Perranporth to Portreath

We started out from Perranporth YHA fully aware today would be a misery walk. However, despite it pouring with rain as we ascended on to Cligga Head, I thought to myself actually this isn't too bad. By 10am we had made it to Trevauance Cove and I was squelching along with my more comfortable, less waterproof boots. To be fair to the boots we had been following more of a coast river than a coast path; with small waterfalls often seen cascading down steps.

We bumped into some other walkers who wished us luck, as we were taking the cliff path, and pointed out a cafe along the route we could change our minds at.

We continued until St Agnes Head where it became extremely windy with some gusts making it difficult for me to walk and one knocking me over (the weather app, later, said 68mph). However trusty walking poles meant I have superior balance and we battled round the headland.

By this point I had suggested to Olly we should go for plan B and stay at the B&B in Portreath, instead of camping, which he begrudgingly agreed to. We made it to the cafe at Chapel Porth, Olly was a little disappointed as he had expected a cosy cafe with indoor seating and quaint steamed up windows. What was there, was much more practical, a serving hatch and some outdoor covered, sheltered seating which meant we didn't have to de-waterproof. We had some hot drinks and ate our sandwiches, the people at the café were super friendly and offered us free extra drinks and flapjacks.

By this point it had stopped raining so we continued on over the headlands, past some disused mine workings and some MOD restricted areas (in which thousands of cabbages were being grown) to reach our B&B in Portreath. 

I feel a bit bad that we didn't make our target mileage/campsite (by 3 miles). However, this is the nicest place we have stayed yet and it's good to have dry feet!