13 March 2010

Day 72:
What an awesome day today was!!! I picked up Jennie and we headed out to Fowey to meet up with some other peeps from the MBA for a walk from Fowey along the SW Coast Path over to Polkerris for a pub lunch before returning to Fowey overland through the farm fields. After parking the car at Readymoney and wandering down the beach to the toilets, we headed up to St. Catherine's Castle, built in 1542. From there, you have an excellent vantage point looking across to Dawn French and Lenny Henry's (yes, the two British comedians) house right on the cove. They just happened to be at home today and were sat out on the veranda enjoying the beautiful sun-shining morning. That is, until some people in the group started talking about them very loudly so they went back inside. :-( I guess there is always a price for fame.


As for the rest of the walk, it was LOVELY!!  Such a stunning coastline punctuated by the clearest water, sea birds, birds of prey, a HUGE day navigation marker on Gribbin Head (http://www.cornwalltour.co.uk/gribbin_head.html), Daphne du Maurier country (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_du_Maurier) and a pub lunch in Polkerris at the Rashleigh Inn, got the first half of the day started right. On the return we saw baby lambs (just born this week), black pigs, daffodils in bloom and some lovely farmland, all under mostly sunny skies (well, except toward the end when clouds moved in). It's hard to pick just one photo from today's walk, but this one pretty much sums up the natural beauty.