From Psalm 25
Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths.
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my Savior,
and my hope is in you all day long.
These days of walking the small lanes and paths of Cornwall are lovely. There is a pleasing gentle rhythm to the walking and this has been generally very calming. There’s birds song from every tree and bush. Today several black caps entertained me and also a goldfinch.
A practical welcome at St Mewan church
At one point this calm was interupted by the moving of cattle on their way to be TB tested at a local farm. It’s a stressful time on any farm and I wonder how farming people cope with these kinds of stresses on a regular basis.
The local churches are often dedicated to Cornish saints not commonly known outside the peninsula. One such was St Mewan who’s churchyard was the venue for todays picnic lunch. St Mewan started in Wales, came to Cornwall and went onto Brittany on what was a well trodden route. Once again this was overflowing with Primroses and had a special local memorial for the 100th anniversary of WW1.
Inside the church, this inscription on the Roll of Honour is not one I’d previously seen anywhere else:
‘The men were very good unto us and we were not hurt. They were a wall unto us both by day and night‘.
Just after St Mewan I encountered four Lejoggers on three bicycles (one was a Tandem) who started from Land’s End on Saturday. I mention them just to prove there are other folk out there doing this! They are due to get to John O’Groats on 22nd of April.
Today we also moved on to our second accommodation. Now at Doublebois in a small wooden chalet which us very comfy.
Week 2 starts tomorrow. I am amazed that we have been going for a week now (and I have walked 67 miles).
God grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end.
JAL 08.04.2019
Day 7 of the End to End, Trenowth House and Woods to Tregrehan Mills via St Mewan and St Austell