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CORNISH TOURS
Individual Tours of Cornwall
and HOME
Land's End, St Ives Penzance and St Michael's Mount
The Lizard, Helford and Falmouth
The Roseland, Bodmin Moor and Fowey
Tintagel, King Arthur's castle and the Wild North Coast
Looe and Polperro, The Tamar Valley, Plymouth Sound and Dartmoor
Cornish Garden Tours
Grand Cornish Houses
Easy Walking Tours
Painters, Writers, Culture Tours
Full Day Tours for Cruise ship passengers
Family History Tours
PRICES!
ATTRACTIONS and PLACES TO VISIT
Getting the Most from your Visit to Cornwall ... just a few helpful ideas!
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Map of the UK
Map of Cornwall
B&B in Truro
- central for all Cornwall
OTHER USEFUL CORNISH LINKS
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email: mike@cornwalltour.com
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UK (0) 1872 262783
Averil & Mike Inglefield
VERY SPECIAL TOURS of CORNWALL
from FIELDINGS
35 Treyew Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2BY UK
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The beautiful River Fal starts it's journey to Falmouth
and the sea in 'china clay' country ... a 'lunar' landscape of white
man-made mountains and deep opencast pits. With the English channel on the
other side, the river forms the outline of the Roseland peninsular, where
the lovely St Just-in-Roseland church weaves it's tranquil spell.
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Further east, the Fowey river rises in the brooding starkness of Bodmin
Moor before cutting through green wooded valleys to it's namesake port on
the English Channel. And the land on either side abounds with evidence of
Cornwall's Celtic past - with churches and villages named after native
saints - many from Ireland, Wales and Brittany.
But we start in the Roseland peninsular, crossing the Fal via the
King Harry Ferry (see above) and heading first for St Just in Roseland
Church, St Mawes and
St Mawes
Castle.
Leaving St Mawes, we head back up the coast, passing Caerhays Castle,
Dodman Point, Gorran, The Lost Gardens
of Heligan - and on to Mevagissey.
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Once again the streets are very narrow -
the village of Mevagissey
clustering around it's inner harbour and fishing fleet. Buy some fresh
mackerel straight from the fishing boat - they're cheap, good to eat and
good for you! Or buy a pasty from the shop near the harbour - they have an
expanded range of very interesting and tasty offerings!
On now to Fowey via St Austell, passing and perhaps visiting
the world famous Eden project,
where vast biomes create the world's largest greenhouses, each of which
re-creates one of the world's temperature zone. En route, we might also
take a look at the lunar landscape of the
China Clay area (for those who
are interested!) - and the lovely Luxulyan valley.
We also pass close to Menabilly, the house occupied by
Daphne du Maurier for many years -
and it is possible to walk down to the cove and cliff walk where she wrote
many of her books - and also visit the Church at Tregaminion where she
worshipped.
Fowey is a very ancient town, with a deep water port which still
receives ocean going vessels. It is also a leisure harbour with yachts and
dinghies, and the home of a fishing fleet.
The town centre streets are very narrow, giving fascinating glimpses of
the old waterfront and the harbour. And elsewhere there are wonderful
views across the harbour, over to Polruan and out to sea.
Fowey to Lostwithiel via Lerryn
We leave Fowey taking the tiny Bodinnick Ferry to reach the other side of
the river.
We travel up the east side of the River Fowey making first for
Lerryn, which is a tranquil
village at the tidal head of one of the Fowey river's tributaries -
fascinatingly, there was a famous garden here in the C19th which rivalled
the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen and were visited by Garibaldi! Not much
to see of the garden now except a few overgrown statues.
We soon arrive at Lostwithiel
- another ancient town - the head of the tidal part of the River Fowey and
home to a number of antique shops and
Restormel
Castle.
Plunging deep into BODMIN MOOR we visit TEMPLE CHURCH (site of a
Medieval Church built by the Knights Templar - Crusades and all that -
travellers must have been pleased to see it on wild, winter nights) and
JAMAICA INN (focal point of Daphne du Maurier's famous book - and another
wild spot on a bleak winter night!).
Back now to Bodmin and perhaps a visit to
LANHYDROCK - a stately home in the
'grand' tradition run by The National Trust (click 'enter site', then
click the 'green spot' below Bodmin) - wonderful Cornish Cream teas
also sold here!
And HOME!
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