Hop in the car and let’s head for the North coast – Bedruthan Steps just north of Newquay is the destination.
Park in the Bedruthan Steps National Trust car park and enjoy a most delicious lunch at the very splendid Carnewas tearooms cafe
Suitably refreshed head Northwards, down the steps and along the clifftops
Carnewas
Dramatic scenery – jagged cliffs, steep slopes, softened by the magical colours of spring wildflowers defying the elements and bursting into colour, with short stubby stems to aid survival.
Bedruthan Steps
mounds of pink seathrift
and the walls looks so different up here – layers of the local slate laid in the most beautiful patterns
slate walls
Turning inland into a valley and a rest from the blustery wind we pass bluebells and then a most enthralling sculpture of a boat with carved wildlife. There is no indication of who constructed this or when or why but one can only assume some very talented local craftsperson
the boat
Noah’s ark maybe?
And then we looped around to return back to the sea and view all that wonder in the opposite direction – a second innings of scenery so lovely that it leaves a lasting memory and a desire to return one day
the sea
It may have been a grey blustery day but no weather condition could ever detract from the incredible rock formations, the Spring flowers – seathrift, squill, bluebells and more. The North coast is rugged and dramatic and the weather the day of our walk just matched it!
