It was a cloudy day, misty but not too damp. We left Colin's car at Millendreath in the big deserted car park by the chalets and drove on to Polperro. Helen and Colin got some comments from John and Dot about their new walking sticks, but it was so funny as the first group of people that we saw all had sticks as well, so the teasing went a bit flat. We had a stroll around the shops before wandering up the path out towards Looe. It was a steep path before we turned off to the right and went around the headland, past the war memorial, and finally down to Talland Bay. This is a lovely, small cove with pink coloured rocks scattered over the sand. The path to Looe was crowded and we could hear church bells ringing in the distance.
Talland Bay from the coastpath
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The view from both sides of Talland Bay
We passed some funny looking tall landmarks that turned out to be nautical mile markers. This was a lovely walk over open Fields that dropped to the rocks below. It was very busy with people going to and from Looe and Polperro. Looe Island was very prominent in the bay and had more trees on it than we had expected to see. We sat down about midday to have lunch and put candles on buns to celebrate one year of walking together. We approached Looe through lovely fields that had the remains of an old Celtic chapel in the corner, and then reached Hannafore Point.
The houses here are very large and had unobstructed views over Looe Island. The tide was out and all the rock pools were exposed. We were watching a heron when a little egret came into view stalking over the seaweed. We walked along the promenade where Honey met a little dog like herself and then past some shops and on over the main bridge into East Looe. It was very busy here as it was the Easter weekend and everyone was out. After John had got some chips we walked down the road looking for the coast path sign. We could not see it, so we went down to the beach and sat on the front for a few moments. Then we clambered up some steep steps to find the path.
Kissing gate (and Honey) at Hannfore - Downderry in the distance
The Nautical Mile marker oulined against the sky.
Our
celebration lunch - melon & doughnut with candle!
Looe Island from the Hore Stone. To the left in the distance is Downderry and to the right is Freathy
The view as you approach Looe
On we went to Plaidy where there are some beautiful houses. Most of them had extremely large conservatories, and you could tell that rich people lived here, there was even a private beach. On up a steep path again through some trees to Millendreath Holiday Centre. The coast path then wound its way through the complex down to the beach which was quite deserted. Nothing was open today. We drove back to Talland and had our flasks overlooking the bay before going back to the car at Polperro.
Looking down to Millendreath car park and my car - Always a nice sight at the end of a walk!
Getting closer to the water and nearer to the bridge
