36. Leg 9  - SW Coastal Path 36: Perranuthroe to Porthlevan

22 October 2019

Our final walk on this trip. We parked at Porthlevan and caught the bus to Perranuthroe. We had spent summer holidays in this area so visiting Praa Sands was a trip down memory lane.

1. The Route

2. Before catching the bus at Porthleven.

3. View back to Perranuthnoe

4. Cudden Point : an isolated and narrow headland with sweeping views of Mounts Bay.

5. Little Cudden

6. Piskies Cove

7. Prussia Cove: the headquarters of the famous smuggler John Carter and now the base for the masterclasses of the International Musician’s Seminar. John Carter was one of Cornwall’s most successful smugglers and he named himself the King of Prussia. One story tells of how he broke into the Penzance Custom House and took nothing but the goods that had been seized from his house in his absence.

8. Praa Sands via Sydney Cove

9. Lesceave Cliff

10. Rinsey

11. The ruins of Wheal Prosper tin mining engine house and chimney above Porthcew: sited here due to the change from granite to slate, the mine was never particularly prosperous. It is now owned by the National Trust.

12. Trewavas

13. Porth Sulinces

14. The sea from Bullion Cliff

15. Parc Tramel Cove

16. View back to Trewavas Head

  17. Back to Porthleven