Walking
Walking
on Bodmin Moor
Gimble
Mill is the perfect base camp for hill-walkers, hikers and ramblers.
We have a footpath that passes through the farm and are featured
on a number of walking
routes published on the internet and in books, including the
Copper Trail, a 60
mile circular walk around the whole of the moor. The new "right
to roam" laws have also opened up much of the moor that wasn't
previously available to explore.
Walking
on Bodmin Moor offers a mix of stunning natural granite features
such as the unusual Cheesewring, as well as numerous prehistoric
standing stones and more recent Cornish mining remains. Just 1km
from the B&B is the highest village in Cornwall - Minions
with nearby 3 stone circles, the Hurlers. You can see the world
heritage site mining remains and take a walk upto the Cheese Ring.
There are also numerous tors and once your at the top offer spectacular
views all the way to the coast. The highest Tors on Bodmin include
Rough Tor at 1,311 feet and Brown Willy at 1,375 feet. Both are
easily walked to from Bolventor near theJamaica Inn (about 5km
from Gimble Mill). Alternatively you can visit Dozmary Pool, supposed
resting place for the Lady of the Lake and Arthur's swod Excalibur!
Golitha Falls to the south of Gimble Mill is one of the most beautiful
woodland walks in the moors.
Golitha
is an idyllic woodland walk and nature reserve. Highly recommended,
it's a particularly famous spot on the south east edge of Bodmin
Moor. The reserve consists of a steep sided valley through which
flows the River Fowey. The result is a series of stunning waterfall
cascades.
The
South West Coast path
Our
local section of the South West Coast Path winds it's way around
the South Cornwall Coast, taking in one of the most spectacular
coastal stretches in the UK. The choice of coastal walking in
Cornwall will amaze, offering dramatic cliff coast scenes and
beaches such as Lantic bay and also picture postcard fishing villages
such as Polperrow and Fowey.
