We're on the way

It's Day 3 and we are having a rest day in St Ives.
We left Lands End about 11am on the 12th. Postponed our departure an hour waiting for heavy fog and fine rain to clear. Since then the weather has been kind to us, sunny and about 17degrees.
The south west coast path is quite spectacular sheer rocky cliifs, deep blue seas, white sandy beaches and an abundance of wild flowers. The path however is often very narrow, quite overgrown, boggy in places and often quite rocky underfoot - very slow going.
Afer leaving Land's End we followed the cliff top to picturesque Sennen Cove a small fishing village with a interesting craft and art shop in the old wheelhouse. On to sands of Whitesand Bay followed by a rockhop(a mistake!) to the cliff path again to Cape Cornwall. Wild flowers everywhere - campions, thrift, buttercups, bluebells and foxgloves.
Cape Cornwall is a small peninsula with a chimney on the top and the beginning of remnants of old tin mines - ruined buildings,tracks and chimney stacks some bearing the marks of arsenic production. Many stone farm buildings often painted white in stark contrast with the lush green fields. Due to navigational errors, poor advice from a local who offered David and Frances a glass of scrumpy while I was retracing my steps as a result of an incorrect path choice we arrived at Botallack well off course. Collected by Richard and taken to Pendeen for overnight stay at the North Inn.
The following morning we picked up the path again at Geevor Tin Mine about 9.15am. The Geevor mine was the last operational mine in Cornwall, closing in 1990 with an interesting history dating back to Roman occupation in early 400s. We then resumed the coastal path for Zennor.The highlight of the moring was beautiful Portmeor Cove and the spotting of a pod of basking sharks quite close to shore by eagle-eye Frances. It appears that thes attract quite a number of visitors to Cornwall each year. A few walkers on the track most of whom were complaining about its condition which at this stage was beginning to make us realise that we were not going to reach St Ives before dark. We were however saved by a path diversion due to its unsafe condition as a result of the recent heavy rain and after a delightful lunch at the equally delightful village of Zennor we followed the field path for the rest of the day to St Ives and a night at the Grey Mullet - not far from the harbour. Today we will visit the Tate Gallery and Barabara Hepworth's garden as well as browsing the shops.