{"id":22990,"date":"2023-01-11T08:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T07:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=21397"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:35:58","slug":"walk-st-michaels-mount-cornwall","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/walk-st-michaels-mount-cornwall\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk: St Michael\u2019s Mount, Cornwall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Jo Tinsley\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 11 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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This walk from Lamorna to Marazion offers a tempting tropical cove, one of the prettiest fishing villages in the UK<\/a> and a chance to explore an iconic Cornish heritage site, St Michael\u2019s Mount.<\/p>\n

This is a particularly varied stretch of the 630-mile South West Coast Path<\/a>, a route originally walked by coastguards patrolling for smugglers. Since 1978, it\u2019s offered continuous access along the south-west peninsula, from Minehead in Somerset to Poole in Dorset.<\/p>\n

Follow our nine-mile walking route with a plotted OS map from Lamorna to Marazion and St Michael\u2019s Mount in Cornwall.<\/p>\n

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The walk passes through Mousehole harbour\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Lamorna Cove to St Michaels Mount walk<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0Lamorna Cove<\/h4>\n

Set off from Lamorna Cove, once a hub for artists who were drawn here by the curious\u00a0quality of the light. Lamorna\u2019s pub, The Wink, alludes to the cove\u2019s smuggling history. The wink would let people know you were free trading for such things as brandy, lace and salt. Inns like these were known as Kiddlywinks \u2013 places where labourers received beer instead of wages, and stronger stuff was often available under the counter in unlabelled bottles.<\/p>\n

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Tranquil waters of Lamorna Cove\/Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Walk left around the bay and follow the South West Coast Path signs, marked with an acorn, bearing right past the granite quarry on a steep path. Keep an eye out for seals and basking sharks, which shouldn\u2019t be hard to spot in the clear water.<\/p>\n

At all times of year, you\u2019re likely to be surrounded by yellow gorse \u2013 as the phrase goes: when gorse is out of flower, kissing is out of season. In late spring, the cliffside will be ablaze with wildflowers: paper white ox-eye daisies, bright yellow cat\u2019s ear and bird\u2019s foot trefoil, clusters of blue-purple sheep\u2019s bit and great swathes of pearly pink thrift.<\/p>\n

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