Cornwall coast

Took a walk along the coast path from Polurian cove to Loe Bar then through Penrose estate and ended up in the Blue for a couple of pints last week. Here are some pictures.

Polurian cove and coastline

After walking down the lane to Mullion I cut through to Polurian Cove and walked along the coast path heading north to the Marconi Centre at Poldhu. Poldhu is the Cornish for Blackpool and as like its more famous northern namesake it attracts many visitors to its beach.

Marconi Monument to 1st transatlantic radio transmission.

Further along I passed Church Cove at Gunwalloe, another popular beach where the golf course comes down to the shore.

Gunwalloe, the golf course and Mullion village in the distance.

At Loe Bar, a shingle bank that was created by storms in the 13th century effectively cutting off Helston from the sea, is a monument to the HMS Anson which went down in a storm in January 1807 with the loss of over a hundred lives.

Anson Memorial at Loe Bar.

This tragedy had a silver lining though as it caused Henry Trengrouse to invent his life saving rocket line apparatus that helped get sailors from stricken ships.

Loe Bar