Our aim to walk the TAMARA TRAIL, not in a liner fashion but loops back to our cars and including a church with bells.

We started on 28th May 2024, a wet day at Morwenstow.

The walk took us from the churchyard, down through the old vicarage, through a wooded area, over a Footbridge to a pedestrian gate where we headed left out to the coast. Turning right/north we followed this along the cliff top, edged with colourful wild flowers. The views would have been impressive if we could have seen them through the mizzle. We could just make out the way ahead across the valley and met other hikers on their coastal path challenges. 

We counted as we climbed the 202 steps up and stopped for a photo at the Tamara C2C sign post, high on the cliff top.

But didn’t turn here as we dropped down to the Devon/Cornwall border, footbridge over the stream and had a lunch stop at Marsland Mouth black pebble beach.

Refreshed we decided to climb the slog up to Ronald Duncans writing hut. Where we met hikers from the Germany/Austria border, then backtracked down and headed into Marsland Valley Nature Reserve, foxgloves were impressive here and followed some of the Tamera C2C discs through the woodland path , eventually emerging at Gooseham Mill. Here we headed UP HILL on the road into Gooseham, with its lovely thatched buildings. Turned right just after Gooseham Barton, followed the road and turned left just after Glen Elm cottage onto a track … keep going… over the road…. More track….. left and quick right and you’ll soon see a FP sign on the left into a maize field. Metal gate tied with blue, pink and orange twine. Follow the hedge on your right… go through the gateway and keep the hedge on your left, down and around until you see a pedestrian gate set back in the hedge onto a grassy track. Follow to the end, another pedestrian gate go straight ahead (drainage pipes being laid when we were here). Keep hedge on your left all the way into a lane (dumping area) keep going back to the church. The Holy well is at the end of this track on the Right at the right of the entrance to the old vicarage driveway. The NT sign was hidden in high grass.   

Then we headed for the TEA ROOMS by our cars, they didn’t flinch as we marched in slightly wet and muddy and the tea and cakes tasted  marvellous. We’ll visit Hawkers Hut another time.

We started the walk round 12ish  and finished at 5ish and covered 7 ½ miles.

May 24th 2024. The day started with breakfast at Elvira’s cafe before catching the Cremyll Ferry and skirting around Mount Edgecombe House up to Maker church where we were welcomed to chime and view the bells then climb the tower to the top to take in the specular views of Plymouth and surrounding countryside. (This tower was a lot easier to navigate than most we’ve encountered, as has regular open days)

Then onto Kingsand and Cawsand before returning along the coast path. A beautiful day and great company again.

Starting at Saltash Leisure Centre car park. We explored the back roads to the Brook, to Salt Mill with interesting art, took the “beach” passing a Boundary stone, Up onto Marlborough, Old Ferry Rd. Up to THE CROSS. Down to the Waterside, Brunel statue, artwork, Mary Newman’s cottage, interesting Coombe Wood to Bishop Cornwall school … onto Churchtown Farm, down to The Quay and around Point Field under The Train, Up to St Stephen’s church, warm welcome, climbed the tower, great views, made some noise on the bells, then roads wiggled back to the start. Total 7 miles.

No bells this month… just a fab 6 mile walk in the sunshine… Starting at 10:30am at Rilla Mill and included every type of terrain, stiles and usual obstacles and amazing views some mud. We stopped for a quick drinks break and then later for lunch at Henwood !

Always interesting what you see along the way 🙂

We also collected some Painkillers to the “Painkillers for Ukraine ” campaign.

THANK YOU Pete and Caroline for organising and leading this one…