6 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Enjoy a toasted tea cake and freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast at Dolittle, our holiday cottage in Porthleven. We catch the bus into Helston, change to the number 34 for Poldu. There’s a change of bus driver at Flambards theme park, the drivers have a long chat, making us well behind schedule, only to go a few metres round the corner to pick up an elderly lady who had been waiting patiently inches from the bus for maybe ten minutes! Leave the bus at Poldu, (Poldhu or Poldu? The signs all vary) where families are enjoying refreshments at [...]

11 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . We’ve returned to Cornwall, now as grandparents and with a son-in-law. After a comfortable night at “Doolittle” in Porthleven we drive to Mullion and board the number 34 bus – Lizard bound. It’s very much a local’s bus, going round the houses, but after 24 stops, drops us at the green at the Lizard where we left off in November. Since then, the shops have been freshly painted and it seems much brighter place. It's a short meander down to Lizard point where we stop for breakfast sitting outside the Wavecrest café. We are the first punters [...]

10.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Wake up at the Coverack Headland holiday apartment and decide to head from here rather than driving to our destination and taxi-ing back. But first we walk back to the village shop to where we left off yesterday to buy Danish pastries for breakfast. I’ve grabbed my Nordic walking poles as I have a feeling it’s going to be a tough one. The coastal path is well signposted from Coverack Headland and we are straight out into open countryside, admiring the cobwebs in the bare trees and soon looking back at the large apartment block on the [...]

6.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After a night at The Five Pilchards and a battering of rain we wake up to clear blue skies over Porthallow Cove. Motor to our destination then taxi back and we are setting off by 10:30. Having pondered the map and read “Ruth’s Coastal Walk” we are pre-warned the first half of today’s walk is on roads and inland footpaths so we head out of Porthallow up the quiet road towards Porthoustock. The route takes us right through the Fat Apples Café and Wild Campsite which is closed for the month of November –it looks [...]

9 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . Still feeling high on last night’s stunning sunset over the Fal Estuary and our mornings stroll through the gardens of Trebah we drive the 13 miles round the estuary to the little village of Helford. The car park, above the village, is thankfully free for the winter months – no scrabbling for cash or time on my phone trying to work an app. We follow the road down the hill to the quaint village with its whitewashed cottages, thatched roofs and the Shipwright Inn. A little wooden footbridge takes us over the inlet, down to the ferry [...]

6.5 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . After enjoying a Cornish Breakfast at the Greenbank Hotel, overlooking the Falmouth Estuary as the sun pops its head up, we meet friends at the Helford Passage. We leave the car and motor back to Swanpool Beach and are soon ready for today’s coastal stroll. It’s lovely to have company for our walk today – our friends, Sarah and David, and Mr Sunshine 😊. We find the coast path behind the Hooked on the Rocks seafood restaurant – one to come back to someday. The path climbs away from Swanpool Beach, where we take the little detour [...]

4 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . We’ve wended our “long” way from home this morning, arriving tired but chuffed in time for afternoon cream tea at The Greenbank Hotel – our home for a couple of nights. Falmouth is a familiar seaside town, having taken the short hop, back in July, over here from St. Mawes on what felt like the choppiest day of the year. The sun is shining, the sky is blue and there is a vivid rainbow over the river - St. Mawes as clear as day on the other side of the estuary. Full of warm scones, jam and [...]

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11 Miles Miles walked since starting. . . It’s a short bus ride, via Mevagissey, from our campsite to Pentewan Sands then a short walk down through the village to the coast but we struggle to find our way across the water inlet to the main beach and the coast path – the little bridge very well hidden! It’s a beautiful sandy beach but the caravan park dominates– you wouldn’t visit the beach if you weren’t staying. With a distinct lack of signs for the coast path we meander through the static caravans - this is a sister property to where we are staying and couldn’t be [...]