Porthcurno to Mousehole

Sunday: a day of considerable variety. We decided to avoid the most difficult part of the hike by taking a bus from Porthcurno to Lamorna. Since the Sunday bus was at 11:23 AM, that left us a good chunk of the morning to visit the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum. To quote VisitCornwall,com, "Porthcurno became an unlikely hub for high-tech global communications in 1870 when pioneering engineers laid thousands of miles of undersea cables from the remote sandy beach to Bombay, India."
This is quite an extensive, well-done museum with particular emphasis on the role of communications during WW 1 and 2.

The bus dropped us off at the road into Lamorna, which is one of the few remaining wooded cove towns in Cornwall. A number of artists seem to live there, and we enjoyed a small art exhibit along the walk.

The harbor itself is picturesque, with the Coast Path running up the headland into the distance.

Much of the path is wooded (and in places quite rocky) with beautiful views out to sea.

Approaching Mousehole from above, the array of flowers adorning the walls was striking, perhaps as colorful as anything we've seen thus far.

Our hotel is right on the harbor, which was at low tide with stranded boats during the afternoon.