iWalk Cornwall

Wild garlic, also known as Ramsons, can be harvested roughly from March to May. Unlike domestic garlic, it's the leaves that you eat rather than the bulbs (which are unimpressively tiny). The leaves are relatively mild, similar to garlic chives, so you can use them in salads or sandwiches. In larger quantities they can be used anywhere you'd use garlic or leeks. The main thing is to add them at the very last moment when cooking as they quickly lose their flavour. The younger leaves are delicate and best for salads. As the leaves grow larger they toughen up a little and resemble the tender parts of leeks in their texture. You'll therefore most likely want to chop the larger leaves into strips. When harvesting the leaves, snap the stems rather than pulling which rips out the bulbs, diminishing next year's supply and covering your harvest with mud. Locations along the edge of paths popular with dog walkers are best avoided for obvious reasons. Walks with Wild

We're pleased to announce that 11 of our walks are now available as Android apps from the Google Play app store. We developed the apps to allow you to guide yourself around our walks by making use of the "SatNav" technology of smartphones and tablets.  We now fit into your pocket, telling you what to do next, when to do it and what's interesting to see at that point. We're in the process of producing an Apple version of the apps for iPhone and iPad and are working towards making all the walks on our website available in both the Android and Apple app stores. To find out more, see the  apps page  on our website.

This is our first post on the iWalk North Cornwall blog. If you've come to this from a route other than our website or facebook page are wonder what it's all about, we have set up a website of our walks in North Cornwall which are free to print out - each has detailed directions and some information about points of interest along the walk.  At the time of writing, we have 72 walks available on the website, although we'll be adding more whenever we get time. Some of the things we're planning to include on the blog are: announcements of new walks some suggestions for walks suited to the season, e.g. foraging for wild garlic, seeing bluebells or spotting seals. announcements when walks are available as mobile apps, plus some tips on using our apps on different models of smartphones and tablets. If you're interested, if you use google blogger to read blogs, you can use it subscribe to our blog, or there is an RSS feed if you prefer to use those to keep track of blog p