Cornwall coastal path

"remi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello,

We are planning to do a walk from Land's End to Newquay at the end of
July. I don't know how long it could take (roughly 5 days?).

Hi
This is the walking guide website
http://www.cornishman.com/
Land's End, Sennen, St Just, Cape Cornwall, Botallack are nice and rugged
see the coastal path on this map (dotted red line)
http://tinyurl.com/0
The path seems continuous to St Ives but there you'll have to cross the town
to pick it up again to get to Hayle (I use this part of the path a lot to
get to
Hayle Estuary for birdwatching)
In Hayle go to 'Philps' for a Cornish pasty
At Hayle you should go down and walk along extremely long beach to Godrevy
lighthouse
and then carry on to Portreath along the high cliffs.
Don't know about accommodation but Buses run on these routes if you find the
path not continuous.
Not too familiar with much beyond Portreath but St Agnes is full of old
mine buildings
some of which (Wheal Coates) are on the cliffs and go out under the sea.
Peranporth to Newquay I've never seen as we all hate Newquay and would not
go there
even if large amounts of money were involved.

Hello Chris,

Thanks for your reply !

Chris Oates a écrit :

Quoted message said:

This is the walking guide website
http://www.cornishman.com/
Land's End, Sennen, St Just, Cape Cornwall, Botallack are nice and rugged
see the coastal path on this map (dotted red line)
http://tinyurl.com/0

I think it was a deep link to some page in http://www.cornishman.com/
A very useful site for us ! Thanks a lot.

Quoted message said:

The path seems continuous to St Ives but there you'll have to cross the town
to pick it up again to get to Hayle (I use this part of the path a lot to
get to
Hayle Estuary for birdwatching)

How long does it take from Saint-Ives to Hayle ? (roughly)

Quoted message said:

In Hayle go to 'Philps' for a Cornish pasty

Good idea ! :-)

Quoted message said:

At Hayle you should go down and walk along extremely long beach to Godrevy
lighthouse
and then carry on to Portreath along the high cliffs.
Don't know about accommodation but Buses run on these routes if you find the
path not continuous.
Not too familiar with much beyond Portreath but St Agnes is full of old
mine buildings
some of which (Wheal Coates) are on the cliffs and go out under the sea.
Peranporth to Newquay I've never seen as we all hate Newquay and would not
go there
even if large amounts of money were involved.

:-)
Ok I have been to Newquay (with a car) and didn't like it a lot... It
reminds me "Palavas" or "La Grande Motte" which are major sea ressorts
on the mediteranean border :-(

I think we could stop our tour in Crantok (or Perranporth, I like a lot
this place)

About books and map... In France the regular map for walking are those
made by the IGN (National Geographic Institure). Is the UK equivalent
this one :
http://www.britishwalks.org/walks/General/maps.php#LR203
or :
http://minilien.com/?X20Nwfa7Xn (Landranger Maps 203)

Do you have a nice map that will cover from Land's end to Newquay to
advice ?
Thanks.
Rémi.

remi a écrit :

Quoted message said:

Hello Chris,

Thanks for your reply !

Chris Oates a écrit :

Quoted message said:

This is the walking guide website
http://www.cornishman.com/
Land's End, Sennen, St Just, Cape Cornwall, Botallack are nice and
rugged
see the coastal path on this map (dotted red line)
http://tinyurl.com/0

I think it was a deep link to some page in http://www.cornishman.com/
A very useful site for us ! Thanks a lot.

Quoted message said:

The path seems continuous to St Ives but there you'll have to cross
the town
to pick it up again to get to Hayle (I use this part of the path a lot
to get to
Hayle Estuary for birdwatching)

How long does it take from Saint-Ives to Hayle ? (roughly)

Quoted message said:

In Hayle go to 'Philps' for a Cornish pasty

Good idea ! :-)

Quoted message said:

At Hayle you should go down and walk along extremely long beach to
Godrevy lighthouse
and then carry on to Portreath along the high cliffs.
Don't know about accommodation but Buses run on these routes if you
find the path not continuous.
Not too familiar with much beyond Portreath but St Agnes is full of
old mine buildings
some of which (Wheal Coates) are on the cliffs and go out under the sea.
Peranporth to Newquay I've never seen as we all hate Newquay and would
not go there
even if large amounts of money were involved.

