30/5/11 - From Prussia with Love

Walk - 5 Miles
Weather - Wrong type of rain
Caches - 3
Exotic Wildlife - Seals

Prussia Cove

Day 2 of holidays.  A recap of yesterdays events yesterday for my three avid blog fans.  After the walk, we went to Family Rocket for a visit.  This involved a beautiful walk down to the beach for some surfing, followed by a game of football.  Family Mapp showed their competitive side by - Sonia (Goal Hanging), Alex (Shoulder barging a 40 year old lady to the groud and Ian (kicking a small child).

We don't care about the weather

You may notice that Ellies name is missing from the list.  This is because she stayed at home revising and planning the evening entertainment.  This was a meal out - so she spent 1 hour revising and 2 hours pampering.  Here are the highlights from that.

Ellie - On finding out that we weren't driving the 300 yards to the pub, changing her lady gaga heels for grannie chic.

Sonia - Disappointed with the lack of chips with her fish cakes.  Made up with brownies.

Alex - Loving scampi until someone told him it was made of prawns.

Ian - Enjoyed Surf and Pie after Alex's disappointment.

So we woke at 7am today and looked out of the window.  Couldn't see anything so tried a different window.  It appears as though we are in a fog that would put Victorian London to shame.  So we head out for the longest drive of my walks on this holiday to Prussia Cove.  It transpires that this wasn't fog but the cloud that we were in because as we get around three miles out of the Lizard, it is chucking it down proper.

Get to the parking place and head off in land for a return along the coast.  Love the views of St Michaels Mount behind us.

Damp but nice views

The inland part of the walk is made up of an increasingly ingenious set of stiles to clamper over.  They certainly take their time making them in Cornwall.

Assault Course

We drop down a lovely woodland path and pick up the coastal path at Kenneggy Sands.  Nice views and the first cache of the day which drops us down onto Bessy Cove for Molly to have a swim.

Bessy Cove from East (Stopped Raining)

Bessy Cove from West (Started raining again)

Some stunning scenary, as you would expect.  Next cache is an adventourous one which involves a climb up Cudden Point.  Sonia stays behind with Molly on the lead as I go off hunting and scrambling.  Views are amazing and there is nothing between me and the americas.

View from a cache

Bit further on and we see a lone seal having a bon around in the sea.  Sonia liked the way the flippers poke out the water.  Then its more views of the Mount as we head back to Perran Sands and the car park at Perranuthande where a woman is waiting for me for her £3.  Tried yesterday's ruse, but she wasnt having it. 

It was worth the wet and cold, wasn't it Sonia?