We parked above Readymoney Cove (one of the places Daphne Du Maurier lived), walked down and climbed up to St Catherine's castle, which is looked after by English Heritage. As well as being a nice old castle it has good views, from Fowey right 'round to the sea. (pano too wide for blogging here)
We then walked towards the middle of Fowey itself, which was full of holidaymakers (and seagulls).
After lunch at The Gallion, a pub on one of the main streets, we took the car ferry to Bodinnick (Du Maurier land again), walked up the hill a bit, and followed a footpath around the inlets.
After a fair bit of steep up and down lumpiness we descended into the valley and crossed a creek, it was low tide.
We met a rather nice friendly duck, but sadly had no bread to give her. We didn't think she'd like tangerine. We continued up the other side of the valley and around to Polruan, where we bought ice creams and admired the view.
We went down to the blockhouse, which is an old stone structure which, back in the day, was connected by a chain to a counterpart on the opposite shore. The chain could be raised or lowered to prevent ships from entering the inlet & reaching Fowey/Polruan.
There were some rather fluffy baby gulls, and more nice views.
We followed the coast path up to the top of the cliffs. I spotted these on the way.
Of course the view got thoroughly photographed.
And there were even some pretty flowers.
The view from the very top of Polruan, by the remains of an old chapel (on the Saints Way) was pretty impressive, and I got waved at by a cheery man in the coastwatch hut.
We took the Polruan ferry back to Fowey and returned to the car. The £5.30 for parking for more than a couple of hours is pretty extortionate by most standards, but we definitely made sure we got our money's worth!
She wanted tangerine. Lots of it. :D
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