Trevone and Harlyn Bay

Looking towards Trevone bay, the "beach" is really just rocks

The black bit in the foreground of the previous picture was this: the imaginatively named Round Hole - a collapsed underground cave. I didn't like to get any closer

Looking back to Trevone Bay

The white houses of Trevone can just be seen

Trevose Head in the distance

Looking back along the route

My final destination ahead: the sandy Harlyn Bay,beloved of surfers

Lots of samphire growing wild on the rocks

Fascinating sand ripples

A selfie

The car park, with its prettily painted ticket hut, stretches over three fields in the summer, but there were just these few cars in November. The hourly bus from here back to Padstow is £3.10

Back in Padstow

Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant

One of the ferryboats for Rock takes a winter break on dry land.

The route: from Padstow, follow the South West Coast Path (well-signed) to Harlyn Bay. The hourly bus back to Padstow departs from the car park right by the coast. Distance: 6.75 miles, height climbed 1106. Time: 3 hours, and 670 calories