Day 2 Training - around Gribben Head, near Fowey - 3 miles

Day 2 Training - around Gribben Head, near Fowey - 3 miles

A bit of light training today but as it was so gorgeous I didn't mind.  For those of you who don't know 'The Gribben' is near Menabilly.  Menabilly is an Elizabethan house on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the Rashleigh Estate, seat of the Rashleigh family. Menabilly is situated on the Gribben peninsula about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Fowey.^[1The house was the inspiration, along with Milton Hall, Cambridgeshire, for "Manderley", the house in du Maurier's novel Rebecca (1938). Like Menabilly, the fictional Manderley was hidden in woods and could not be seen from the shore.

The whole area was magical today.  Bathed in sunlight and every bit as special as the Himalayas (and a bit warmer!).  I wish Lisa had been with me.  So a leisurely 1hr 45 mins around to Polkerris and back to the car.  No buses involved today thank you very much...ps thanks to Linzi for looking after Oscar. x

Finally, I'm enormously grateful to everyone who have already donated to my trek in aid of Cornwall Hospice Care.  The fund stands at over £1100 already - 1/3 of my minimum target!!

Interesting fact:

Gribben Day Mark

Gribben Head, Fowey, Cornwal

date 1832

era Georgian | category Lighthouse | OS grid reference SX097498
ICE reference number HEW 1804

Gribben Day Mark is an imposing stone tower on Gribben Head south west of Fowey. It serves as a daylight warning marker to shipping — a kind of unlit unmanned lighthouse.

The present structure was built in 1832 on the headland, some 2km from the town. Its purpose is to guide mariners into the deep water harbour there. Its predecessor had been struck by lightning.

The tower is 25.6m high and square in section. It has red and white horizontal bands painted on its sides and sits some 76m above sea level. There is a turret at the top.

The Gribben Day Mark is owned now by the National Trust and the site is open to the public. On some summer Sundays, the tower is open for visits to the turret — if a flag is flying, it's open.

Thought for the day:

There's suffering in the world in order to show how much beauty there is too.  You could not have one without the other...


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