Fowey, Cornwall to Looe, Cornwall
 
  
  
 
 
 
  - miles 226 to 228
- Take the passenger ferry to Polruan, where you follow the 
    quay to the right along the sea. The path goes up Battery Lane. This takes 
    you round the outside of this small town, and out onto open country after 
    the car park. 
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- miles 228 to 230
- There is some exhilarating walking with a steep climb up 
    above Bluebottle Rock
- Before dropping to lower cliffs on National Trust land above 
    Lantic Bay. At the far end of Lantic Bay there is a path up to the Lanteglos 
    Church (which is a short detour)
- Otherwise continue on the coast path to Pencarrow Head and 
    round past the old coast guard hut to Lantivet Bay.
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- miles 230 to 232
- From here the path drops quite steeply down to cross a stream 
    at West Coombe, a smuggler's cove with sand and rocks
- A track detours right to Lansallos, a hamlet with a 15th 
    century church
- On the coast path it is another mile to get to yet another 
    steep down at a stream, followed by a climb to a white navigation marker, 
    letting ships at sea know of the position of the Udder Rock about a mile off 
    shore.
- Soon after this you are in for another short sharp descent 
    to cross a small stream, with another steep climb the other side. taking you 
    up to the summit of Blackyball Point, with the drop down the other side, with 
    views of Larrick Rock just off shore.
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- miles 232 to 234
- A lot of steps lead you up to the cliff tops for a miles 
    walking along the wide cliffs to Polperro. There are magnificent views along 
    the coast here.
- Polperro is one of those picture book fishing villages, with 
    narrow streets and a picturesque harbour crowded in by period houses. At the 
    height of summer it can be unbearable, but out of season returns to its roots.
- One of those narrow streets at the other side of the harbour 
    takes you out of Polperro and back onto the cliffs
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- miles 234 to 236
- The cliff path is well marked and easy to follow, past the 
    war memorial, and down to Talland Bay, which has a little sandy beach
- Steeply up from Talland Bay, there are two large markers 
    that delineate one end of a measured nautical mile. Ships can use them to 
    calibrate their instruments.
- Past the markers, the path continues along the cliffs to 
    the headland
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- miles 236 to 238
- On rounding this point you are entering Portnadler Bay. At 
    the end of the Bay, just before passing the off shore island of St George, 
    you pass the remains of the Celtic Chapel of Lammanna.
- St George's Island has had a colourful history, being used 
    by smugglers to store their loot at one time. It was shelled by the German 
    fleet in World War I, as they mistook it's shape for a lone British Battleship. 
    It is now a bird sanctuary.
- Arriving at Looe on Marine Drive at Hannifore Point, you 
    follow the road round to the bridge. Looe was originally two towns, one on 
    either side of the river, and each town had a medieval charter, and so each 
    was a Rotten Borough sending two members of parliament each to Westminster, 
    until the 1832 Act abolished such rotten boroughs.
- Looe is a bustling town in the summer season, but returns 
    to a quiet place in winter.
 
 
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