Instead of seeking beauty this afternoon, Polly Dog and I headed for the landscape ravaged by mining around Geevor and Levant. taking solace a little further on at Portheras. Levant has the oldest working Cornish Beam Engine and the National Trust steam it every Tuesday during the summer months. I went there many years back [...]
Walks Archive
Sennen self catering holidays in the wilds of winter
The weather forecast says there’s storms coming. If what’s howling out there now isn’t a storm then I ought to be worried about what it is! The rain hasn’t got here yet, but the spray off the sea is being blown all the way up to Tregiffian. This morning on the beach the dog was [...]
Porthgwarra to Nanjizel, another good West Cornwall circular walk
Porthgwarra. What a sweet little cove, that now only has a couple of boats, but even when I was growing up it had a good few boats bringing shellfish in, that the fisherman stored in the little cave at the top of the slipway. There’s also an intriguing tunnel that was apparently dug by St [...]
St Just to Porth Ledden – great little circular walk
11 November. Forecast is awful. West Cornwall supposed to be wet and horrible. And we’re headed west for a few days at home. Yet as we pass Redruth the clouds are breaking up, by Penzance there is a hint of sunshine, and Tregiffian is bathed in gorgous winter sun. We meet friends in St Just [...]
Porthcurno and the Minack – a circular
I’ve long wanted an excuse to use this lovely shot from a couple of years back. This looks from the gardens at the Minack across to Logan Rock with the beautiful Penvounder Beach in the distance. A great walk that includes these and the near perfect Penberth Cove starts at Porthgwarra (I’ll look for shots of [...]
Porthgwarra to Porth Chapel, and a swim with a seal!
This was a short, but beautiful walk with a swim, a climb and a seal – all thrown in! Porthgwarra is a sweet cove down a long and winding little lane that passes through some of the St Aubyn (lairds of St Michael’s Mount) farms before descending to the cottages and car park for the [...]
Boscawen-un. Megalithic stone circle, just off the A30.
When I started to research the significance of Boscawen-un stone circle I quickly realised that this was a site of some import, and probably best you dig around the web, or in Philip Payton’s wonderful book “Cornwall” if you want to really know what’s what. I have our new puppy to thank for the fact [...]
A circular walk to Nanjizal – a long one, with a few food and drink stops.
Nanjizal is a lovely beach, and because it’s a fair walk to get there from anywhere you’ll usually find a few groups of folk, a few dogs, maybe a seal, and a great stretch of sand, a couple of pools and an azure sea. There are many places to start this walk. We’ll go the [...]
Cape Cornwall, quite a step from Tregiffian, but worth it!
I took quite a long walk last evening over to the Cape. I love the Cape, I’d even propose that it’s better than Land’s End, especially when the snack van is open for tea and cake. The trouble with this walk is that it involves walking past the Cot Valley which is so lovely that [...]
Nanquidno Valley – our favourite walk from Tregiffian, Sennen
I love this view from the fields back to Myn Tea and New Forge. If we’re ever stuck for where to walk then the Nanquidno Valley is sure to be a winner. From the cottage it’s pretty much a case of stepping out of the door and you’re already on the walk. Take a right [...]
