23. Leg 6  - SW Coastal Path 23: Carnewas Point to Porthcothan and back

10 April 2019

Just a short walk on our final morning before heading back to Cambridgeshire. We parked in the National Trust carpark at Carnewas Point and walked to Porthcothan and back. It was a beautiful, clear day which created mesmerising shades in the rocks and sea.

'This stretch of coast, with its vicious rocks and wild seas, was once particularly hazardous for ships and responsible for many wrecks before the lighthouse was built at Trevose Head.'

https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/walksdb/151/

1. The route

2. View from Carnewas to Park Head

3. Carnewas

4. The Bedruthan Steps , owned by the National Trust, are pillars of rock which rise from the sands of Bedruthan Beach. This was a popular holiday location during the Victorian period. One of the stacks is named The Samaritan after the cargo ship of the same name which was wrecked here in 1846, providing the locals with barrels of food and silks.

5. The disappearing coastal path....

6. Park Head

7. Porth Mear

8. Porthcothan Bay (Nampara Bay in Poldark!)

9. View to Stepping Point

10. View to Park Head

11. View from Pendarves Point

12. Bedruthan Steps from Pendarves Point

13. Carnewas National Trust