:-)
Ok I have been to Newquay (with a car) and didn't like it a lot... It
reminds me "Palavas" or "La Grande Motte" which are major sea ressorts
on the mediteranean border :-(

I think we could stop our tour in Crantok (or Perranporth, I like a lot
this place)

About books and map... In France the regular map for walking are those
made by the IGN (National Geographic Institure). Is the UK equivalent
this one :
http://www.britishwalks.org/walks/General/maps.php#LR203
or :
http://minilien.com/?X20Nwfa7Xn (Landranger Maps 203)

Last question... The South West Coast Path Association's Annual handbook
2006 seems to be useful for accomodations and things to visit. Is there
a map (like Landranger) included in it ? Is the map included enough for
a walker ?
Thanks.
Rémi.

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Do you have a nice map that will cover from Land's end to Newquay to
advice ?

Ordnance Survey Landranger 102 and 104.

You might also like to consider not starting from Lands End. I'd go for
something like Lizard to St Ives and then you've seen the most
spectacular bits IMV. You'll need 103 as well if you do that.
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Geoff Berrow a écrit :

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the following:

Quoted message said:

Do you have a nice map that will cover from Land's end to Newquay to
advice ?

Ordnance Survey Landranger 102 and 104.

I saw on the website that there were two kinds of map :
OS Explorer maps and the pink OS Landranger maps.

I think you are talknig about OS Explorer.

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You might also like to consider not starting from Lands End. I'd go for
something like Lizard to St Ives and then you've seen the most
spectacular bits IMV. You'll need 103 as well if you do that.

Ok thanks. A good idea. I was stuck with the "atlantic border".

But from Lizard, it is much longer. Do you mean crossing from Lizard to
St Ives ? Or following the coast path ? How long does it take roughly
from Lizard to St Ives following the coast ?

There is Mullion Cove on this way, a very nice place. I have been there
once. And Marazion too !

Thanks a lot for your help.
It will be a very nice walk for sure !
:-)
Rémi.

Message-ID: <[email hidden]> from remi contained
the following:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ordnance Survey Landranger 102 and 104.

I saw on the website that there were two kinds of map :
OS Explorer maps and the pink OS Landranger maps.

I think you are talknig about OS Explorer.

They are orange Landranger 1:25000. I know because I have them in front
of me. :-)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You might also like to consider not starting from Lands End. I'd go for
something like Lizard to St Ives and then you've seen the most
spectacular bits IMV. You'll need 103 as well if you do that.

Ok thanks. A good idea. I was stuck with the "atlantic border".

But from Lizard, it is much longer. Do you mean crossing from Lizard to
St Ives ? Or following the coast path ? How long does it take roughly
from Lizard to St Ives following the coast ?

I've never done it but passed a couple who were doing it last year.
They reckoned four or five days but don't take my word for it. My gut
feeling is that that's a bit optimistic, but I generally don't rush when
I go to Cornwall.

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There is Mullion Cove on this way, a very nice place. I have been there
once. And Marazion too !

And Penzance, Mousehole, and lots of pother nice places.

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Message-ID: <[email hidden]> from remi contained
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ordnance Survey Landranger 102 and 104.

I saw on the website that there were two kinds of map :
OS Explorer maps and the pink OS Landranger maps.

I think you are talknig about OS Explorer.

They are orange Landranger 1:25000. I know because I have them in front
of me. :-)

OS only produce orange 1:25000 Explorers and pink Landrangers
(1:50000) these days.

In the not too distant past, 1:25000 have been yellow and also green,
although I can only remember pink 1:50000. Their names have changed
from time to time too.

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They are orange Landranger 1:25000. I know because I have them in front
of me. :-)

OS only produce orange 1:25000 Explorers and pink Landrangers
(1:50000) these days.

Bugger. I meant Explorer.

It's my age, you know.

--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

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In the not too distant past, 1:25000 have been yellow and also green,
although I can only remember pink 1:50000. Their names have changed
from time to time too.

The First Series (10k square) maps had blue covers.

The Second Series (10K by 20K) had green covers. (All sold as Pathfinder
Series AFAIK).

The early Outdoor Leisure maps had brown covers, the current examples yellow.

The Explorer maps have orange covers.

The 1:50000 covers have remained much the same colour since they were
first introduced although some of the early ones had a purple tinge. The
Landranger name came well after the original introduction.

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Roger Chapman

"remi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hello,

We are planning to do a walk from Land's End to Newquay at the end of
July. I don't know how long it could take (roughly 5 days?).

We are looking for any "good" advices about this walk : where to stay
(cheap if possible), places next to the path worth stopping at, a nice
book about this walk that we could buy, which way is better, a good
website (i have a few already)....

Thanks a lot for your help !
:-)
Best regards.
Rémi (from France)
PS : We love Cornwall

Entire coast of Cornwall is inclusded in the South West Coast Path
see their e xcellent web site:

www.swcp.org.uk

Roger C