In Search of Prussia Cove 24/4/24

Finding Prussia Cove in Cornwall has been on my bucket list for some time, not only because it is a beautiful place, not far from my cottage, but also because it is on the Apollo Energy Line.

The story goes that the cove got its name from John Carter, who was an infamous 18th century smuggler who had the nickname The King of Prussia, hence Prussia Cove.

For those of you who may like to visit the Cove, I thought I would include some hints and tips as to how to get there, because, as is often the case, these places don’t seem to be signposted.

As the lane to the Cove is very narrow and the Cove car park has limited spaces, I decided to leave my car in a lane, near the Co-Op car park at Rosudgeon, and walk the 1.2 miles to the Cove.

Here is a photo of the Prussia Cove car park and you take the path to the left.

After a short walk, you come to a fork in the road and you need to take the lane to the right.

The lane becomes a very small pathway as you can see from the photo and you can go left or right.  I decided to go right and came back using the left hand path.

You soon start to see the beauty and tranquility of this place.

There were only 3 other ladies in the cove on the day of my visit. One was an artist painting, and the other two ladies were doing a photo-shoot.  The place is idyllic with crystal clear water, little caves, cascading water and lots of little rock pools.

I dowsed and found the Apollo line (which is detailed in Hamish Miller and Paul Broadhurst’s book The Dance of the Dragon) and collected some of the cascading water and some tiny quartz crystals for my Full Moon essence (the Full Moon had taken place in the early hours of that day). When I paced out the Apollo line, it seemed to be 60 paces wide (comments would be appreciated as I have no way of validating this).

After having my picnic lunch, it was time to tear myself away from this peaceful place. I clambered up over the rocks and took the little pathway leading out.

Rather than the path I took to get down to the cove

I would like to walk a little bit of the South West Coast Pathway, so watch this space.

Blessings

Heather