St Ives to Zennor loop — Cornwall

St. Ives is Cornwall's tourist and cultural center. Many artists have also settled here. Of course, we started a tour from here too. We only got a brief impression of St. Ives itself, we will explore it again tomorrow in peace. First we followed the Coast Path. It was still low tide in the harbor, but there were already many people on the city's beaches. Even though the water was still far away, you could already see the almost Caribbean-like color. The Coast Path is very narrow here, initially tarred, but soon a mountain path that occasionally leads over meadows. You often have to be careful where you step, short sections even lead over what in the Alps would be called boulders. But again and again there were fantastic views of picturesque, turquoise-blue bays. We often stopped and enjoyed the view. But you can only get to the sea in selected places, and that usually involves a bit of climbing. But the Coast Path also leads up and down along the coast. At some point we reached Zennor and were grateful to visit the open pub "Tinners Arms". From there we went back to St. Ives via the Tinner's Way. This path is historic and is said to have existed as early as the Neolithic period. Today it leads over many pastures, sometimes with animals, sometimes without, but always with pasture barriers in every imaginable form. You have to climb over most of them. Nevertheless, this is a beautiful and very green path. After a while we arrived back in St. Ives and ended the day's hike with dinner at the Sloop Inn (very delicious). For us it was the most beautiful tour in Cornwall so far.

This hike demanded a lot. The path along the coast was often wet and slippery and included some climbing sections. Although it didn't have that many HM, it was still the most strenuous and demanding route for us so far. It was 565 HM