Newquay To Perranporth

We did without the full English today and set out at 7am. We called in at Tesco for a packed lunch then walked along the front in Newquay and beyond Fistral beach. As it was low tide we were able to cross the river Gannel by a "land bridge" which was a board walk normally covered at high tide. It was strange walking up the river bed with no water in it! We then went over sand dunes. Had coffee at Holywell bay (pub served us coffee, despite not being officially opened). We had lunch on the headland with beautiful views. The walking was reasonable, though very hot. We were able to walk most of Perranporth beach in the surf with our boots off - there were literally hundreds of jellyfish either stranded by the tide or in the surf. We also got a chuckle from the antics of 5 sandpiper birds running up and down the beach in the surf. Kevin claims to have seen a largish lizzard in the dunes but he was hot, tired and suffering from hay fever! On arrival at Perranporth we went to the bar on the beach for pints of cider! Toni collected us at 4.25 and, after a Lovelly shower, we tucked in to a BBQ cooked by Graham. Julia walked in sandals today but is going back to boots tomorrow for more ankle support.