The South West Coast Path

Inspired by Raynor Winn's memoir "The Salt Path" that we read for book club, I have placed below a few of the photographs from the seventeen years we stayed for a week in September or October on the north coast of Cornwall. The book brought back many happy memories and it has been a pleasure looking back at my posts from when I started this blog in 2007. The South West Coast Path starts in Devon but it's not until the book reaches Bude that I'm on familiar territory. I have not yet looked at the photos in albums from 2002 but I know we visited Tintagel, Boscastle and Bude in the early days. The photos on my computer (and on the cloud with Google Photos) start in 2005 but they are here in order of the route itself.

The first two are from above Crackington Haven.

Next is Trebarwith Strand.

Then Port Isaac.

This is Port Quinn where we stayed for sixteen years at the National Trust properties at Doyden and Lacombe. Or as the book puts it " a lost collection of weekend homes". 

The path from Port Quinn  with Rumps and the island Mouls in the distance.

From the same path.

Lundy Bay.

Rumps and Mouls getting closer.

Rumps.

The path from Port Quinn arrives at Polzeath. We have walked there and back every year we stayed at Port Quinn and never tired of the scenery.

Daymer Bay at Rock.

The ferry from Rock to Padstow.

Padstow.

The path out of Padstow.

And on the way to Harlyn.

Porth Mear.

View to Porth Mear from NT cottage Trescore where we stayed this September.

Path at Park Head.

Bedruthan Steps.

Staircase down to Bedruthan beach.

Mawgan Porth.

Porthcothan.

St Ives.

St Michel's Mount.

Porthleven.

Kynance Cove.

Path to the Lizard.

Lizard Point.

The Lighthouse at Lizard Point.

Pendennis Castle, Falmouth.

Falmouth.

The Fowey to Bodinnick ferry.

Fowey.

Polruan.

The path from Polruan.

In June 2007 we stayed for five nights at the Manor House Hotel (now Pig on the Beach) at Studland in Dorset and walked some of the path mentioned in the book. See blog posting 26th June for Poole, Weymouth, Old Harry Rocks, Charmouth, Chesil Beach.