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Day 5: Hayle to Porthtowan (16.5 miles)

Today (Day 5) I started from Hayle Estuary, walking along rippled sand looking like turtle backs in places below cliffs before coming to sand dunes at back where sand levelled out but still soft and a bit difficult to walk on until closer to Gwithian. Striking mud cliffs then came into view with old sand dunes on top - it was here last time that I scrambled down (with some difficulty) to get onto the beach having found sand dunes hard work! Looking at them today that was a risky scramble - they are quite high. Then a surprise - glorious high cliffs with great folding and stacks close in. Spotting a shepherds hut we stopped for coffee and bread and butter pudding (with chocolate!!!) sheltering in front of a sand dune. I then continued on to Godrevy Point where I spotted shags nesting in the cliffs before admiring the seals hailed up at Mutton Cove. The next section is pretty easy going with a long stretch surfaced. I stopped for lunch in a small grassy dell overlooking hell’s mouth, adm...