A Ramble through Cornwall - Day 3 - Townshend to Four Lanes
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A RAMBLE THROUGH CORNWALL Land’s End to Launceston, in easy 9-mile stages, on minor roads and footpaths Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes – 8.75 miles (14.1 km) OS Explorer Maps 102, 103 & 104 [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 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes – 8.75 miles (14.1 km) OS Explorer Maps 102, 103 & 104
John Downs
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes General directions : From Townshend follow the B3280 through Leedstown and onwards to Praze-an-Beeble. Then break away from the B3289, turning northwards on footpaths and minor roads to Carwynnen, before climbing up to the top of Copper Hill. From here take further minor roads to join up again with the B3280 near Dowha and Hangmans Barrow. Turn left on B3280 and continue up to Four Lanes, just south of Redruth.
Set off from Townshend at around 11.30. Yet another fine dry, sunny warm day. Altitude : 228 ft. Followed the B3280 for 40 minutes to Leedstown, climbing to 342 ft . Straight across the B3302 and onwards for another 1 hour on the B3280 past the Clowance Estate to Praze-an-Beeble. On the way out of Praze took a footpath on the left up to Gernick at 432 ft. Taken 2 hours to get from Townshend to Gernick.
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes On the B3280 between Leedstown and Praze-an-Beeble
DAY 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes On the B3280 just before Praze-an-Beeble, with the Clowance Estate on the right
Day 3 – Penzance to Four Lanes At Gernick I took right onto a minor road to Hallegan and then down into Carwynnen @350 ft. Total walking time so far : 2 hours 25 minutes. Turned right onto pleasant tree-lined footpath at Carwynnen, up to Chapel Hill Farm @ 495ft . Joined a minor road leading up to Copper Hill @ 608ft and entrance to Experimental Test Mine.
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes Footpath up the hill from Carwynnen to Chapel Hill Farm
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes On top of Copper Hill at the entrance to the Test Mine
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes Turned right at T-junction after Copper Hill onto another minor road (altitude now 620ft). Turned left at another T-junction and then right onto the Troon New Road over High Downs @ 775ft. 3 hours and 30 minutes into the walk I joined back onto the B3280, turning left, and after another 30 minutes of road walking arrive in Four Lanes.
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes View from High Downs (670 ft) across to Four Lanes. I should have taken one of the footpaths across to Four Lanes from here, to avoid the busy B3280.
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes Joining the B3280 again after High Downs. Elapsed walking time 3 hour 30 minutes. Another 30 minutes road walking to get to Four Lanes. Highest point of walk (775 ft) near here
Day 3 – Townshend to Four Lanes Entering Four Lanes. Combination of narrow road, high hedges/walls and fast-moving traffic on B3280 made last the 30 minutes walking quite unpleasant. If I did this walk again I’d take one of the footpaths from High Downs across to Four Lanes.
