They mainly come at sundown. They emerge from the shadows of twilight, along with the roe deer and foxes. But while the animals wander quietly over the moors, stopping every few steps to graze or to look around, they set sail directly for the Solitary Man, a massive rock that rises like a peninsula from the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by waves that crash on the jagged fingers of the mainland.

John doesn't know what draws them to this place. Cornwall's coastline has countless rock formations and sheer cliffs. So why this one? Does it have to do with its name, which some say can be traced back to the Celts?

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