Honeycombe House B&B in Mevagissey has one of the best views on the SWCP from the breakfast room overlooking the harbour and the sea. It is set on the hill away from the crowds and is a great place to stay.
Once again Margaret set off by herself, in much better weather this time, to walk as far as Par. I spent some time in Mevagissey before catching the bus to Charlestown where I would meet Margaret for the last 3 miles.
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| Harbour with the tide out doesn't look so good! |
Margaret;s path to Pentewan was fairly straighforward but after that there were a lot of ups and downs. The first time I did it I vowed never to do it again but I must have done it at least four times in the past but not on this occasion! These are some of my photos from 2004 when I walked about 20 miles from Fowey to Gorran Haven......those were the days!
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| Pentewan |
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| Black Head |
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| memorial to the Cornish poet A L Rouse |
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| Porthpean |
By the time Margaret reached Porthpean I had arrived at Charlestown where I sat and waited for her. I saw Annette and Graham again just before Margaret arrived.
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| Charlestown |
There are always old wooden sailing ships to be seen in Charlestown Harbour and if you have the time you can pay to go on board and have a look around. We didn't have the time as we had another three miles to go to Par. Perhaps the least scenic miles of the whole walk as you have to negotiate first Carlyon Bay which used to be a lovely beach which they have been trying to develop for years and then the china clay works in Par.
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| Carlyon Bay 2004 |
It doesn't look quite as bad in 2017 but they still haven't made any progress.
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| China Clay works Par |
We weren't staying in Par as I had been unable to find anywhere to stay so after introducing Margaret to the confusing one way system we caught the bus to Fowey to stay at the delightful old Ship Inn. Well what a disappointment that turned out to be. This is what I expected it to look like.
However we had a bit of a shock as we got off the bus and saw that it was covered in scaffolding and dirty plastic sheeting and looked as though it didn't have a roof on! It did have a roof but didn't seem to have many staff and we were informed that we couldn't have breakfast until 9.00 am which was a bit unfortunate as Margaret was catching the bus to Par at 9.15.
Anyway after a meal at Sam's and a look round Fowey we had a reasonable night;s sleep apart from being far too close to the church clock that strikes every quarter of an hour!
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