Day 38 (27th July 2022)

 The sky was completely overcast first thing - it is the first thing I see every morning as I slide open the sunroof and look directly overhead at it. This means better weather for long cliff walks as long as it doesn't rain, of course.

First stop wasn't a cliff walk at all though, and it involved travelling back towards Land's End, stopping at the lovely seaside village of Sennen Cove, as when I was at St.Micheal's Mount yesterday, I saw the name on a very old map. Up until that moment, I assumed it would be found in the Isles of Scilly as when Guy and I were last there we heard a guide mention it when we were on a boat trip out to the western islands. The name of the place is stop #86

SHARK FIN

Trust me, it really is there to the right of Longships. Let me zoom in for you...

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Cue the Jaws theme.

Next up was a trip back along the north coastal road for a now or never, third time lucky attempt to find the elusive stop #87

GREAT ZWAN

It was about a 45 minute walk from the old tin mine ruins near Porthmeor. Shortly after I commenced my hike, I managed to bang my head really quite hard on a branch of a tree as I was concentrating so hard on not twisting my ankle on the rocky path.

The old tin mines are wonderful and dotted all over western Cornwall. 

I'm assuming it is called "Great" Zwan because of the depth of the valley it forms - there are so many Zwans in western Cornwall and this one didn't seem that much more spectacular than many of the others I've seen. 

From the north coast to the southern most tip for stop #88

THE LIZARD

The sun was blazing down here. The Lizard is the most southerly mainland part of Britain, and as a result attracts a lot of day visitors, myself included. As a result, it must be a pretty rubbish place to live I reckon.

I didn't take the main road back as there was one more Germinal CCXXIV place to find, and it was a race against time and tide once again as come high tide, they are all but invisible. They are stop #89

THE MANACLES

So you can (hopefully) just about make out a couple of them to the left of the rocky outcrop by my head. Had I been here 6 hours previously there would have been a few more visible. 

They were just around the corner from Porthallow where I finally went for a swim. Cold but very refreshing. 

Guy and Morgan are joining me again tomorrow for the next adventure on Germinal CCXXIV. 

Allons-y 

Douglas Germinal CCXXIV Brain over and