Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra, Porthcurno & Logan Rock.

Parked at Porthgwarra, I first walked West towards Lands End to Pendower Coves. I then returned eastwards to Porthcurno and on to Logan Rock (with views back towards an ongoing performance at the outdoor cliff Minack Theatre).

At the foot of the Porthgwarra's cove slipway is a tunnel dug by tin miners from St Just to give farmers horse-and-cart access to the beach to collect seaweed to use as a fertiliser. A second tunnel, leading seawards, is the fishermen's access to the tidal 'hulleys' built in the rocks to store shellfish. The 'hulleys', which ceased being used about 20 years ago, had wooden floors and topcovers with trapdoors and were used to store shellfish prior to taking the catch to market once or twice a week.^[2] The rope laid down the beach is used to steady boats while landing.