An excellent off-road track took us all the way to Mevagissey. It is the perfect fishing village but popular so with hardly a harbour bench or cafe table available we only paused briefly before the climb over to a quieter Portmellon.
Decending to Porthluney Cove and Caerhays Castle, we found a food shack selling posh pasties and slow cooked pork in a roll so we stopped to eat! This style of good fast food is becoming much more prevalent in Britain.
Getting through Pendower Beach was disconcerting with a steep decent and a no-through road sign but a short walk across the sand and a small foot bridge put us on the other side of the cove and back on to Tarmac.
The up and down pattern continued but the Post office and stores in Veryan cheered us up considerably. Thoughts about our evening meal hadn't got much further than pasta until we discovered scallops, Cornish creme fraiche, a bag of frozen berries (which we used as a fridge in our bags) and local beer in this little village shop. With a feast stashed away in any available pannier space we made haste for the historic King Harry Ferry to Trelissick.
This is our second ferry using submerged chains to move across the narrow stretch of the river Fal and will be the last ferry of our journey. Once across we just got into Trelissick house and garden with enough time for a National Trust visit. This house was home to Ronald Copland who was chairman of Spode, the Staffordshore bone china company. The most recent resident auctioned off much of the contents so the building was strangely empty save a few flowery plates! The views and garden position are unique and the large conservatory gave Sue ideas about our own home improvement possibilities!
We completed both house and gardens in a ridiculously fast time before hitting the tea shop!
Our camp site was a small farm curiously named Come to Good and a beautiful evening with a fine meal could convince you that camping in Britain is always a pleasure.
Figures:
Distance:- 43.7 km
Cycle Time:- 3 hours 51 minutes
Average speed:- 11.3 kph
Total Distance:- 5807 km
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