We left Colin's car in the village green in the middle of The Lizard village, and travelled on to Predannack Wallas where we left John's car in the middle of a farm! We set out down past the farm buildings and cottages and out onto the headland. The path here was non-existent and several times we nearly walked off the edge. There were gliders above us whining away, we waved but got no reply Did he dip his wings or not? Soapy Cove was particularly steep with layers of rock showing different colours. In the valley there were abandoned buildings used to get steatite out of the cliffs that was used in the Wedgwood china. This area is a nature reserve with rare plants that are only seen here and nowhere else.

We got to the top and heard an almighty din - we peered over the cliff and below us were hundreds of seabirds roosting. This rocky plunging cliff is called Pigeon Ogo, and has nests all the way down to the sea. All we could see up here was the flat boggy moorland, with the Lizard lighthouse in the distance. Just before Kynance Cove, we sat on a rocky outcrop to eat our lunch. This was Pill Point and apparently from here the Spanish Armada was first sighted. All we could see today were oil tankers.

On we went to Kynance, and went down a green grassy slope where we saw a beautiful snow bunting fluttering around as it fed. We stood and watched it for a while. We had good views of Asparagus Island with the outlines of the ancient fields on it and Gull Rock was aptly named! We slithered down the very steep grassy cliffs towards the beach, crossing a stream by a little yellow painted cottage and closed cafe, we went on to the beach. There were plenty of people down here with children and dogs. The cliffs here are streaked red, green and purple and the beach is made up of rocks and large boulders of serpentine. It was nearly high tide so we just made the crossing of the beach by running one by one as the waves receded. It was a steep old climb out of the valley, halfway along the headland we saw bouquets of flowers, weighted down by stones on the side of the path We remembered that a few weeks ago someone had fallen over and was killed off the cliffs here. It is so easy to fall over the edge as the moorland just stops and the cliffs are undercut.

The lighthouse was always in view but as we got nearer it disappeared. We saw a man with an aerial in his hand, and he asked us if we had seen his peregrine falcon. It had been missing for four days and still had its jessies on and he was very concerned When we rounded Lizard Head just below the old lifeboat jetty in the sheltered bay, we saw a seal poking his head out of the water and looking around. We all watched through binoculars he was a big old thing; all wrinkles and long whiskers, just lazing about. When we got to the lighthouse, we all decided to go up the road to the car there and then, instead of carrying on to Church Cove. We were all a bit tired after being buffeted all the way by the wind. The road was about a mile out of the village, but it was pleasant going past lovely rows of cottages and big houses. When we arrived back at the farm the gliders were still flying.

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