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St Ives Holiday Land's End to St Just walk 1st July 2022

Catherine and Andy had carefully planned this last day of our holiday. However, the bus driver had taken a sickie and we had an hour to spare in St Just. This all worked out very well in the end with a pleasant coffee in the village and a lower tide on the shore for our walk.  The sightseeing bus took us to Land's End and from there we walked past the Iron Age fort at Maen Castle  to Sennen Cove, full of sand and several surfers. We were able to walk a mile along the beach before diverting up to the South West Coast Path which carried along for another 2 miles. The route was mostly along the cliffs of Gurland and Nanjulian with quite a few remains of ancient mine workings along the way. After a delightful walk in beautiful conditions we eventually got back to St Just after about 6 miles of excellent walking.

The walk started in the St Just coffee shop, supposedly a bus will come sometime..

So we formed an orderly queue

Aha, here it comes!

Back on track we found the site of Maen Cliff Castle.

This is all that remains - the only entrance to the Iron Age fort

Dropping down into Sennen Cove, we found this boat winding house, now an art gallery.

Sennen Cove, a mile of sand, with a few rocks, puddles and stones to negotiate.

"I can do it!"

After the beach, the route got a bit more difficult

Careful!

All made it, let's head north.

Old mine shafts riddle this area

Six spot burnet moth

View back to Sennen Cove

This is not the place to learn how to dance

We never did decide what the purple fields were made of - it was neither lavender or flax!

Well, I think we agreed about that direction.

Some more gunnera on the way up to St Just.

About 6 miles

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