A Ramble through Cornwall - Day 1 - Lands End to Penzance
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A RAMBLE THROUGH CORNWALL Land’s End to Launceston, in easy 9-mile stages, on minor roads and footpaths Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance – 9.69 miles (15.6 km) OS Explorer Map 102 [email protected] 1 John Downs
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A RAMBLE THROUGH CORNWALL
Land’s End to Launceston, in easy 9-mile stages, on minor roads and footpaths
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance – 9.69 miles (15.6 km) OS Explorer Map 102
John Downs
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Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance
* Garmin track on this map terminates early. The batteries in my Garmin 110 went flat around 3 miles before reaching Penzance
General directions : Follow the cliff path to Sennen Cove. Join A30 and then turn off at Newshop to climb over Chapel Carn Brea. Cross Tredinney Common and Grumbla Common via tracks. Pass Trannack Mill and follow road to Skimmel Bridge and then on to Tremethick Cross. Cross the A3071 and take a B-road past West Lodge and Boscathnoe reservoir on to Heamoor village.
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance Full distance walked was 9.69 miles (measured by Garmin E-Trex 20)
Set off from Land’s End at 11.30. A fine dry, sunny warm day. Altitude : 113 ft. Followed the cliff path from Land’s End to the top road south of Sennen Cove (start of Cycle Route 3). Crossed Mayon Green at Sennen and then joined A30 opposite Whitesands Lodge. Took 56 minutes to get here, and elevation now 330ft.
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance Walked along A30 – no footpaths or pavement- towards Penzance. Traffic hazardous . Turned left off A30 up a track at Newshop, just past B3306 turning. 1 hour 27 minutes into the walk and altitude of 399 ft. 200 ft climb up the side of Chapel Carn Brea on a farm track, crossing minor road at Bolankan House and a National Trust car park. Footpath overgrown. Would have been easier to go through gate half way up on left and walk to summit of Chapel Carn Brea with its Tomb: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10213 . Highest point near summit was 600 ft, at 1 hour 39 mins into the walk.
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance Leaving Sennen Cove on A30
Chapel Carn Brae hill in the background. No pedestrian pavement or path for 1.3 miles. Traffic is a hazard on this stretch
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance On the A30 heading towards Chapel Carn Brae
A lot of jumping into the hedgerows/banks to avoid traffic on busy road
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The farm track from the A30 up to Chapel Carn Brae The track becomes overgrown as you climb further
Best to turn left at gate further up and walk up to Carn Brae summit (less overgrown)
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The overgrown track up the side of Chapel Carn Brae Hidden rocks under the bracken/brambles – difficult walking
Carn Brae summit just to left – but no way over fence from this track
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance View from Chapel Carn Brae over Tredinney Common
The path across the Common runs to left of the hedge next to the cows in field below
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance Crossed minor road and then straight ahead through Tredinney Common on good open flat trackway that finishes beside St Euny’s Chapel and Wells (both sides of track). http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=12325 . Nearby is Carn Euny, an Iron Age settlement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carn_Euny. Took a left at the Carn Euny settlement and then a right to follow trackway running behind Caer Bran Farm. Badly overgrown with brambles, etc. Caer Bran hill fort looming on the right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caer_Bran. Then across open moorland to minor road running from Sancreed to St Just, at Grumbla Common. Reached the walk’s highest point , 619 ft, on this path beside Caer Bran. Walking time : 2 hours 34 minutes.
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The entrance to the track over Tredinney Common
The entrance is opposite the National Trust car park, off a minor road
The track runs straight ahead over the ridge
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The track over Tredinney Common
Heading towards Carn Euny Settlement – the mound in the distance
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The track behind Caer Bran farm
Caer Bran hill fort is on the right behind high hedge
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The route around the foot of Caer Bran hill fort
The line of the track is marked by some small trees in front of the farm buildings
Aerial photo by Hamish Fenton - http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=19351
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The last part of the track across Caer Bran
Grumbla Common and The Beacon ahead
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance Crossed road onto Grumbla Common footpath that disappeared completely under bracken and brambles. I followed rough animal tracks through the undergrowth almost to summit of Sancreed Beacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancreed_Beacon and then down to an unnamed settlement on a minor road coming out of Sancreed. This detour is obvious on the Google Earth map of my route. Took a left onto the road, and then a right at the T-junction. Climbed hill out of settlement past Trannack Mill and followed this road for several miles to Skimmel Bridge and then on to Tremethick Cross on the A 30171 (Penzance to St Just road) . The battery on my Garmin ran out half way along this long section of minor road. Crossed the A3071 and took a B-road past West Lodge and Boscathnoe reservoir on to Heamoor village, where I stopped just before the big school.
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The entrance to Grumbla Common
No visible footpath ahead after 50 metres. Sancreed Beacon in the distance on right
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance View across Grumbla Common
Footpath disappears off downhill to left after 50 metres. I took a right up through the bracken
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance View back across Grumbla Common
I guess this is the terminus of the footpath that disappeared soon after entering the Common
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The road to Skimmel Bridge and Tremethick Cross
Taken just after Trannack Mill, at the top of the hill
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The road between Trannack Mill and Skimmel Bridge
Skimmel Bridge about half a mile ahead down hill
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance The river at Skimmel Bridge
Now within 1 mile of Tremethick Cross
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance Tremethick Cross and the road opposite to Heamoor/Penzance The road opposite, by the house, leads downhill to Heamoor on the outskirts of Penzance - the destination on Day 1 !
Day 1 – Land’s End to Penzance (Heamoor)
Walk statistics -up until Garmin 110 batteries ran flat before Skimmel Bridge
• Time: 3 hours 13 minutes • Distance : 7.41 miles • Elevation climbed : 890 ft • Maximum elevation logged : 617 ft • Energy consumed : 902 calories
• Total distance walked : 9.69 miles * (from E-Trex 20 trip monitor) • Total walk time : 4 hours 15 minutes • Total elevation climbed during day : Approx 1,000 ft • Total Energy consumed : Around 1,200 calories
* My Garmin E-Trex 20 Trip Monitor reading on arrival in Heamoor. My E-Trex 20 logged my route, time, distance, pace, etc, but would not save or archive it to a PC.
