Along the Coffin Trail (Ted's Head 2024)

We are back to following Ted again. It's an easy thing to do because he is so imminently followable, what with the shock of bright hair and the red coat. Only once every little while did we experience an accidental change in course that was not on the plan sheet. 

Ted is a man with a sense of direction I do not have, and probably never will. He keeps a sense of humor when we become lost. He climbs up every style, no matter how hideously complicated they might be. He gives us his hand to help us conquer the dazzling array of styles you will find along the Coffin Trail. (HOW did those folks from hundreds of yers ago pick up and carry coffins over those styles? It is a frequent point of discussion).

 One year we heard that there were almost 37 styles to traverse along the trail from Zennor to St Ives. We instantly denied this pronouncement because a person would have to be off his nut to go on a trail with 37 styles to climb over. We thought we had better count them, though, just in case, and would you like to know what we discovered? That there weren't 37 styles at all. There were 53 (numbers are approximate)!

 People on trails want to share about the height and span of the styles they have conquered - and they want to ask us about our styles. Yesterday a man walking a Lagotto Romagnono(Truffle Hunter)  told us that there were 8 more styles to climb before arriving in St Ives. Eight did not sound very terrible, but in actual fact there turned out to be at least twice that many. 

 But I must pause my tale. There is more to tell you! Can you wait a bit? because my eyes are at half staff. One of the really nice things I want to tell you about is the magnificent AFTERNOON TEA we had at the Ugly Butterfly today! I am still feeling the effects of it. And another thing is how fun it was to spend half a day at the UNA Spa in Carbis Bay being pampered, and swimming, and sitting in a Sauna and Steam room, and eating their delightful English breakfast. I am still feeling the effects of...

 But I must really pause my tale...

See you along the way!

the SconeLady