Thursday, August 4, 2011

Land's End to London - Day 2

I didn't do a lot during the afternoon on Day 2.  The walking man from Carlisle made his way and didn't even say goodbye.  He looked a little tense, I had earlier told him that the walk from here to St Ives was packed with lots of ups and downs and basically it was a right bastard.  I managed to book tickets for the Minack Theatre to see The Lion in Winter.

I went down to the theatre on the bike, about a five mile ride and got there reasonably early.  For anyone that is not familiar with the theatre it was built in to the cliff by a Rowena Cade.  The result is that you watch with the backdrop of Porthcurno beach, the Atlantic and the Lizard in the distance.  The bloke sat next to me was a birdwatcher and as we were waiting for the show to start we saw peregrine falcons, ravens, shag, gannets and various other birds.  Later, in the dark, bats replaced the birds.  The show was good; it was about King Henry II of England and is many feuds with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons.  The cycle back to camp was interesting, in the dark, down country lanes.

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