Monday, 26 June 2017

Day 26. Coverack to Helford



                Coverack Harbour

The path away from Coverack was surprisingly boggy after a reasonably dry spell and then went through the middle of a disused quarry.

We were treated to a display by four or five performing seals at about twenty feet from the shore at Godrevy Cove.
They went through the full repertoire of flapping flippers, barking and rolling over.
Great fun to watch.

The path then turned inland around the back of more quarries and through the inevitable field of cows and this herd were right across the path and got a bit frisky when we got near them.
Then they all started towards us and we had to take evasive action by jumping over the nearest gate only to be told that we were trespassing by a woman in one of the cottages.
She must have confused us with someone that cares about such trivia.

We went through Porthoustock and more fields and lanes before coming across the wonderful Fat Apples Cafe near Porthallow.


Cottages near Porthallow


Somehow I missed the post somewhere around Porthallow that marks the half way point of the south west coast path.
315 miles gone and only 315 to go.


These leaves were about 8 feet across

The tide was out at Gillan Creek so we should have been able to use the stepping stones.
Only problem was that we couldn't find them and after chatting to a local, it seemed we were better off not finding them because they were so slippery that even spider man wouldn't stay on them.
So it was a painful barefoot wade across to St Anthony Church.



      Looking back to Dennis Head

Getting to Helford seemed to take much longer than anticipated but when we did eventually get there we were sent up and around the back of the village and out the other side to get to the ferry, only to find the ferry wouldn't be running for over an hour due to the low tide.
So we were forced into the Shipwrights Arms for a drink.

When the ferry dropped us off at the other side we still had a bit more climbing to do to reach our accommodation, but all things considered it was quite an easy day.













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