Had breakfast and had to do a bit of shopping and communication stuff in Padstow that took up most of the morning.
Walking past the Shipwrights Arms there was a busker opposite playing old scratchy blues and country that caught my ear so I stopped for a pint and had a listen.
Look out for Joe Strouzer as he seems to be touring non-stop but his sad old lonesome blues didn't seem to have any success parting the tourists and their loose change.
The tourists were more interested in consuming ice cream, beer, pasties and cream teas and most of them looked like they had already consumed too much.
Once I was away from the busy quay area the crowds thinned out and it was a lovely walk out towards Stepper Point with views back along the river to Padstow.
Looking back along the River Camel to Padstow
I have walked out this way before and knew there's a short cut from Padstow to Trevone that cuts off the headland but as I'm supposed to be walking the coast path I have to walk out and around every bleedin headland.
So here's a picture of me at Stepper Point to prove I walked out there.
Stepper Point
Trevone Bay was the first of many walks across sandy bays that day, with a view back across the bay to this hole that was once a ventilator for the mines beneath.
Followed by Mother Ivey's bay
And then the lifeboat station near Trevose Head
Every bay had the inevitable surf school or schools.
Trevose Head was magnificent with views up and down the coast and felt like a divide between the high cliffs and sparsely populated North Cornwall to the more gentle terrain and more populace Mid Cornwall.
I took another opportunity to cool my burning feet by paddling along two gorgeous miles of Constantine Bay.
But there were still some craggy inlets to negotiate around Treyarnon Bay and lonely cliffs on the way down to Porthcothan.
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