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SOUTH WEST COASTAL PATH
FALMOUTH to PENDOWER

Wednesday 23rd June 2010
...............Walk No. 815
19 July 2009 - SWCP - Map Courtesy www.streetmap.co.uk

South West Coastal Path No. 35              Total 337.5 miles

Time Taken:    Distance:   Enjoyment:    Weather:  
 4.5 hours           9.5 miles       90%             Sunny & Gentle Breeze

Temp:     Cloud:     Rain:    Visibility:    Ground Conditions:  
  22oC        2%         0%       Good          Footpath Very Dry 
Nature:Wild Flowers and Horses

Points of Interest:
Falmouth               	St Anthony's Head     St Mawes
Roseland Church	Great Molunan			Porthbeor Beach
Portscatho			Porthbean Beach		Pendower

General:
Parked by Pendower Court in car park above beach and 
cycled to place near St Anthony Head, via Portscatho 
Village. Locked bike to metal fence by Place House and 
realised I had lost my bike lock at Halfords Passage, besides 
my walking pole at Maenporth beach toilets. Tide out, so 
ferry to St Mawes via a short path from Place House. 
Walked to St. Anthony in Roseland Church via a mediaeval 
stone coffin. Entered church and wrote in the visitors 
book. Passed the beehives and wheat fields to 
Carricknath point and the magnificent views to Falmouth, 
Carrick roads and St. Mawes. Disturbed a thrush eating in 
a snail near Great Molunan. The thrush didn't fly off but 
run a head. Wouldn't fly off and risk dropping the snail. 
Quick glimpse of St Anthony lighthouse then a steep climb 
to car park by holiday cottages and the disused battery. 
Welcome water top up at the toilets. Path stayed high to 
zone point, with lots of wild flowers, skylarks and passing 
yachts. Steady undulating walk in hot conditions via 
Porthbeor beach in Towan beach with local car parks 
busy but not full of cars. Path passes a wreck post near 
Towan beach, where the pole simulates the mass of a ship 
for training and rescue purposes. The easy path to 
Portscatho give good examples of Cornish stiles, a kind of 
stone cattle grid with horizontal gaps and different heights 
stones. The beaches are sandy, but a lot of sand was 
removed from the beaches for the land in the past. When 
the pretty fishing village of Porthscatho is reached take the 
North Parade, a pleasant and different route through a 
village. Just before Porthcurnick beach a sudden track is 
crossed the via a steep step of steps down and up. Water 
bottle replenished at beach public toilets. At Porthbean
 beach the path crosses a beach for a few yards, be aware 
of this at high tide and stormy weather. The path takes a 
sharp detour inland to circumnavigate Pendower hotel just 
before the car park and the end of the walk. 


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23 June 2010 - Place Quay, St Anthony
23 June 2010 - Place House, St Anthony
23 June 2010 - St Mawes from St Anthony
23 June 2010 - Medieval Coffin
23 June 2010 - St Anthony Churchyard
23 June 2010 - Lion Rock
23 June 2010 - Cliff Gull Rock
23 June 2010 - St Mawes Castle
20th July 2009 - St Anthony Head Lighthouse
23 June 2010 - Southern most gift shop

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