The Trethowel Trails

Another nice sunny Sunday morning and another different destination.  This time it was inland rather than coastal just in case the weather turned. Luckily it stayed dry the whole time and a great walk was had by the 3 of us. 

Our walk today started off at top of Carclaze and took us down through the clay trails and bridleways towards the Wheal Martyn Musem, a great place to visit and rumour has it the home of a great cornish cream tea #JamFirst 😉However we were good at the fork and instead of turning right for food we turned left and headed for the old trails. We think these old trails were once railway lines linking up the local industry.

Whilst walking along the old trails we found some old buildings hidden away in the trees but quite close to the path. We are guessing that one building was an old waterwheel and pumping house but the larger building could have been an old clay dryer or maybe as local chit chat would have it as an early St Austell Brewery facility.

 One of the brightest and most interesting sights we saw was this creation. A garden made up of recycled plastic drinks bottles that had been cut, shaped and painted bright colours to resemble different types of plants.

No walk would be complete with out Sprocket finding some water to chill out and relax in. He’s a strange dog as he loves playing in the water but hates swimming, he doesn’t like being in the water if his paws have to leave the floor. As luck would have it ( for Sprocket ) our walk though the area took us down onto the path by Sandy River and he found a spot to bathe in. Once cooled off and refreshed we made our way up the hills of St Austell to the carclaze where we set our from a couple of hours earlier. 

You can watch the video of the walk on Relive HERE.