This was a day when we started to walk through Cornwall's industrial and mining heritage.
The walk to St. Agnes took us through a lot of disused quarries and the subsequent spoil and waste.
Sat on a bench above St. Agnes for a breather and to take in the view.
After St. Agnes came the Towanroath engine houses.
Followed by the iconic Wheal Coates engine house
When the mining came to an end the military moved in and much of the path is next to the high wire fence of various military bases, radar stations and listening stations.
But looking away from the fences the scenery remained breathtaking.
We had a steep drop down to Chapel Porth and, guess what, back up again.
Gasping for an icy drink and hungry for a sandwich we stopped in Porthtowan but the bar we stopped at had no ice and didn't serve sandwiches.
We moved on and the path became very hilly, rocky and isolated with the wire fence alongside for miles.
The cliffs on the approach to Portreath gave us a superb view south to St. Ives in the distance.
It looked an awfully long way off and I was supposed to be there, or thereabouts, the next day.
It was so hot when we arrived in Portreath that Gerry made the reckless decision to have a swim in the sea.
It was a very brief swim!
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