coast

The Cycle/Pedestrian Path and a fine coastal walk of 2 and a half miles between Penzance and Marazion.

Penzance Dock Gates after being broken down by SS Norfolk Coast

Walking further eastwards along the coast towards the Geevor complex with Pendeen Watch and its lighthouse in the distance.

We can match the coastal scenery of most places in the world here in Cornwall!

This unusual landmark of a holed island with its corrupted name means the Island (Enys) of Grass/Turf (Tonn) of which it probably had enough for a small field when so named but has dwindled in size both as an island and turfed top! behind it you see the rock called 'the Armed Knight' which is...

THis is the stuff that romantic Cornish novels are made of, and the type of coastal scenery that German people see in their televised soap based on Rosamund Pilcher novels and attracts them to Cornwall in droves lately.

An example of a 'zawn' or cleft-like inlet into the cliffs may be noted here. There exists a Cornish word 'sawn' (cleft/gulley) which has some relevance here.

The legend has it that an Irish boat foundered here and an Irishwoman, one of the passengers on board, clung to this rock for days before sadly, she failed to be rescued. An evocative tale and backed up by this coastal view!

Such beauty for the beholder here in January on a crisp, clear day. The river is running a different course from its usual one and etching a deep groove in the smooth and barely trodden sand.

You certainly get the feeling of Land's End here in this secluded valley that runs right down to where the Channel, the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea join forces beyond the huge, round boulders they mould.

Land's End is 'Penn an Wlas' in Cornish as may be seen at the commercial Land's End on its entrance (which copies the Falmouth Custom House). I think this view may show the official end of the land though in past ages, people incorrectly believed Cape Cornwall to be so. For me though, the real...

This is a truly beautiful spot and little frequented. I have here, on looking up, seen a chough flying overhead. Nanquidno probably is derived from the Cornish 'Nans' (Valley) and Gwynn (Fair) (compare with Port Quin which means 'fair/white harbour'). Unless there's an unknown plural 'gwennow'...

A useful 'pit stop' in a hidden valley near St Just without amenities!

On this promontory at Battery Rocks there was once a proper diving board on a metal frame. Mousehole lies just behind the headland in the distance.

Here across a calm sea, beyond the pier and lighthouse, may be seen the coast where lies eastern Green and Long Rock.