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.