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Arrive on
Friday afternoon, unpack and settle in to your room before dinner
at the farmhouse.
Saturday
- Along the coast north from Welcombe we come across the remains
of an Iron Age hill fort right on the cliff edge, then further
along the magnificent waterfall at spekes mill mouth. We arrive
at Hartland Quay around lunch time with time to look at museum
which shows the many many wrecks along the coast we have walked.
After lunch we continue a little further north to Black Pool
Mill and then inland to Hartland Abbey and the towering St Nectans
Church.
Sunday -
We walk along the north coast of the Hartland Peninsula east
through the Clovelly Estate stopping at Mouth Mill beach and
along the coast path to a number of fantastic view points. We
arrive in the cobbled fishing village of Clovelly at lunch time
and stop around the harbour to watch the comings and goings
as we eat our lunch. After lunch we explore the cobbled streets
completely free of cars as they are too narrow and steep. We
continue up past Clovelly Court with its huge walled gardens
and on through the estate farm and woodlands returning to our
start point.
Monday -
Duckpool south of us that is the start of the walk. Going north
from here along the coast we pass the erie satellite dishes
of GCHQ then contrastingly the isolated deep valley of Stanbury
Mouth. Sharpnose point offers fantastic views north and south
and then we arrive in Morwenstow visiting Hawkers Hut and the
beautiful Norman church. At lunch time we might visit the 14th
Century Bush Inn before we take up the path to Tonnacombe Manor,
Stanbury Manor and then into the stunning Combe Valley with
it's little cluster of thatched cottages and forded stream.
Tuesday
- A free day to do your own thing. Perhaps you might like to
explore the 650 acre nature reserve on our doorstep or wander
the lanes around welcombe. A visit to the Eden Project, National
Trust house or RHS gardens are also very popular with our guests.
Lunch and dinner are not provided today.
Wednesday
- The long sandy beaches of Widemouth bay make a great contrast
to the craggy cliffs and we walk north into the Victorian resort
of Bude with it's giant stone sea wall and one of only a few
sea water bathing pools still in use. After lunch we walk along
the Bude canal to Marhamchurch and then over the fields back
to Widemouth.
Thursday
- Thomas Hardy met his wife Emma at the isolated St Juliet's
church, this is the start of our walk along the Valency Valley
into Boscastle where we explore the harbour area before taking
the coast path south to the historic hamlet of Trevalga. We
return to higher Boscastle and back along the south side of
the valley stopping at Minster the site of the long ago ruined
abbey.
Friday morning
we wave you goodbye after breakfast and hope we will see you
again soon.
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