St Wenn and Withiel

Sunday 2nd August 2015

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I’m a wee bit weary after this one.  This was one long ramble.  It was warm as well.  And we had to fight our way through overgrown paths swiping at nettles and brambles with big sticks.  Well…..to be honest, Mr RR swiped and swung with a big stick, I just wandered along behind clutching a twig and sighing dramatically.

Mr RR fighting his way through the jungle!
Mr RR fighting his way through the jungle!

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Cape Cornwall and Cornish Mining History

Monday, 15th June 2015

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Well, hasn’t it turned out to be a lovely day….it has in this part of the world anyway!

We went west today, down to Cape Cornwall – the only headland in England referred to as a ‘cape’ apparently. We used directions from iWalkcornwall.co.uk which, as always, were thorough with some very interesting information included. Didn’t stop us getting lost though…on the way back we got confused, took a wrong turn and ended up back on the coast path. Continue reading

River Walk from St Erth

Wednesday, 10th June 2015

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I hope you all like the new blogsite; blood, sweat and tears were shed in the setting up, but here it is all fresh and new.

For the Wednesday walk we went to St Erth and followed instructions from iWalkCornwall.co.uk – we took a couple of wrong turnings but made it back safe and sound nonetheless!   Continue reading

Heaven…. and Hell’s Mouth.

Thursday, 23rd April 2015 (Day 4, week 16)

Aiming to walk 1000 miles in a year

Total so far: 310.4 (5 miles this week)


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Another walk from the very useful iwalkCornwall website today (www.iwalkCornwall.co.uk) starting from the strangely named Hell’s Mouth where, fortunately there is a very nice cafe serving yummy lemon cake! Continue reading