Bedruthan Steps
Walkers here in Cornwall this week have been a very happy sociable bunch. We walked along the coast path and did a circular route from Bedruthan Steps and then on to Mawgan Porth and back, the total mileage walked today was 6.75 miles, pretty good for us. The sun came out and it stayed dry all day, but the wind was still whipping off the sea so the waves are still epic.
Anyway back to the sociable walkers, we chatted to a very pleasant man who was on day 5 of his 3 month(!!!!!) walk from Lands End to John O Groats and who had bad blisters on his feet from his new walking boots (I did feel quite sorry for him but he seemed happy enough). We then got talking to a local man about all sorts for about 10 -15 minutes, very interesting, it's nice to speak to people who know the area well. Various other walkers didn't just say hello they spoke briefly too.
Today we saw another seal surfing in the sea whilst we ate our lunch and lunch was watched over by a herring gull - it was worth the wait he got a sausage roll in the end.
We saw the same selection of seabirds that we have seen over the last few days as well as a peregrine falcon soaring above us, wheatears, reed buntings and yellow hammers - something else I haven't seen for years.
We have seen a few large bumble-bees lately, this one is a red-tailed bumble-bee.
We also came across a slow-worm basking in the sunshine and a young sand lizard doing the same.
The afternoon finished off in a very nice National Trust tearoom where I had chocolate torte and clotted cream and a large hot chocolate - you can never have too much choccie when you've walked a llong way.
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