Praa Sands to The Lizzard

We packed up camp and set off for Porthleven. The path along the headland was was fairly easy going. Just as we reached Porthleven, we could see several surfers catching some big early morning waves.  

We found a café for breakfast. It definitely wins the best value award of the trip so far, with a whopping “Hungry Hideaway” full English breakfast for £8.50.

Full; we carried on towards Mullion. The route continued as before with easy going grassland, and gentle ascents and descents. We saw some more surfers enjoying the waves at Poldu.

Up on the cliff top, just outside Poldhu, there was a monument to Marconi.  It was from here that he made the first trans-Atlantic radio wave transmission in 1901.

We stopped for a bite for lunch at Mullion Cove, and then set of for the youth hostel at Lizzard Point, the most southerly point in mainland England. The path here was much harder going, with a number of valleys to cross. 

We made quick use of the hostel’s showers and laundry facilities as we’d been wild-camping for the last 3 nights, and definitely needed it.