Day 9 - To Cornwall

The second phase of the trip was to Cornwall to walk sections of the South-West Coastal Path which runs for over 600 miles around the Devon and Cornwall coast. We had prepared quite well for this and had the necessary Ordnance Survey maps and some pamphlets published by the local Path Association. We planned to walk on five days and chose two places to stay at B and B's in Helston and Penzance. We knew that we could then catch buses to the start and end of our days walks. To get there we took to the train and found all the ones we used clean, speedy and on time. The first part of the trip was Derby to Plymouth where we picked up a local train to finish in Penzance, the end of the old Great Western line.

The first B and B was in Helston, a bus ride from Penzance railway station. It was pleasant enough with a very good breakfast but on a main road leading to Culdrose RNAS airfield, so it was a bit noisy early in the morning as the workers went to the base. At least we didn't lie in.