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Penzance in my pants

Sitting in a tea shop on Market Jew street in the centre of town and I finally saw in Penzance what every one else was seeing and I mean Lucas and Jo.

Penzance is quite the lovely town, of course there are parts of it that are a little run down but my snobbery and bias towards St Ives has always held me back. Once you explore all of it and see it for what it is, it’s much nicer than I once thought.

Still not as nice as Hayle or Heyl as it is known in Cornish (a made up language of gibberish, the yolkels claim to speak), the list is as follows. And no I am not apologising for that.

View to St Michael’s mount, the hidden high streets, the ghost stories, the lagoon, the arcade, the pasty shops, the walk to Marazion and Newlyn, the YHA, it has a hospital, the harbour etc.

This is the first of many adventures here in west Cornwall in 2023.

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Land’s End to Sennen Cove

I am extremely proud of Molly, she walked 2 and a half miles across some rocky terrain and got a pup cup ice cream for her effort. She didn’t complain or even slow down. She took the whole thing in her stride.

The Land’s end to Sennen Cove pilgrimage is a walk I have been doing since 2002, I stopped a few years back because it was too difficult to do with Lucas. Molly has done it at least 3 times before, so it was important for me that she does it again. Her health and well being despite her illness, has improved dramatically. She gets more walks and isn’t stuck inside all day, she’s fed 3 times a day and I can see an improvement.

Today will be a nice day of rest for Molly and for me and Jo, we’re off to Zennor. I am aiming to produce the first proper #hikenpod in a while, it won’t be a long walk but it will be a walk, across the south west coast path, facing the Atlantic ocean. I look forward to talking to you.

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Greetings from the end of the kingdom

Finally after what feels like eternity, I have made it back to Land’s end. I was hoping that this trip would have been my second at this point this year, but funds and time, well funds, didn’t allow it. I am here now and that’s all that matters. Also I will be back in a months time with Lucas.

The Land’s end company have removed Arthur’s quest, an attraction that neither of us we attracted to and it was old and tired and they replaced it with a crazy golf course, I told Lucas and he is as excited as me to try it out.

The weather until this morning has been kind, I have picked up my annual wind tan early, so I look golden. I swam with Molly in the sea and went on my first beach run yesterday, it was tough, I stop started running (something that wasn’t fun) and enjoy running non stop. A feat that is impossible when you aren’t clear on your route, running on sand and have to clamber over rocks when the tide is coming in.

Let’s see what today brings.

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