Today is the start of our break in Cornwall, we arrived yesterday in heavy rain, but this morning looked to be a bit more promising - oh how wrong can you be! We are staying close to Poldhu Cove (near Mullion on the south coast of Cornwall) overlooking the sea in a fantastic house, one of the poshest we have ever stayed in! We didn't have to walk far to get to the south west coast path and we joined it at the Marconi Memorial - Marconi sent the first transatlantic transmission from Poldhu in 1901.
The clifftop memorial to Marconi.
We walked along the coast, taking in the dramatic seas and being blown around by strong winds off of the sea.
Poldhu Cove
All along the coast path there was an abundance of bluebells and wild garlic of all things!
We noticed birds swooping across the beach so we went to have a closer look to see what they were and found they were sand martins, nesting in the sandy cliffs. They didn't seem particularly pleased to see us, but when we moved on down the beach they returned to their holes, and we managed to get some photos of them perching at the entrances.
Sand martins perched outside their nests.
We found a second geocache at Poldhu then started to walk on along the coastal path towards Gunwalloe but it started to rain and it didn't look like it was going to clear up any time soon so we turned back and went back to our holiday cottage for lunch. A quick three mile walk.
After lunch the weather brightened up so we decided to walk in the other direction along the south west coast path towards Mullion Cove. The first place we came to was Polurrian Cove, a very pleasant place for a sit down in the sunshine.
Looking towards Mullion Cove.
Polurrian Cove looking towards Mullion Island.
After a stop we walked on - uphill - to the Mullion Cove Hotel, where apparently the Queen Mother, Enid Blyton and Cary Grant have stayed! The canon in the photo was found in Mullion Cove during the building of the harbour walls.
Mullion Cove Hotel.
It was then a steep walk down into (and back up from) Mullion Cove where there is plenty of evidence of the winter storms, both harbour walls needing quite a large amount of repair work.
Mullion Cove.
With the damage to the harbour walls, the National Trust will need to do a fair bit of fundraising.
Taken from the harbour wall.
Fishing still goes on from Mullion Cove, mainly for shellfish - crabs, lobsters and crayfish.
Fuchsias are a popular hedging plant in the south west, and on the way back I noticed this one blooming already - and it's only April!
This afternoon's walk was three and a half miles, making a total today of six and a half, a very good day.
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