dst. (km) Today 94.66 Trip total 687.66 Odometer 547.0
Jo’s email yesterday and my thoughts of her were heavy on my mind all day, a melancholy day, and it’s only one week into the nine so far.
Right now its , the sun is miles up above the horizon out over the Atlantic. I’m sitting on the headland up above Sennen Bay. It is incredibly peaceful here, the only sound is the waves on the shore, the sea is quite flat. (Seems that everywhere I go, the sea is flat!)
All the other travellers I meet all seem so young. I’m missing Jo already. This nine week trip seemed good in theory, I hope it works out well in practice!
Back to more prosaic matters, St. Ives was an interesting place to visit, but I think I’d prefer to do it on foot if I came here again! Steep narrow roads, all marked one way only, and tourist busses everywhere, grinding their way up and down from the harbour. I managed to take a wrong turn while trying to get out of town and ended up back at the harbour, on my second attempt I followed a local bus, even with the panniers I managed to follow it far enough to get me back to the country roads.
Rooks around the church tower
Somewhere along the way I’ve managed to hurt my right knee, possibly from struggling up some of the hills, but I think my cleat has slipped a little as well. The constant hammering on the handlebars has also left me with a blood blister on my left hand.
I had been intending to stay at the Lands End YHA at St. Just, but when I got there I found that they were closed. No real reason, just a note pinned on the door saying “shut for two days”, just British tourism at work I guess.
Dinner was excellent. I sat in the Sennen pub and had a home-made fish cake with chips and salad and the best garlic and herb bread that I’ve eaten for months. The fish cake was enormous!
Where?
Newquay, St. Ives, St. Just, Sennen(50.0666667,-5.7)
