Day 34 saw me departing from the very pretty fishing village of Portloe, with a new walking partner. Iain Newman, is a seasonsed “trail” walker and completed the SWCP 15 years ago, he is also one of the inspirations for me taking on this challenge. The weather forecast was mixed to say the least, so the back pack was full to overflow with allsorts of clothing options. The first hour consists of continual ups and downs, and Iain is grumbling that he quite forgotten how this path undulates. It’s pretty tough going and fairly remote, so Iain’s company was a bonus. (Don’t tell him I said that): Past shag rock, May’s rock, and Cellar rock, the path then decends into West Portholland, a pretty hamlet with a local war going on with the major landowners who are trying to enforce MPNR parking. Very quickly into East Portholland, same signs of parking wars, up and over some meadows and after Watchouse Point you drop down into Porthluney Cove. Now this is an interesting spot, as it forms part of the estate for Caerhays Castle, the owners of which are probably the bain of the locals and parking. A truly beautiful setting and lt looks like a wedding took place here over the weekend. The path then climbs again, across a field and then up through a wood at a brutal gradient, Iain is not happy with this climb. The climb continues to Dodmans Point, a hugh stone memorial cross, how they got that there is a complete mystery. You can see The Lizard from here and I walked through there 5 Days ago. The path then starts to drop towards Gorran Haven, just as the Gods decide it’s time for a thunderstorm. Within seconds we are soaked, but thankfully the storm is fairly shortlived and slightly bedraggled, we arrive at in Gorran Haven a pretty little port and beach, a warm cup of tea is just what Mum ordered. A fairly long but gentler climb out of the village to Turbot Point, and you turn around the headland to be greeted by Chapel Point, with it’s Chapel, and two/three houses, it looks like the quakers have just departed for warmer climates. Portmellon is now clearly visable and we know that this is joined to Mevagissey. There is still another up and down before we reach the sanctuary of the harbour, a pretty tough 12 miles, taking just under six hours to complete.