iWalk Cornwall

Dolphin Holidays at Tencreek Holiday Park have recently published some ideas on some things to try in Looe for the New Year and that includes a bit on the health benefits of walking. I thought I'd add a bit more on that in case you have a New Year's resolution that involves undoing the effects of Christmas Dinner. Admittedly the weather this year may have delayed that being put into action. It has been said in the Cornish Dialect facebook group that February is the new January for New Year's Resolutions this year (me 'ansomes). It's generally accepted that if you weigh around 11 stone, you burn around 100 calories per mile when walking on the flat (the more you weigh, the more you burn). You'll have noticed that most of Cornwall isn't flat so you can add on up anything up to 50% again depending on how hilly your walk is. There's a bit of controversy over exactly how many calories equate to a pound of body weight , but it's in the region

Parkdean holidays have produced an article on Cornwall's finest walks . As part of this they invited several authors of walks in Cornwall to share with them a favourite walk. Independently, two of us picked the same one - around West Pentire near Newquay. Due to those not intimately acquainted with the foibles of Cornish place-naming forgivably not realising that Porth Joke and Polly Joke were actually the same place, a little confusion resulted but has now been tidied up. In the end it all worked out OK as the iwalkcornwall route is a little bit of longer to include Holywell and its Holy Well. So there’s now a long route and a short version to choose from! Many thanks to Linda Sadler for her lovely photo of the wildflowers on West Pentire used in the article. The wildflowers are at their best in June. Given the current weather, the footpaths will have had a chance to dry out by then!