Yesterday, by walking those couple of miles into Mousehole, I completed almost all of the off-road portion of the next stage. Since pavement seems to exacerbate my knee pain I’m going to avoid it as much as possible = a day off today.

I have accommodation booked for last night and tonight in Penzance, right in the middle of the stage. The name “Penzance” had brought to mind pirates, and timber-framed houses, cute shops and artsy galleries. But you know what they say about assuming…..

It’s not a bad town but there’s many empty storefronts, lots of charity shops, the ubiquitous pasty shops, scaffolding. I wandered, ate, and caught up on my British TV!