St Michael’s Way picture gallery
Here’s a selection of pictures we took on the St Michael’s way. Click on each thumbnail to see a slightly larger version.
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- The journey starts here at Lelant station
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- This path has its own signboards and waymarks, not always deployed to the best effect
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- Beautifully positioned west of the Hayle Estuary.
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- The tide’s in – and it looks like a painting from a swish St Ives gallery
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- The path skims Carbis Bay before turning inland
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- The top of St Nicholas’ Chapel in St Ives is just visible here
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- This was intended for the grave of John Knill – but he ended up buried in London instead
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- You can see the very top of St Michael’s Mount from here on a clear day
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- From higher ground there is a magnificent view back to St Ives and The Island
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- Zennor and Land’s End in this direction
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- Knill made provision for a festival at the monument every five years, still celebrated
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- Turning inland after Knill’s Steeple
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- The waymark looks clear – but we lost the path shortly after
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- If you look very closely, there’s a standing stone here…
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- Thrown here by a playful giant
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- We turn to look back towards the north coast
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- Luckily the path skirts the edge. We’ll return to climb it some day.
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- We were waiting for Orc raiders to descend on us.
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- This historic chapel is now a private house beside the footpath
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- A row of standing stones marks the route to a stile
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- Trencrom still towers over us
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- We’re moving off the moorland and onto fertile, recently-ploughed farmland instead
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- It’s actually quite intimidating – and a tough walking surface, like wet sand
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- Our first misty glimpse of St Michael’s Mount on the horizon
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- The path led us past fields and fields of daffodils and narcissi
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- This steep downhill climb took us underneath a veritable forest of ancient gorse bushes
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- Strange how bridges over tiny streams always provoke thoughts of steep climbs
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- Ignore the sheep, it’s the view of St Michael’s Mount you want…
