Huers Hut

The distinctive small, round, white shape of the Huer's Hut with it's disproportinately large chimney can be made out from miles down the coast. (shown in todays extras)
Perched on the cliff top high above Newquay Harbour the building is thought to date back to the 14th century when it was used as a lookout by a huer. The huer's job was to watch for the tell tale signs of pilchard shoals and then alert the townsfolk to their arrival.
On the outside the hut has a large medieval chimney and a narrow stairway leading to it's flat roof. There are two windows and inside there is an early fireplace which may have been altered during restoration work in the 1830's. The hut is a grade II listed building.
However Sam and I didn’t reach it until we had already walked for around ninety minutes.

Wedding Anniversary Day for Mrs S and I, Mrs S spent it working on her patchwork quilt, Sam and I went to Newquay by bus. We had a pre-planned route that allowed for some deviations to include sights we wanted to see. We started out at the old tramway, now renovated as a footpath, and followed the Coastal Footpath for parts throughout the day.
With the tide out Sam and I were able to walk on the harbours sandy floor, in and amongst the mooring chains, out towards the harbour entrance. Sam sat on the slipway and sketched, it seems she might have her ‘mojo’ back.
Out past the Huers Hut onto the headland to see the coastguard hut. We found the original lifeboat station as we came round to walk across the path behind Fistral Beach as we headed out to Pentire Head. Sam found the ‘barrow’, (burial mound) she had come to see.
We made our way back into Newquay to the bus station via ‘Paulines’ for cakes to die for as they say.
Bus home, dinner with Mrs S followed by the cakes.
It was all a bit more exciting twenty-six years ago.