After walks in the Lakes, 3 Dartmoor walks and a walk from home with the boys, it was time to get back to the coastal path. We had a weekend booked in Weymouth coming up so didn’t want to head east and looking at the weather report, a bank of cloud was coming up from the south in the afternoon. The north coast of Cornwall was the choice, and it turned out to be a great choice as on the return leg we could see dark clouds inland, and drove home through sheet rain all the way. The walk itself was glorious, a fantastic piece of coastline, some fantastic headlands and a town for refreshments if needed. The beach at Polzeath is a well known tourist hotspot and you can see why people flock to this lovely beach. The start and finish point at Port Quin is another little gem of a hamlet set in a small cove, this time with a rocky beach, a car park and that’s it. Just missing a pub or café to finish!
Start – Port Quin
Route – Doyden Point – Trevan Point – Com Head – Rumps Point – Pentire Point – New Polzeath – Polzeath – Shilla Mill – Roserrow – Porteath – Port Quin
Distance – 8 1/2miles Start time – 9:40am Time taken – 6hrs Highest Point – Pentire Point 83m
Weather – Sunny and blue skies to start, clouded over to finish
Port Quin, the rocky beach and the tide is inDoyden Point is up on the left here with Kellan Head on the right Linda looking across Port Quin Bay towards Rumps PointThe castle on Doyden PointTrevan Head looking out to the AtlanticThe Mouls is the island off Rumps Point, lovely the dark blue of the sea. Pretty much every step brought a new spectacular view
An arch to sea
Away in the distance, beyond Kellan Head is the island at TintagelCom Head, bit more cloud overhead but the views are still stunningViews west over Pentire Farm to Stepper Point and Trevose Head away in the distanceThe Mouls off Rumps Point from Com HeadLooking along to Pentire Point, the island in the distance is Gulland RockStunning view to The Mouls and across Port Quin Bay. We had lunch here soaking up the sceneryLooking the other way from our lunch spot Newland on the right off Pentire Point. Trevose Head in the distance with Gulland Rock off thatLooking back to Rumps PointSmall Copper butterfly at Pentire PointOur first look to PolzeathPentire Point looking across to Stepper Point, Trevose Head again back right. Some lovely clouds aboveA WW1 war memorial on Pentire Point, looking back to Rumps Point, looking like a dinosaur having a drinkHayle Bay and Polzeath, the clear path down on the left will take us thereNearing Polzeath now, plenty of people on the beachPolzeath Beach and Trebetherick town across the bayOne of the many smaller coves along this part of the pathOut to sea from Polzeath, the ice cream van was shifting location on the beach. The islands of The Mouls on the right and Newland on the leftLeaving the sea and coastal path we walked the lanes out of Polzeath to Shilla MillInland we could see rain, as we pass Treglines FarmAnother view of The Mouls from near to the Bee Centre, there was rain in the air by this point, but it held off until we were driving backBack at Port Quin, the tide is out now and the end of a fantastic walk. We’d both loved this section of the path and the weather on this walk really set the place off perfectly.
I love that photo of Rumps Point looking like a dinosaur! Walked the headland there many years ago and I’ve surfed my kayak at Polzeath a few times. Not been to Cornwall for ages, really missing the coastal walks
Its a cracking bit of coastline that I wasn’t really expecting much of to be honest, looking forward to going back to both Port Quin and Polzeath and walking in the opposite direction from both spots to see more of the area
The walk from Port Quin to Port Isaac is a tough one. Loads of steep ups and downs and with the walk over the fields heading back, a day equaling the effort on a decent day in the mountains. Fantastic walk though and a nice cafe that does top notch fish finger sandwiches!
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such a pretty part of the world! Love it there
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I love that photo of Rumps Point looking like a dinosaur! Walked the headland there many years ago and I’ve surfed my kayak at Polzeath a few times. Not been to Cornwall for ages, really missing the coastal walks
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Its a cracking bit of coastline that I wasn’t really expecting much of to be honest, looking forward to going back to both Port Quin and Polzeath and walking in the opposite direction from both spots to see more of the area
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The walk from Port Quin to Port Isaac is a tough one. Loads of steep ups and downs and with the walk over the fields heading back, a day equaling the effort on a decent day in the mountains. Fantastic walk though and a nice cafe that does top notch fish finger sandwiches!
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Love a fish fingers sandwich, I’ll be keeping an eye out for that for sure
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Very beautiful landscape !
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