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[Nigel]

Sennen Cove near Lands End was the scene of many a summer holiday in my childhood.

Here's my route: a year of running 2010.

I'm now following MLCMan along the softer south coast. Stopped off in the scenic village of Mousehole at the harbourside fish restaurant, and I'm presently enjoying an early fish supper overlooking Newlyn Harbour, just west of Penzance. There's a good view of the Newlyn lifeboat from here -- both this Newlyn craft and the Sennen Cove lifeboat have been involved in many dramatic shipwreck rescues over the years.

The City of London branch of the RNLI sponsored a new lifeboat for Sennen which was inaugurated just last year -- here's a video of the new vessel launching, and another clip showing a more typical rescue launch in atrocious storm weather. Hats off to those RNLI bravehearts. I'll stick to the running.