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Land's End to Sennen
1.2 miles

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It's a wild, windy, rainy day and we decide to take a bus to Land's End, the most westerly point of mainland England and nothing at all to do with the US store. When we arrive, we see all there is to see in just 10 minutes (there's not much), realize we have 45 minutes until the next bus, and decide to walk the short distance to Sennen, the next village over, and take the bus from there. 
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​No idea who these people are, but they show how blustery the day is.
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​Penwith House was originally built as a temperance hotel for Victorian visitors who preferred an establishment that provided no alcohol. The First and Last house is—wait for it—the first house you see as you come ashore, the last as you leave. It's a cold blustering day—that damp kind of cold that chills you to your bones. Bracing, you might call it if you're tough.
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​We decide some liquid heat is needed for the cold wet walk ahead. 
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​The path looks fairly flat—which it is—and fairly moody, like out of a Bronte book, only not on the Yorkshire Moors, and way farther south, and much closer to the coast. But still. I can see a movie being filmed right here; something grim and bleak and lonely. Might not draw a huge crowd.
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​The walk is only a mile and a quarter, but it's a mighty cold and wet mile and a quarter. It's on this hike that we decide to buy rain pants for next year——us being of the nature to learn from past experiences and all.
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​We reach Sennen Cove and it is spectacular. 
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We find a tiny gallery in a strange round building, and go in to explore. The Roundhouse and Capstan Gallery was constructed in 1876 to house a huge man-powered capstan wheel, which was used to winch boats up and down the slip. 

I learn this from the man working the shop, and make a vow to include the words winch and slip in this story as I'll most likely never have another chance to use them. The gallery 
sells fantastic Cornish arts and crafts, which we're happy to admire. It's warm and cosy inside.

In the end we have to run like the wind to catch the bus, which only comes once an hour, and which we manage to flag down only by running wildly after it, arms waving frantically as the passengers inside—who got to the bus stop on time—turn their heads to stare blankly at us. It is not our finest moment.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Who, Why, How
  • The SWCP
    • SWCP Counties
    • Somerset & Exmoor Hikes >
      • Minehead to Porlock Weir
      • Lynmouth to massive storm
      • Lynmouth to Porlock Weir
      • Lynton to Lee
      • Holdstone Down to Lynton
      • Combe Martin to Holdstone Down
    • North Devon Hikes >
      • Ilfracombe to Combe Martin ​
      • Ilframcombe to Morthoe
      • Braunton to Morthoe
      • Barnstable to Fremington Quay
      • Bideford to Appledore
      • Westward Ho! to Appledore
      • Bucks Mill to Western Ho!
      • Buck's Mill to Clovelly
      • Hartland Quay to Clovelly
    • North Cornwall Hikes >
      • Padstow to Trevone
      • Mawgan Porth to Newquay
    • West Cornwall Hikes >
      • Hell's Mouth to Portreath
      • Carbis Bay to Gwithian
      • St Ives to Lelant
      • St Ives to Zennor
      • Zennor to Pendeen Watch
      • Land's End to Sennen Cove
      • Land's End to Porthcurno
      • Lamorna to Porthcurno
      • Penzance to Lamorna Cove
      • Penzance to Marazion
      • Marazion to Porthleven
      • Mullion Cove to Lizard Point
      • Cadgwith to Lizard Point
      • Coverack to Cadgwith
      • Helford Passage to Coverack
      • Falmouth to Helford Passage
    • South Cornwall Hikes >
      • Falmouth to Portscatho
      • Gorran Haven to Pentewan
      • Charlestown to Fowey
      • Charlestown to Pentewan
      • Portwrinkle to Rame Head
    • South Devon Hikes
    • Jurassic Coast Hikes >
      • Seaton to Lyme Regis
      • Abbotsbury to West Bay
  • Spring 2024 Trip
  • Fall 2023 Blog