Is it worth visiting Calstock Cornwall? Country walk Almost Got Lost! - Cotehele to Calstock
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Join us today as we explore Calstock on the Tamar River a most tranquil walk!
Our walk starts at Cotetele and we wonder up to Calstock. The Tamar Valley was known for the large quantities of tin and copper that were mined nearby. It was also a centre for lime production with several lime kilns still preserved today.
The fertile plains of the River Tamar were perfect for fruit and flower production in this area.
All of these goods were transported down the River Tamar to markets, including Covent garden in London. There are still a few glass houses in the valley producing plants and flowers.
On the return journey, we follow the head of the valley, discover a church with a most interesting fact, before returning to Calstock.
Hi guys,for the past 50years ,my wife and I have stayed at par sands caravan park,while there we love to visit all kinds of beautiful
Locastions around Cornwall, thank you both very much for sharing with us such picturesque places to explore,the next time we go on holiday
To Cornwall,your videos are so inspirational,and educational,totally awesome, thank you,
Hi, You're welcome and I hope we inspire you to try some and keep watching! Sarah :)
Lovely...lovely....lovely. I enjoy your videos so much. 💟💟💟
Loved the gardens,especially the fruit orchard with the long lush grass around the trees ,just like the natural lush meadow look.
Saw the Limonium plant ,love Limonium Perezii and Limonium Peregrinum,both do very well under extremely hot,cold,wet and dry conditions and both look lush and beautiful.
Again a beautiful video with a lot of interesting information 👍 And such an amazing viaduct 😊😍
Nice hat Andrew!!! xx
Lovely walk both, always nice to break it up with lunch and food! So much history in the area and also looking so green too! Thanks for sharing both, kind regards, Simon 😎👍💕
Well, how could we walk past a pub? Andrew thinks its like swearing!! Sarah :)
Wonderful walk! Love the mining and brick factory ruins! Hope you all are well! Kay
Hi Kay, It was a good day, lots to see and explore! Sarah :)
Lovely , varied walk...with a little bit of everything!! Loved the mine ruins and the 'hunt the fireplace ' game!!! Pity the ferry wasn't running.... another time maybe! 😊❤👍
Hi Vicky, I was about to stop filming when I spied the fireplace out of the corner of my eye! Shear fluke!! Sarah :)
Awesome walk
That seemed like a L-O-N-G walk this time! Such beautiful quiet scenery with a history lesson again. The one thing I love about Cornwall is that most of your churches are usually open. They are mainly closed here because of the inevitable vandalism. It's always such a nice surprise to find one open when we go away. Some of them in Cornwall are just so beautiful with their Holy Wells. Peace & tranquillity. Can't beat it! J x
Yes, a long walk, about 6 miles! I simply loved the fire place in the porch, we tried to see a flue or chimney but its no longer there so obviously not used nowadays! The church had water and snacks inside for a donation, which was very welcome at that point in the walk, Sarah :)
Those beautiful granite buildings of Cornwall's mining heritage were so well built...to last, and are so evocative of a whole era. Really lovely walk and video!
Lovely! A bit of everything, woodland, riverwalk, open fields, ruins, etc. And hearing nothing but birdsong at times was quite nice, too. Thanks for another lovely video.
I noticed the beautiful bird song when I was editing this one - gorgeous! Sarah :)
Looking beautiful place so and you both it's wonderful together beautiful place and wonderful couple it's just lovely xxx
Many thanks - love your enthusiastic comment :) Sarah
@@CornishWalkingTrails honestly your video is amazing video I love it's you both make me smile every time keep up good work Cornwall its wonderful place to be I was there last year you too amazing xx
The tide was too low for the ferry.
Gunnislake brick works was demolished by my grandfather who used the granite to build Lopwell dam on the river Tavy in Devon, my grandfather has a sense of humour, the dated stone from the brick works was placed on the dam leaving many to think it was built in the 1800's...not 1953. He sold the bricks from the works to a local Gunnislake man who built a house from them which still stands today. Since moving from West Cornwall (for the mining) 5 generations of my family, including me, have been married in St Andrews.
