The Southwest Coast Path, Cornwall, England, 2015 by Linden B. (Lindy) Sisk

Day 7 - Walk from Tintagel to Port Isaac

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People started off in different directions this morning. I started off to visit the parish church. The church, pictured below, is on a site which had been holy ground for more than 1400 years. Inside is the memorial to a soldier killed in Afghanistan - in, as you can see, 1882. Perhaps we are not learning very well the lessons of history.

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier." Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier

One of the attractions of the path is the wonderful variety and profusion of flowers. We've been seeing them all along.

After awhile, I caught up with Tristan and Alex, and the rest of the group caught up with us shortly after. We had lunch together, and arrived a bit after 3:00 PM at the lovely hotel in Port Gaverne. Port Isaac is just up the hill — the two towns are differentiated by the fact that both have harbours. Port Isaac is where the TV show Doc Martin is set, and where exteriors are also filmed. All of us on this walk have seen some of the episodes of the show, which is very funny. It's available on Netflix, if you've never seen it, and might be interested. We will walk past the house which is the set of his office in the morning on the way out of town.

We had drinks on the terrace in front of the hotel, and cleaned up for an excellent dinner in the hotel dinning room. Then we retired to my room, the largest of the group — which should properly have gone to John and Sally, but the woman showing us to our rooms got them mixed up — for an after-dinner drink, and further discussion of the events of the day.

Then it was off to bed. The weather forecast looks good for tomorrow, but two days of rain after that.

Beautiful lunch spot near the water

Steep descent - to be followed by a steep climb

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