Total: 246+m / Daily :18m / Rain clearing to Blue Skies / Tired
Tired after yesterday's huge day. Lots of mining works today and I passed Levent mines which had one of the first beam engines installed to pump water. Trevethick's (sp.?) influence spread very quickly across all of industry with steam really firing the industrial revolution into action. I had a brief look around the museum and studied the inch:foot working replica desparately trying to understand the rod operated value system which equalise pressure in the cyclinder. I finally got it, much easier to understand than the incredible beam engine on the Kennet Canal, that rod system blew my mind with its complexity.
Fell asleep behind a wall in the shade and fell asleep again whilst taking a break from the 'oh so hard' task of pitching my tent. It was windy all day today, I think that constant exposure to the elements helped to sap my energy. Not the case for Annie at Cape Cornwall car park! This national trust representative is exactly what is neded at such a bleak and exposed bit of land. We had a lovely chat about life/IoM/Cancer etc. and I was able to fill my water bottles there. Thank you so much Annie for brightening my otherwise rather dull day, expect that postcard once I return home in a month.
Camped next to a mine shaft and it rained for most of the night.
Tired after yesterday's huge day. Lots of mining works today and I passed Levent mines which had one of the first beam engines installed to pump water. Trevethick's (sp.?) influence spread very quickly across all of industry with steam really firing the industrial revolution into action. I had a brief look around the museum and studied the inch:foot working replica desparately trying to understand the rod operated value system which equalise pressure in the cyclinder. I finally got it, much easier to understand than the incredible beam engine on the Kennet Canal, that rod system blew my mind with its complexity.
Fell asleep behind a wall in the shade and fell asleep again whilst taking a break from the 'oh so hard' task of pitching my tent. It was windy all day today, I think that constant exposure to the elements helped to sap my energy. Not the case for Annie at Cape Cornwall car park! This national trust representative is exactly what is neded at such a bleak and exposed bit of land. We had a lovely chat about life/IoM/Cancer etc. and I was able to fill my water bottles there. Thank you so much Annie for brightening my otherwise rather dull day, expect that postcard once I return home in a month.
Camped next to a mine shaft and it rained for most of the night.
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