LE JOG

[Sweder]

I bade farewell to Ron and Jan (I could hear Fluffy somewhere deep in the cellar, chewing loudly on something crunchy) before setting off along the B3277 towards St. Agnes. I'd originally planned to spend a night at the lovely Yellow House in Goonown. This charming B&B, built in 1885, served as Goonown's lone shoe shop for some 90 years before its conversion to a traveller's rest. The recent proprieter had carved a reputation for serving high quality vegetarian fare, yet sadly at some time last year something went awry and the property is closed to borders until further notice. I was lucky enough to view what I might have enjoyed, snapping this shot of the enticing breakfast room:



With a heavy sigh I skirted St. Agnes proper. I'd have taken a closer look, especially at the fabled tin mines along the Trevaunance Trail but was put off by the town's idle boast (boldly displayed in the opening lines of it's website) of links with the wonderful TV series Poldark. Anyone worth his salt knows that Poldark was predominantly shot in and around Lostwitheal and Liskeard, with coastal scenes filmed in the delightfully-named port town of Mousehole (pronounced Mowzol), located on the opposite coast just outside Penzance. This unpardonable calumny left me no option but to wheel away in the direction of honest, veracious Perranporth and beyond to the charming haven that is Holywell bay.