Oh yes, forgot your anglo-israeli filters were on. May be they were fishing, in any case, the verse predates by hundreds of years and has absolutely nothing to do with your claims. Romans had an excellent road network - could have walked as well.Ah, so you admit that there was travel between Cornwall (remember, this thread is about whether there was wealth in Jesus' family, namely Joseph of Arimathea) and the area of Israel next to where Phoenicia was. OK, when did the tin mines of Cornwall begin operation?
The leap from "could have been" to "was" is unwarranted.
So the Phoenicians counquered the Mediterranean for 1000 years but couldn't pull off a voyage up the coast of Spain and France to Cornwall. That's illogical. Even your friend admits there was a trade route.