The Route

The Penn an Wlas route is a mix of tarmac, gravel, shale, mud and boulders.

We start at Lands End on tarmac, but this is very brief. You are soon on the dirt and stone paths around the Land's End area. You are on this until you turn right, downhill into Sennen Cove and back onto the tarmac. Through the cove on roads and pavements and up out of the second car park onto some sand for a while. 

At the end of the bay you are back onto soil before descending a stony bit onto Gwynver Beach.

Halfway across the beach you turn right at the marshal and head up the steps, all the way to the road at the top. The marshal will turn you right, you are on this road for around 500m before the marshal guides you back onto the trails. This trail continues around the houses, onto a road for a short while then a marshal will turn you right onto a sandy trail.

This trail brings you up to Sennen where you follow the footpath around to your left before crossing the A30 onto a grassy trail. This brings you out onto a 1 mile road section until you turn left by the marshal at the weather station. You follow this grass and farm track section for another mile, then turn left on the tarmac road, downhill into Bottoms. At the bridge you turn right and head uphill on the road to Polggiga. You turn right at the main road junction onto the B3315 and follow this until the marshal who will turn you left for a short distance.  Take the right turning onto a farm lane until you meet the marshal at the gate. Through the gate and down the hill onto the coast path at Nanjizal

You turn right here, onto the coast path and follow it all the way to the finish

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