A perfect cycling day, no wind and a warm sun. Richard's good friend Alex came to lunch and as they set off afterwards for the North Cliffs to see if the Ravens had started nest-building, I followed but on a more circuitous route! Through Penponds to Carnhell Green on NCR3 but there I turned off northwards. Over the railway at Gwinnear Road level crossing it was an easy ride passed Connors Downs and on to Gwithian. The first view of the sea on reaching the brow of the hill was as magical as ever: Godrevy Lighthouse on its island with the wave-washed rocks beyond and the village with its church and cluster of houses snuggled safely at the foot of the sand dunes. It was pretty 'claggy' in the cauliflower field I scrambled into to get my picture!
Back along the cliff road I passed our car parked at Hell's Mouth and thought about riding out to join Richard and Alex, but the coastal footpath is still pretty slippery in places so decided not to. Instead I carried on to Portreath where the tide was well in and huge breakers were crashing over the end of the outer harbour. Not much wind today but the sea swell was left over from the recent weather system; I was amazed to see several surfers taking advantage of the waves - a bit too close to the harbour wall for my liking! I lingered rather too long (hoping to get a more dramatic photo!) and began to get cold, but after racing along the valley and up the hill into Illogan, the final 'double-up-and-down' of Tehidy and Roscroggan served to warm me up - as did the wonderful orange sunset. A good 18 miles which worked off a bigger lunch than I'm used to!
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