The tourist features at Land’s
End are somewhat tacky but the
place has its uses for the weary
hiker. Refreshments and toilets are
available, and just at the other side of
the car park is the bus stop which has
an hourly bus service back to Newlyn
or Penzance. The last bus is at 19.30.
Of course, the route doesn’t
end here. You can continue past
Land’s End and hike the 17 miles
to Zennor, another of my all-time
favourites, somewhat wilder and
more remote. This is a real challenge
and one that needs to be treated
with respect. Then you can push
on to St Ives… and on it goes.
I am now shooting with a Sony
Alpha 200 with a Carl Zeis 16-80mm
lens; I am completely happy with this
great combination, this lens is well
suited to my needs, I don’t change
lenses en-route due to the risk of con-
tamination in the often windy envi-
ronment. I have found this new Alpha
Above: look for strong by cottages and some really great to be a consistently good performer.
perspective views when caves. We are on the home run now, I hope you will feel inspired to
the landscape is flatter. but some of the best cliff formations I tackle this route yourself someday!
Here, the daffodils have ever seen are to greet us on the
had been picked from final three miles. It is level terrain
Useful information
a flower field near now with a well-marked route.
Porthchapel. From high on the clifftops it is quite OS grid reference: SW468
common to spot basking sharks in 295 (Explorer Map 102)
Below: looking the early summer months, clearly Bus Service: Local Devon and
eastwards from the visible in the blue waters against Cornwall First Bus Group (No.1)
cliffs above Porthcurno. the white sandy sea bed. Soon the serves Penzance to Land’s End via
Watch out for basking buildings at Land’s End are visible, Newlyn, Lamorna and Porthcurno.
sharks in the blue waters. and you know you are nearly there. Á


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