Tag: National Trust - Paul Michael's Walking & Visitor Guides

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The Staddon Stroll

The Staddon Stroll is a circular 12.5-mile walk starting at Jennycliff and extending out to Warren Point at the mouth of the River Yealm. It comprises countryside lanes and footpaths,…

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Circular Walk: Lansallos, Lantic Bay and Polruan

Paul Michael 25th September 2026 No Comments Beaches Coastal Cornwall Hiking Lansallos Lantic Bay National Trust Photography Polruan South West Coast Path Walk Cornwall

This walk is 10 miles of the most amazing scenery, along with the quaint, unspoilt village of Polruan, with its views over to Fowey on the opposite bank of the…

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Circular Walk – St Agnes Headland

Paul Michael 24th July 2025 No Comments Beaches Coastal Cornwall Hiking National Trust North Cornwall South West Coast Path Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall Walking

The St Agnes Headland is packed with dramatic coastal and inland scenes. Being on the north Cornish coast, the seas are often more turbulent with vivid colour and surf. Wild…

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Train and Walk – Bodmin Parkway to Lostwithiel

Paul Michael 17th September 2023 No Comments Bodmin Cornwall Lanhydrock Lostwithiel National Trust Restormel River Walks Short Walks Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall

Catch a train to Bodmin Parkway and then walk to Lanhydrock, Restormel and Lostwithiel to catch the train back home. This outing makes for a great day or afternoon. On…

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Circular Walk: Penhale Dunes and Pentire Headland

Paul Michael 2nd May 2023 No Comments Beaches Coastal Cornwall Crantock Hiking Holywell Bay National Trust North Cornwall Penhale Sands Perran Sands Polly Joke St Piran Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall Walking

My first big walk of the summer season needed to be somewhere special. Well, this walk certainly meets that requirement. This is a guide for a circular walk around the…

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Walk: Bedruthan to Porthcothan to Watergate

Paul Michael 12th October 2022 No Comments Beaches Bedruthan Steps Coastal Cornwall Hiking Mawgan Porth National Trust North Cornwall Photography Porth Mear Porthcothan South West Coast Path St Mawgan Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall Watergate-Bay

I’ve visited Carnewas, Bedruthan Steps, and the coast in the area several times for short walks. I decided to take in the stretch of coastline north to Porthcothan and south…

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Walk the Bolt Tail to Bolt Head – Hope Cove to Overbeck’s

Paul Michael 24th August 2022 No Comments Beaches Coastal Devon Hiking Hope Cove National Trust Overbeck's Photography Salcombe Walk Devon

Walk the Bolt Tail to Bolt Head The mass of land from Hope Cove to Overbeck’s, near Salcombe, is known as the Bolt Tail to the Bolt Head. It is…

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Circular Walk – Bude & Canal, Widemouth to Sandymouth

Paul Michael 30th August 2020 No Comments Beaches Bude Cornwall National Trust North Cornwall Photography Sandy Mouth Beach Sandymouth South West Coast Path Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall Widemouth Sand

It’s Sunday, early August 2020. The sun is up and my son and his partner are excited to be up early to travel to Bude. They will be surfing the…

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Walk Harlyn Bay and Around Trevose Head

Paul Michael 2nd June 2020 No Comments Beaches Booby's Bay Constantine Cornwall Harlyn Bay Mother Ivy's Bay National Trust North Cornwall Photography South West Coast Path Trevose Head Trevose Lighthouse Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall

In 2020 and the country was locked down due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The easing of restrictions towards the end of May permitted us to venture out a bit further…

Polperro-Polruan - Lantic Bay - Great Lantic and Little Lantic

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Circular Walk: Polperro, Lansallos and Polruan

Paul Michael 29th July 2019 2 Comments Beaches Cornwall Lansallos Lantic Bay National Trust Photography Polperro Polruan SE Cornwall South West Coast Path Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall

Travel further on from Looe in SE Cornwall, and you come to the quaint and oh-so-Cornish village, Polperro. Turning right at its roundabout, a short drive up the narrow lanes…

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Walking Carnewas & Bedruthan Steps

Paul Michael 11th February 2019 No Comments Beaches Bedruthan Steps Carnewas Cornwall National Trust North Cornwall Photography Short Walks South West Coast Path Visit Cornwall Walk Cornwall

One of my favourite places to visit that is so popular with many photographers is the stretch of coast between Padstow and Newquay, known as Carnewas and Bedruthan Steps. It’s…