Distance - 7 Miles
Geocaches - 8
Walk Inspiration - Trail Magazine, Jan 2021
The final walk of the week. It always nice to do one that starts from your temporary accommodation's front door - especially when its one from this months edition of a popular magazine. Trail Magazine have also gone looking for Tier 1 pints.
Across fields to the Cot Valley and Lands End Youth Hostel, labelled by the same people that named London Luton Airport.
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| Youth Hostel - Not at Lands End |
The coast picked up where the footpaths get confusing at Gribba Point. But don't leave the footpaths, we are reminded, lest you fall down a shaft.
Guide Dog in Training is kept on her lead.
I could bring you plenty of photos of the sea crashing onto the rocks from up on high, but as Cape Cornwall is the star of this walk, it can get all the image glory. The point where the two bodies of water meet, the only other place in the UK is Cape Wrath. What may not surprise is that the National Trust are still charging for parking when the cafe and toilets are shut.
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| Guide Dog Abi, perfecting her modelling skills in case she fails |
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| Cape Cornwall from the South |
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| And from the North |
The final stretch of coastal walking for 2020 leads us to the mines at Botallack, where we meet the paths from Tuesday's Walk. Little by little, I am completing the South West Coastal Path.
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| Mines of Botallack |
Too early for the Queens Arms at Bottalack but we are reasonably sure it's open, as the sandwich board was displayed on the main road. Another one for the Dubius Good Beer Guide Tick Panel, as this is a proud entry in the 2021 edition.
Of course, we know what awaits for refreshment at St Just.
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| Another quality refreshment stop |
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| The Star Inn |
The Cornish pub using electric fencing to keep people away from the bar and follow #SocialDistancing rules - but is it switched on?@tamsinmelville asked but Jonny McFadden at the Star Inn in St Just wasn't saying
— BBC Radio Cornwall (@BBCCornwall) July 13, 2020
Listen back to the interview here
⚡️ https://t.co/gmaM5dw7P3 ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/fraEYP1xqC
But at this point in the holiday, I was sure that Tier 1 pubs were open to all and confident enough in my own abilities as a master of disguise that I could get in. With collar pulled up and full face mask on, I enter, hand santise and wait at the bar for service.
"Where are you from?" booms our pub superstar of Twitter.
He takes me outside for a little chat and I know from experience that its pointless to argue with publicans, who can refuse service for any reason. He was polite, but seemed to be accusing me of driving all the way from Worcester just for a pint (half right, I was doing some walking too) and then banged on about how the Government has made Cornwall a target.
The upshot, he couldn't serve anyone from Tier 2, as he didn't do food.
Having been in Cornwall a week - some, but not all pubs, have taken a similar stance. It still makes no sense and I still can't believe this was real reason and he just didn't want outsiders in his pub.
As always, Twitter provides a steer. An interesting interview.
Landlords have my sympathies trying to interpret the rules but how has going to pubs come to this?
Cornwall - being the only mainland area of England in Tier 1 - will have its borders patrolled by police to stop people coming to drink in the area's less restricted pubs!
— RT UK (@RTUKnews) December 3, 2020
Landlord Jonathan McFadden explains how his establishment will manage any potential influx of outsiders. pic.twitter.com/ca3AOCNRMX
The Kings Arms
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| The Kings Arms, St Just |
100m away, so all was not lost. The Kings Arms does food as well as hospitality.
This became our base for the week and does a Sunday Lunch to die for, excellent food at mid week and we were allowed take part in the quiz.
We won and the fact that only one other team of pensioners entered will not stop me feeling proud that my Rage Against the Machine knowledge brought us victory.
We celebrated with a perfect St Austell Proper Job.
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