Cornwall self catering -  Local Walks & Fishing.

WALKING

An excerpt from a passage (written by Kevin McDermott) sums up the feeling of walking in Cornwall.

"Elbowing the Atlantic from England's southwest, Cornwall is an ancient, isolated place of weathered granite cliffs plunging straight into the sea, of green headland and hard-scrabble farms, and of a stubbornly Celtic culture. Bronze Age fortifications, standing stones and burial mounds abound, particularly in the far western peninsular called Penwith."

5 minutes from us starts a coastal footpath which takes the same route as the train journey hailed as the most scenic train ride in Britain - from St Erth to St Ives.  It is an easy flat 4 mile walk and a popular way to spend a day - park at St Erth and walk into St Ives and spend the day looking around shops and galleries on cobbled streets, maybe visit the world famous Tate gallery or Barbara Hepworth museum and garden or just spend some time on the beach and then get the train back, pasty in hand. A good day.

 For those of you made of sterner stuff there is the Lands End or St Ives to Zennor walk, but be aware that this is a much stiffer test. There are many established walks around the area - you could spend months here and not do all of them - but detailed info can be obtained on the 2 mentioned walks from the links page.

Less than 2 miles DOWN the road from us there are Billy Knott's fishing lakes.  These are stocked with prime freshwater fish - Cornish Carp (always good for a fight!) Bream, Rudd, Roach and even eels.  These are in 2 lakes totalling around 4 acres.  Billy is a registered English NFA coach and has a vast wealth of experience to offer young and old, able bodied or handicapped.  He says that with his advice on bait etc, anybody - even a first timer - will be guaranteed to land a fish.  The stuff of memories.

HAYLE SEA ANGLING

Hayle is on Cornwall's North Coast, and is actually on St Ives Bay.  There is good beach fishing around Hayle, especially around the Estuary and the mud flats, which if you go further out change into golden clean sand.  The target fish are Mullet, Flatties, and Bass.  At Godrevy Point you can fish from the rocks and go for Mackerel, Pollock and Wrasse.  Both of these locations are around 10 minutes away from Killanoon, but there are many places all along the North Coast ideal for sea angling.

LOCAL SEA FISHING FROM A BOAT

There are quite a few people offering boat trips for fishing, aquatic discovery or just pleasure - usually in 2 hour, 4 hour or 8 hour trips ranging from mackerel fishing in local waters or deep sea fishing.  Anybody taking out paying customers has to be licensed and is thoroughly checked for safety etc.  See the links page for more details.

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