The strange photo above is the start of a path to Spit Beach, which is off the normal tourist trail. It has a free small car park. Below shows a segment of the path
More of the path follows ...
The rhododendrons put on a colourful display.
Not all of the path is so attractive, in fact many locals know the path as Dog S*** Alley, but it seemed fine on our walk!
Quite a high bridge, below, has to be crossed. When we had our wonderful border collie dog, Toby, he always refused to cross this bridge unless I carried him!
The next photo shows the scene when looking over the bridge. The buildings etc belong to the remnants of Cornwall's china clay industry.
Nearly at the beach now. First though a look out from the war days, but now brightly coloured.
The beach at last nothing special but quite peaceful and there were only five or six other people on the sand.
The sand is quite gritty.
A look at the length of the beach. The green to the left of the photo is for golfers. There is a path though leading walkers to Carlyon Bay - keep to the left of he greens and watch out for stray golf balls!
Finally for today cliffs at the far end of the beach.
Very strange to see the approach path to this beach Mike. Rhododendrons seem to be in abundance this year, lovely to see these growing wild. We have an area near us, also known as dog dirt alley (or very similar).
ReplyDeleteGood to see these lesser known areas where you can avoid the crowds and have a peaceful walk. Take care, David and Popcorn.
Hello David, thanks for you comment. Yes there are some good displays about of rhododendrons. Hope to get to see the display at Heligan. They have plants over 200 years old. Hoping for sunshine soon, it has ben quite wet recently here. Good wishes.
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