Day 39 Thursday 7th October

This morning I left the hostel at 8.05 and took the path down to the coast, joined the coast path near Newlyn. I was down by the side of the sea at 8.20 and had a rather lengthy walk along the road to Mousehole. On the way I passed a memorial to the Penlee lifeboat men who died in 1981 at sea in a tragic accident. After Mousehole I continued until I got to Lamorna Cove. I arrived there at 10.24 and then I continued until I eventually got to Porthcurno at 1.25. I then walked up the steps to the Minnack Theatre and went past the theatre and stopped for lunch. After lunch I walked on to Porthgwarra and at this point there was a sign to Land's End 3 and three quarter miles. I continued on towards Land's End on a very strenuous up and down path and eventually arrived at Land's End at 4 p.m. However I was rewarded by seeing a pair of choughs along the way. After a stop at Land's End to celebrate Dover to Land's End I resumed at 4.25 to make my way to the Youth Hostel, which although it is called Land's End Youth Hostel is another 6 miles further on. I passed Sennen Cove and Whitesand Bay and at 6.30 I eventually arrived at the hostel very tired but very happy. Distance walked today 23 miles.