Day 10 - Maenporth to Helford Passage

After a couple of days R&R for my knees, Mags and I went for a short walk down in the Falmouth area.

Parking at Maenporth beach car park (£2 for the day (at the moment)) puts you right on the coast path.

The weather was lovely, despite the BBC weather's depressing prediction and we set of up the gentle slope along Maenporth bay. A little after a mile on, after crossing a couple of small rocky beaches, you get to Rosemullion head, with great views across to Falmouth and St. Anthony's head.

After another mile or so, you reach the mouth of the Helford river and head inland along the banks of the river inlet.

There are a coupe of stunning houses overlooking the River, of which one, Bosloe House, has been split into three apartments and is owned by the National Trust. The three apartments sleep 28 people between them and can be rented in July 2020 for between £1600 and £1100 for two nights. If you fancy a party of 28 of your pals for a two night midweek stay, you're looking at about four grand (which is only £150 each). Beautiful views and some lovely walks.

Shortly after Bosloe House, you come to a little village (tiny) called Durgan. Again a lot of the buildings are owned by the National Trust and can be rented. The old school house (building on right in photo below) can sleep 4 and is available in July for £879 for two nights.

Another mile brings you to Helford Passage, where you can get a ferry across the river to the village of Helford for a fiver one way or seven quid return.

A little beach gives pleasant views across the river and, once Coronavirus releases us from it's grip, a lovely pub overlooks the beach.

The walk was about two hours each way, on the way back we stopped for a slice of Mags homemade Apple and Walnut flapjack and enjoyed the sun and the views. A brief discussion about whether the members of Monty Python were in fact the Messiahs, ended in me concluding that the evidence suggested, quite clearly, that they were. No further information is needed here, just accept it.