The Cornish Coast
| Location: | North Cornish Coast | |
| Length: | 7 days | |
| Grade: | Moderate to Strenuous | |
| Group Size: | 6-12 | |
| Point of Origin | Bodmin Parkway Railway Station | |
| 2012 Dates: | June 7-14, 2012 (FULL) | |
| September 6-13, 2012 (still open) | ||
| 2013 Dates: | September 5-12, 2013 (Thursday-Thursday) |
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| Price: | 1,800 per person (single supplement: $400) | |
| Accommodations: | Upton Farm, near Delabole, Cornwall. Comfortable stone cottages charmingly converted from former barns and stables. | |
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Cornwall is perhaps the most romantic county in England. It has been the setting of much drama, both real and fictional. The Cornish landscape combines beauty and mystery, making it a fascinating landscape to explore on foot. | |
| In Cornwall, fishing villages punctuate the coastline, wherever a river or stream enters the sea and creates enough of a harbor to protect a few fishing boats. Clusters of whitewashed cottages cling to the cliffs and face the sea, the mighty Atlantic Ocean that has supported the Cornish fishermen and claimed many Cornish lives as well. |  |
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There are medieval ruins along the coast, from St. Michaels Mount to Tintagel Castle, the legendary setting for King Arthur’s childhood. There are many Cornish associations with King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. True or not, the scenery makes even the skeptical among us want to believe the legends. | |
| Cornish place names, such as St. Endellion, Megavissey, Trelawney, with their Cornish language roots, contribute to the fascination of Cornwall. Walking the cliffs of Cornwall, it is easy to imagine smugglers in the sandy coves below or enemies of the crown conspiring together in a remote inn to rouse the county to rebel. The moody beauty of Cornwall that authors such as Daphne du Maurier captured so beautifully in novels such as Jamaica Inn and Rebecca is still there. | ||
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While in Cornwall, we will be living in a set of cottages near the village of Port Isaac, well known now as the setting for the BBC series, Doc Martin. We will explore Port Isaac as well as larger Cornish towns of St. Ives and Penzance (think of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance) and Lands End, the southwestern-most point of Great Britain. | |
| We will be sure to have some wonderful afternoon teas, in the county that invented clotted cream, and drench ourselves in the Cornish world. |  |
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