Lately, we’ve allowed a combination of “being busy” and “being tired” to get in the way of our mini-adventures a bit. So we decided to put that right this Bank Holiday weekend. The boy decided to forego the adventure as he wanted to focus on revision for the day, so it was just three of us and doggo.
We headed for Porthgwarra, a little cove just beyond Porthcurno on the very western tip of Cornwall that we had somehow not visited before.
We headed West to Nanjizal where I clambered over the rocks for a quick dip in the “Song of the Sea” cave, but the tide was not quite far enough out so I couldn’t quite get to the cave.
We then continued our walk along the coast to Land’s End. We stopped for lunch in the cafe there. I wouldn’t recommend it – £6 for a dry baguette, though the coffee was nice.
We caught the bus back from Land’s End to Porthcurno, and then walked from there back to Porthgwarra, where Isobel and I had another dip in the sea.
That last bit of coast path was a profusion of spring wildflowers on lovely top meadows and weather-worn lichen covered rock formations. Stunning.
Cost of today’s adventure:
- Fuel to Porthgwarra (53 miles each way)
- Carpark at Porthgwarra (£6 for 4.5 hours)
- Lunch and coffee x 3 at Land’s End (£29 – would definitely avoid this next time).
- Bus from Land’s End to Porthcurno for 3 of us. (£7).
Wildlife seen
- Unidentified birds of prey – pretty sure kestrel and buzzard
- Lots of sea birds
- Seals
- Lots of lovely wild flowers
We were also on the lookout for Cornish choughs and adders, both of which could very easily have been in this area, but we spotted neither, and also for dolphins off the coast, especially where the seabirds we’re going crazy over a large shoal of fish just off Nanjizal.
