St Ives Holiday Lizard walk Sunday 26th June 2022

Our first walk was from the little village of Lizard, about a mile from the southern most point of mainland England. We called in at the Lighthouse for a coffee before walking to the end of England. From there it was a walk along the cliff top to Kynance Cove, where we stopped for our packed lunch on the grassy bank overlooking the Cove. Appetites satiated, we took a shorter route back to the village, which included walking along the top of a Cornish hedge. Not quite so difficult as it sounds as Cornish hedges are 2 stone walls with a gap in between filled with soil. With an afternoon to spare most of us went back to the lighthouse for a guided tour, becoming much wiser to the difficult seas around the Lizard, as well as the workings of Trinity House. The walking was in excellent conditions with lots of sun but a good breeze to stop us getting overheated. The walk was a little under 5 miles but seemed much longer with the rarely smooth paths!

Lizard Village

Approaching the southernmost point of the mainland

That's the very end, just down there

We're going this way, bye !

That's most of us in the middle, on top of that piece of rock

We saw a few seals, mostly asleep like this one, having a water sleep.

Kynance Bay is our lunch spot - in the extreme right corner

but there are a few more hills to go!

Kynance Bay, a beautiful spot, not the easiest to get to!

Picnic time, all sizes of rock available

Our very welcome guest walkers for the week.

Another guest walker, not quite so welcome

For the afternoon we had a guided tour of the Lizard Lighthouse. The foghorns in the background still work but have been superseded. They were the last compressed air horns in the UK.

Built in 1751, with a fire in the tower as a warning if needed. The Lighthouse became automatic in 1998

The light is a single filament bulb and aided by these glass optics, can be seen 25 miles away. They revolve on a bed of mercury.

Clock needs winding!

A little under 5 miles.

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