Pendennis

9 June 2019

A lovely bright start to the day but the forecast is not too rosy. I wanted to fill the small gap in the path left between the hotel and ferry point. We’d avoided walking around Pendennis Point due to time constraints on other days but missing those couple of miles would mean a dedicated trip back to Falmouth another time. Not one metre shall be missed! There was a charity swim from Pendennis to St Mawes so the headland was packed with people. Getting onto the coast path was almost impossible as we chose the very time the endless line of swimmers was amassing. Once they had got to the water’s edge we were able to start. Nice to have the crowds cheering us on as we set off – did they think we were over-dressed swimmers at the back of the line? The path signage wasn’t too clever at the beginning, a choice of tracks led us down a couple of dead ends. Such drama over a very short walk. It’s pretty until the path arrives at the working part of the port. A tropical looking cove or two and some splendid views across to the Rosalind and Bohortha peninsular. Our bonus today was the hundreds of swimmers striking out across Carrick Roads – good luck to them. We linked up with our walk from the previous day so I can now tick off the Maenporth to Portscathoe section. Quite a substantial chunk done but in the distance there are miles and miles and miles still waiting to be covered.