What a lovely day for a walk!
Ten of us congregated at the NT car park in Port Quin, from where we set off on this delightful 10 mile stroll.
A high level cross country route proved to be a quick way of reaching Port Isaac, where we found some benches on which to enjoy elevenses and a mandatory helping of Sue's chocolate caramel shortbread (above).
Five of the crowd turned around, and the rest of us continued a little further along the coast path, admiring banks festooned with thrift as we went.
A very leisurely lunch was taken by a point where a side path then took us inland to a road. My planned route then took a hit from an uncooperative farmer who has effectively blocked off the path I wanted to access. So we retraced our steps and found our way past rampant foxgloves to return to the coast path at Port Gaverne.
It was annoying to effectively be barred from using some of the public rights of way around here, but now we could enjoy the splendour of the relatively quiet coast path all the way back to Port Quin.
Steep steps led out of Port Isaac, after which we were rewarded with a fine view back to the town, where a red double decker bus was plying the streets.
The coast path offered fine views and steep undulations, and took much longer than the morning's more direct inland route.
After a while, all but Sue, Gaynor and me opted to avoid the final headland leading to Port Quin. The three of us continued along an excellent path with fine views seawards.
We finally regained the car at around 4:30, having walked about 16km, with a fair amount of ascent, in a little over 6 hours.
Then Sue and I joined 'the gang of 13' at Polmear Barn ('the big house') for a sociable evening involving a bbq, and tasty desserts on the patio.
2 comments:
Hello Martin
re your blocked path, being as annoyed as most about blocked paths i did a bit of digging assuming it was at Trewethart Farm you were stopped and found the following from the updates to the cicerone guide
"November 2020
Walk 13
The walk passes through Trewethart Farm, however Cornwall County Council has confirmed that there is no right of way through this farm."
So appears you can walk up to the farm but not through it.
regards
ian
Thanks Ian. We weren't using the Cicerone guide, but I had mistakenly thought that the two paths leading to Trewethart would allow access to the white road beyond the farm. It's a shame there's no right of way or concession but it's more annoying for locals than for rare visitors like us.
M
Post a Comment