Parked south of the summit in an area where a track merges with the road, there was an odd exchange with a local about parking, which was too unusual to go into. One thing we have come to notice here in cornwall, there are some locals who really do not seem to like camper vans, or ppl who aren’t local.
We met another local at the summit who took exception to us doing unusual things with poles and radios at the summit, we concluded they probably dont get many outsiders this far west.
He departed and we set up the radio and mast, got our qso’s done and departed just before the rain started coming down.
Cornwall has a problem with rights of way being blocked by landowners too. I’ve come across this near Sennan Cove and I was reading a report last week of someone walking on Bodmin Moor and having significant problems more than once with missing stiles etc.
Hope no broken ankles from the hazards around the trig point!
It was a little bouldery there, but no real issues, also no landowner issue, the farmer was actually ok, access itself wasnt an issue.
There is a road through the car park which needs to be left enough room for a tractor to pass through, something we obligingly did.
There are warning signs relating to mine shafts in the area, so leaving the path is something best done with care. Reaching the summit wasnt too tricky, but i can certainly see how wet boulders could lead to rolling an ankle.
I can imagine. West of Redruth things get more weird than in the rest of the county. You were probably regarded as an out of season emmet and therefore not especially welcome. West Kernow is a strange place indeed, even to those that live in the east of the county.
Well done on the activation and coping with both the awkward terrain on the summit and the awkward locals…
