Tuesday 9th June

Real ancestors day–off to St Agnes on the north coast, thru the village and down to Trevaunance Beach, had nice conversation with “lady of the manor” above the beach and her handyman who had been to school with the last of the Penroses from Trevallas. Then navigated ourselves to Trevallas Beach and set off on the Jericho Valley walk which H had been planning for about 2 years. Stopped at Blue Hills Tin mining and manufacturing place, the only one still in production in Cornwall and then continued up the valley and hill past Trevallas farm and Cross Coombe farm where Penrose/Commons are recorded in 1841 Census. We all managed to get stung by nettles on hands, arms and legs in the course of the walk !! After the farms, the track goes thru the airfield and along the cliff top from where you look back to St Agnes –spectacular!! Was one of the English summer days where 4 layers –silk, merino, polyprop, polar fleece plus a parka and beanies were needed.
Quick trip to Chapel Porth National Trust Cove cos Brett said we needed to try the “Infamous Iced Hedgehog” there ( “Cornish icecream smothered with farmhouse clotted cream rolled in honey roasted hazel nuts”-a little low cholesterol number ) –eaten whilst still in our arctic gear!
So then we decided to go to Lands End, as you do and had a bit of an episode where we took the wrong turning in St Ives and ended up in some lanes scarcely wider than the car. After Lands End the fuel gauge was going down quite alarmingly and all the petrol station people ( and there weren’t a lot of them) go home at 6 pm, but we were rescued by the ever reliable GPS which steered us to a 24 hr station at Tesco in Penzance. Interesting light on the sea by the lighthouse at Lands End and standing stones.