That wooden bothy built into the cliff side is made of driftwood by the Rev. Hawker. He used to sit in there on stormy nights and wait for ships to run aground. While the locals took whatever they could in contraband, he dragged the bodies of the poor drowned sailors up the cliff side and gave them a Christian burial in the graveyard of his church up above. The gravestones in the churchyard for these men are made from the prow of the boats which ran aground. Wooden mermaids, dolphins etc. He was an eccentric man, well known in folklore in these parts.

Wow! Now that's what I call weather!

I walked from Minehead to Falmouth 330 miles.There were such wonderful stretches of coast line made more awesome by the by gale force 9 head wind from Clovelly to Boscastle.Very tempted to stop for a pint at Moreenstow,but had a short rest in the wooden Bothy made by a local vicar 100 years ago

The North Cornish coast has to be the best bit of the South West coastal path. So rugged and wild, watching the Atlantic rollers crash on the shore. Did you get as far as Morwenstow and come across the infamous Reverand Hawker?