Last night after some rest,I went next door to my bnb to the Blue Anchor a late medieval inn,which is still brewing ales on site that the monks used to brew. There is nothing fancy to the brewery as the barman was proud to show me the setup. Very ancient and not much to it really. The ale was very palatable. With it’s thatched roof and low timber beams, it dates back to 1380. The opening hours are from twelve midday to twelve midnight and doesn’t serve food. However, you are allowed to bring your own. My comment to Matthew the bar man,was, a pub in Australia would not survive just supplying beer and ales and other alchohol drinks to customers drinking on the premises. I will admit,it is probably the cosiest inn I have ever been in,and the locals were very friendly and accepted their new aussie friend with open arms. I then went across the road and had some lovely greek food for dinner. This morning, after an English breakfast, I caught a bus back to Porthleven to start walking to Lizard Point. When I started walking, the weather was much cooler than it has been. The wind became more like gale force, and very cold. Most locals walking their dogs wore jackets. I was content in my tee shirt. The path started reasonably even through valleys and a beach crossing with heavy sand walking. Later, like usual, the cliffs got higher,which meant bigger uppers and downers. It was awsome except for the extra strong winds. Not fun when walking near the edge. I tried to make myself shorter when cliff walking was the path to go. I was happy to reach my destination, and only one km to my farm house at The Lizard. After discussing the accommodation problems last week with my wife, we have decided that I will come home and come back next year in autumn or spring. I had thought of returning to Spain,but this time of year is crazy. Forty degrees and too many people trying for the accommodation available. I’m not unhappy as six months ago, I wasn’t even sure whether I would ever be able to do this kind of walking ever again. I’ve had a wonderful time. I’ve covered more than half the path, but the problems with accommodation and not knowing how I would get to start points and back to accommodation with the prices as high as they’ve become, has taken me away from why I’m here. I have two more days walking, then I will catch a train to London for one final weekend with Emily and fly back to the land down under.







