iWalk Cornwall

Our walks are now organised by area as "boards" on the Pinterest social bookmarking site. iWalk North Cornwall on Pinterest If you already use Pinterest, you'll know what that means, but everyone else including my mum may be wondering "What the Falmouth Harbour is Pinterest?" shortly followed by "Oh My God! Not another social media site with a daft name!". What's the point? The basic idea is that you can organise a bunch of links and and photos (which Pinterest call "pins") on a webpage you can create (which they call a "board", stretching their analogy of an online pinboard to its limits). They have made the "pinning" process nice and easy to use so you can just click "pin it" on something you like the look of either on Pinterest itself, any websites with "pin it" buttons, or you can even add a button to your web-browser to make it to "pin" any page on the web (to install it, scroll down

This is a circular walk of just under 4 miles from the Newmills end of the Launceston Steam Railway, which can be combined with the train journey to make a full day out. The route passes through Tregadillett where there is an option for a pub lunch at the historic Eliot Arms, and there are suitable spots along the route for a picnic in summer. The return route passes the Kestle rings hillfort which has evidence of occupation dating back to the Stone Age. Seasoned walkers can probably complete the walk in 2-2.5 hours but we recommend allowing 3 hours (plus any time for pub/picnics) to make sure you don't miss the last train back to Launceston!