Day Three: Marazion to Porthleven

Not a good start to the day with the rugby (unless you are Welsh or French) but 11 miles of fabulous walking to recover. And now more recovery in the bar of the Harbour Inn at Porthleven, with iPhone in one hand and a pint of Trelawny in the other.

Left St. Michael's Mount behind under cloudy but bright skies, and after a couple of miles spotted a pair of seals! Quite a few more walkers as well, out for the weekend. Beautiful coves until I reached the golden stretch of Praa sands. Onwards, and unexpectedly came across three engine houses - for tin and copper mines, working in the 1800s. Wheal Prosper and Wheal Trewavas, abandoned now for about 150 years. Can't imagine how tough working conditions would have been! Eerily beautiful and peaceful today though. Eased into Porthleven after five hours, a good solid day and I'm starting to feel the rhythm of this walk now.

Official blurb on today's stretch here.

Tougher, but 'exceptionally beautiful' 14-15 miles tomorrow, down to Lizard! Still barely any rain... did I really need to carry all this wet weather gear? ;-) Oh yes.