Day 1 - Sunday 10th September 2006

We set off from St Ives at about 10:30 on a fine dry day. It was a bit misty but after an hour or so the sun started to show through.

It has been very pleasant walking but there is an awful lot of up and down, some of it very steep and with high steps which I do not like much. Alasdair has sailed through it.

The Tate Gallery, St Ives	The tide was out as we left St Ives	Looking back at St Ives. There were lots of people about.
Alasdair dressed for walking. The green thing keeps his pack dry - also useful as a sail	View from the cliff top. We are on the country rock, much metamorphosed by the Lands End granite.	The terrain gets quite rugged.

There has been a lot of people all along the route, especially near St Ives but even further along we were never out of sight of other people. But tomorrow we will be further from civilisation and it will be a Monday.

One of the bays which are only easily accessible by boat.	The heath vegetation on the tops of the cliffs.	Alasdair heading towards a trig point.
Alasdair at lunch	Me having lunch - it was a tiring day!	The rocky shore
Alasdair on the cliff top	Alasdair's hair on the cliff top	Picnic above the rocks

We got to Boswednack Manor at 4 and found a note on the door saying they were out and that we should go in and that our room number was 2. So we can see that security has been tightened up even here.

Sea, sky and rocks	View south along the coast	A rock-bound coast
View from the cliff	Granite rock	Rocks and the sea

The scenery en-route has been rather nice - lots of cliffs and coves and occasional sandy beaches. How you get to them without a boat or climbing gear beats me however. One beach was in 2 halves; one had a family playing all the usual beach games and the other had a couple of elderly nudists. But how either party got down must have been very difficult.

Alasdair and I chatted about all sorts of things - about what he did in Central America, who he met etc. while I was talking about what we had done and books read --- General chit chat which will cover pretty near everything in the next few days.

Alasdair has had his bath; I am about to have mine. Then a rest and off to the nearby hotel for a meal and beer, then back here, cards and bed.

All the photographs can be seen here.

The Google Map below shows our route and where the photos were taken. This link gives it in full screen mode.
 

The Auvergne The Cevennes WEGA Central America - Alasdair Central America - Us

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