We've come to Penzance for two days to finish up a few gaps. Today we walk Zennor to Pendeen Watch because tomorrow (Sunday) there is no bus service here. We know a big rain is coming and we know it's rated "strenuous" in the books, so we expect some difficulties.
We go back up on the other side but when the trail starts heading back down and around, we decide we're finished. It's raining too hard to get photos but picture this: not knowing exactly where we'll come out, we climb a wall and cross a huge cow pasture, hop-running between cows and animal-sized cow patties; climb a wall into a second field; then a third and fourth. The last one has a bull and I'm terrified and run just like you're NOT supposed to do. Bob is behind me and I wish him luck. He's smarter with animals than I am.
Finally we find a road but not a sign of life anywhere. Eventually we flag down a car and get a looong lift to the bus stop, where we've missed the last bus by five minutes. A kind man takes pity and offers us a ride to Penzance and we arrive at our AirBnB sopping wet from head to toe, undress in the shed, and try hard not to drip water through the house and up to our room. The coast path has beaten us.