Day Four: Porthleven to Lizard

Longest stretch so far, 15 miles by the time I found my B&B (the most southerly farmhouse B&B on the British mainland). Left the Harbour Inn this morning to light drizzle and a strong westerly breeze, which stayed pretty constant all day, so a first opportunity to earn a return on my latest investment in Gore-Tex! The other benefit of the weather was having the coast path more or less to myself, lovely! By mid-morning had reached Poldhu cove, famous as the site where Marconi transmitted the first radio signal across the Atlantic in 1901 - a morse code 'S'. We've made some progress...

Carried on to beautiful Mullion Cove, where some intrepid sea kayakers were about to head out of the sheltered harbour into a decent swell and strong wind - good effort! Then came across Shetland ponies (used to graze the nature reserve land along the cliffs) and a strange, deserted art installation high on one cliff top - the 'Wandering Egg' from Hamburg apparently?! Soldiered on, the odd twinge apparent from my left achilles (monitor!) and right calf (ditto) to beautiful Kynance Cove before completing the last couple of miles down to Lizard point, the old lifeboat station (disused since 1961) and lighthouse (still in use, flashing away nicely).

Good day - and found a mobile signal via wifi, roaring fire and pint of Tribute at the Top House Inn. Will sleep well tonight!