Bartinney Downs Walk

This circular walk, starts in the car park of Britain’s most westerly hill – that of Chapel Carn Brea. It encompasses footpaths, bridleways, roads and open access land. However, although most is easy to get around, the open access land can be difficult to navigate due to being overgrown, or having natural cover if you prefer, which keeps clawing at our trousers and laces. As a walk it really should not take any more than an hour, but the views that are afforded from the summit of Bartinney Downs mean that you cannot rush this walk without doing it an injustice. Both Dad and I are in agreement, that the views at the summit could quite possibly be the best all round views in Cornwall.

St. Ives

This is a coastal walk which allows us the same start and finish point, without having to totally retrace our steps. There are the odd spots of similarity, but with enough difference to add additional interest to the return leg. St. Ives is a well known and beautiful Cornish town, and I will not try to do it the justice that countless more eloquent people have before me, other than to say that before you start or when you finish, linger a while and have a look around.

Watch Croft

This is one of the five Marilyn’s in Cornwall (a hill/mountain with a prominence over the surrounding area of at least 150m). Watch Croft has a total height of 252m, and this walk circles the hill taking in Carn Galver and the Men-an-Tol. This area is steeped in history, with Chun Castle on the neighbouring downs and Lanyon Quoit near our halfway mark. A spot well worth visiting.

Castle an Dinas

Having grown up with stories of Cornish Kings and their residences, I was pretty certain that I knew where Castle-an-Dinas was. However, being from mid-Cornwall the dominant Castle-an-Dinas was the one near Roche. The one overlooking Ludgvan was new to me, and a delightful circle walk it is too.

Godrevy to Hayle

This is a gentle walk of about 4 miles with most of the Towans now well grassed and the footpath on not too undulating ground, where you can watch surfers and if you`re lucky – as we were – seals. It affords us lovely views of the sea and long golden beaches, but also keeps us just inland and away from the hordes. For this walk, we will need to do a shuttle run, unless we have enough time to walk back.

Lamorna

This circular walk starts and finishes in the coastal village of Lamorna, and we make our way towards Mousehole via the coastal footpath before returning to Lamorna by an inland footpath. In reality we could say that this walk is based at Kemyel, as we go past several farms of this name as well as cliffs, Points and a Nature Reserve!

Carn Euny (Brane)

This walk is a short and circular, and should you wish can easily be extended as it almost meets up with my Bartinney Downs walk. The first half is on footpath and the second half is on a wide bridleway. However, at its midway point is the feature that may well extend our walk by many, many minutes. This is the beautifully maintained ancient settlement of Carn Euny.

Zennor

This is a circular walk which takes in both the stunning Cornish coastline, tree lined valleys with babbling rivers, well signposted fields and the spectacular backdrop of Zennor and Trendine Hills.

Cape Cornwall

Cape Cornwall is the only `Cape` on mainland Britain, and until the advent of the Ordinance Survey, was thought to be the most westerly point (a title it lost to its near neighbour Land`s End). Cape Cornwall is also known in Cornish as Pen Kernow, but its actual native name was `Kilgoodh Ust` meaning `goose back of St. Just`.

St. Erth

This is a delightfully easy short walk, with only one slight incline and decline, and for which over half has us walking alongside the soothing sounds of the babbling River Hayle. When I did this walk, I was blessed with more dragonflies than I have seen in one day, a river teaming with brown trout and even a red capped woodpecker. All this and that lovely refreshed feeling that we are left with after being able to cool our feet off after a spot of lunch.

Carbis Bay to Marazion

This walk takes us from the North Coast golden beaches of Carbis Bay, across green fields and down country lanes alongside the impressive Knill's Monument, to the fortified heights of Trencrom Hill past the beautiful church at Ludgvan and through the RSPB Nature Reserve of Marazion Marshes to finish on the South Coast at Marazion, with the added bonus, that at one spot – if we stand in just the right position – we can see St. Michael's Mount, Knill`s Monument and Roger`s Folly! In effect we will be following one of Britain's official Pilgrimage Routes .. The St. Michaels Way which gives us the additional aid of being well signposted.