It might be a bit obscure but I have become an avid watcher of `Cornish Walking Trails,` in which a very personable couple do what it says on their YouTube Channel - they go out walking around Cornwall and show the videos most weeks.  They are proper Cornish - they know the places to go to avoid the emmets and find the quieter places in that unrivalled part of the country.  (It helps that Andrew is a Saints fan and was once a ball boy at St. Mary`s.)

Their latest video showed their walk from Trevarrian to Mawgan Porth and then along past Beacon Cove towards the heights above Watergate Bay. Go on to You Tube and search for Cornish Walking Trails and you will be able to see it.  Trouble was that they were doing that walk during Storm Arwen which played quite a bit of havoc for them.   They managed Mawgan Port alright but when they attempted the stretch around Beacon Cove, the strength of the gale got the better of them which meant they had to abandon the last leg of their walk and make it safely back to Trevarrian.  So near and yet so far.

Quite a few years ago now we went to Mawgan Porth twice in one week.  On one occasion we had intended to walk from there to Bedruthan Steps along the coast path but we were ourselves driven back half way there by torrential rain.  But the second visit was more successful.  It was a beautiful early October day and we set off to do the walk shown on Cornish Walking Trails.  It was glorious and we managed to get all the way past Beacon Cove to the high ground overlooking Watergate Bay, where we stopped for a picnic.

I`ve dug out a couple of photos I took from that walk we did and it occurred to me that, if Sarah and Andrew had managed to overcome Storm Arwen, these are the sights they would have seen and enjoyed as much as we did.  Here`s Beacon Cove:-

....and here`s the view overlooking Watergate Bay.....

(Please click on photos for better images)

Maybe our friends from Cornish Walking Trails will try again another day...and it would be nice to think that we might do the same.  At least it`s cheered me up on this miserable, cold, dark December day.