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Name:Samphire Island
Hill number:18758
Height:36.2m / 119ft
Parent (Ma):none
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
County/UA:Cornwall
Island:Mono Tump island
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:SW 63887 44791
Summit feature:outcrop
Drop:36.2m
Col:Sea
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Not ticked - revisit with Jonglew but as expected, doesn't work 3 days after a July spring tide - needs a proper spring tide i.e. Mar/Apr/Sep/Oct. Summitted Samphire South (Subtump) then scrambled round to the Samphire col - easy in dry conditions, but too much water (and swell) today. We continued to Crane, which is much easier to access. Samphire access is from Basset's Cove car park, N along coast path, then well used path (steep and slippery but fixed rope, not particularly exposed - we met a man and small daughter down there) leaves coast path at SW 6413 4455RHW24/07/2023
On low spring tide, 1 month after the equinox, easy boulder hop 30mins before low water BUT tricky to get to col and scrambly slabby ascent, exposed descent. Equinox (March) would be ideal, lower tide, minimal birdlife. From S, Basset's Cove car park, N along coast path to find path down to S corner of Porth-cedjack Cove, slippery, fixed ropes, OK in microspikes, easily across tidal rocks then bypass inner island (island an easy scramble, well worth doing). Bypass involves a short non tidal inlet, looks like a wade, unclear how deep, looked shallow at low water but unfriendly 30mins before. I bypassed this via wide shelf c15m up N face of inner island, involves steep slabby scramble, damp in places (if you don't like this you'll not like descending Samphire). Then easy boulder hop to Samphire, climb from R end, then take slanting line L, easy scrambling, soil then steep 45deg slab, OK in ascent but feels exposed in descent with plenty friction but few good holds.RHW16/04/2022