highdown before the post card reaches him, but at least I have kept my promise.  Last time I write that address after two years.

                                                                                        Sennen Cove  Hot day, cold sea


The going is not too bad and we stop at Sennen Cove to swim and have lunch.  The weather is still very warm, but the sea certainly isn’t.  In a cafĂ©, Chris has tea and I have an absolutely delicious iced ginger beer. We walk the last mile to Land’s End and get our picture taken in front of the First and Last House.  This is a big moment for us.  We have walked 274 miles from Minehead, starting on 26th July 2019.

The big blue bus is waiting when we walk up to the car park and we head back to Zennor and supper in the Tinners.

                                                            Land's End!

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