A Sun-Drenched Romp, Water Taxis, and a Crash Course in Cockling The sun, a rare British commodity, decided to grace us with its radiant presence on Good Friday. The forecast had us springing into action, gathering our gear, and tossing it into the van faster than a rabbit late for a tea party. The Helford […]
A bitter-sweet walk. Holywell, and the walks over to Crantock, always deliver, and walking a familiar route helped what was a sad walk. It was the first time that we took Agatha with us for a while. Increasingly, our Sunday Walks were becoming more than Harry could manage, and it felt wrong to take one […]
I’ve Frankensteined a Masterpiece of a Walk Together Armed with my trusty guides, I managed to cobble together two walking routes into a veritable pièce de résistance of a loop. It was such a stunner that I’ve decided to crown it as an official addition in my next book edition. For now, it’s a patchwork […]
Rilla Mill – 4.5 miles Not an area of Cornwall that I know at all so I left the dogs behind. Because Harry is becoming increasingly unsteady I don’t take him on walks I don’t know. It’s unfair on him and in a group walk it could spoil the walk for others as well, especially […]
Ponts Mill – Luxulyan – 3 miles Wasn’t sure how this walk was going to pan out. The Orrs left their house under cover of a massive thunderstorm, we left ours with hail bouncing off the windscreen, but when we rendezvoused at Ponts Mill, if the sun didn’t come out at least the rain had […]
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