Zennor Head to Gurnard’s Head

Four and a quarter miles between two of the great headlands of Penwith, two and a half hours with 250 metres of climbing over ground that is rocky, boggy and slow in equal measure. Park in the small car park by the Tinners Arms in Zennor, an honesty-box field that takes perhaps thirty cars, and return by field paths through the ancient enclosures. Stiles here are reported fine for dogs, but there are unfenced mineshafts in the undergrowth around Carnelloe Cliff, so keep to the path; Treen Cove allows dogs all year although the rocky descent puts most off.