What an absolutely fabulous walk. We loved the mix of woodland, creekside and beautiful open countryside. A pity the ferry was not running but doing some of the the walk in reverse makes it completely different. Chuffed... Andrew... you are getting worse! Thank you another enjoyable video.
Hi Diana, We had a hunch that the ferry was no longer running, we had searched the internet before our visit! Would have been a welcome trip back! Sarah :)
Great video! You two always make me smile! Thank you!
Hi Susan, Thanks for watching - a loyal fan!! Sarah :)
Hi Sarah and Andrew!! Lovely walk and lots of info,thank you!! Hope you are having a great summer and lots of beautiful flowers in your garden🌸 I have not been home in almost a month to see how mine are doing , my daughter says the climbing roses are blooming so that is exciting . I am missing my fur girls something terrible ,thank goodness for FaceTime lol . On to Florida tomorrow to meet up with some Family for a beach holiday ,which my two youngest are super excited about, then back home to Ohio finally! Cannot wait to see your holiday in France videos!! Have a great weekend and sending lots of happiness, Lori
Hi Lori, Sounds like you are having a wonderful time, even though you are without the furbabies! Our summer has really kicked into gear with lovely blue skies and warm temperatures of about 24 degrees C. We have a video prepared of a walk that we followed in France - simply beautiful and very tranquil! Sarah :)
Good video Sarah and Andrew! The scenery is beautiful especially with the viaduct. Love the mine buildings and the church. It looked like a very long walk! A beautiful part of Cornwall, thanks for going there!
It was a longer walk, about 6 miles. I think we were a little disappointed that the ferry is no longer running as it would have been an ideal route back to the car park! Sarah :)
Another splendid video Sarah and Andrew. A relaxing walk to 2 beautiful places once again. Your videos keep on giving and this was packed with information and lovely scenery. Yes, I enjoyed it very much.....although it did seem quite a long walk, in a short walk book!. 10/10 guys
Enjoyed watching that. Love the old ruined buildings 🙂
Many thanks, Cheres! Sarah :)
At 17:58 you are right outside of my house, I'm in that house next to the church. A few years ago we had an archaeological dig in part of the cemetery where they found remains of a Roman Fort. Pretty interesting stuff. Also when you were on the riverbank walk you guessed that the big green fields were for growing fruit. Well it was mainly strawberries and flowers and they were grown in the valley hillsides near Danescombe as the steep sides were perfectly angled towards the sun. Nice seeing good footage of my home village, we have a lot of history here.
Very beautiful episode thankyou for taking us on this lovely Tour Sarah & Andrew 😉🤗
Thanks Dave, Glad you enjoyed it - a beautiful are of Cornwall! Sarah :)
You guys make a great job.
Love watching these!
Ahhh! Thank you! Sarah :)
What a lovely, tranquil part of Cornwall. You just need to sort out that sponsorship deal with Sharps brewery now :)
Ohhh! What is he like! Andrew's favourite is a bit of Doombar! Sarah :)
That old church and viaduct looks awesome, a bit disappointed thought you might go down the mine for us ??
May be next time Steve!! You could join us!! Sarah
@@CornishWalkingTrails thats a date xx
4 days until my 1st ever visit to Cornwall, very much looking forward to it. 3 nights in Penzance. Currently in St. Malo.
Regards, Randall.
Ohhh! I bet you are excited!! We are having a period of fantastic weather at the moment, fingers crossed it will continue, Sarah :)
Lovely!
Hi Anita, We visited Port Isaac but I think the Doc Martin crew have left the village now which I am so disappointed about. Our working rotas have not been kind to us in the last few weeks and we have struggled to get a day together. We are planning a return to Port Isaac to take a look at Series 3 and the filming locations used, similar to ones we have made before - really excited about filming this! Sarah :)
Hi Anita, We visited Port Isaac but I think the Doc Martin crew have left the village now which I am so disappointed about. Our working rotas have not been kind to us in the last few weeks and we have struggled to get a day together. We are planning a return to Port Isaac to take a look at Series 3 and the filming locations used, similar to ones we have made before - really excited about filming this! Sarah :)
Another lovely walk...we always used to kiss each other when going through a kissing gate.???? Why not? X
It's a lovely tradition - keep it up! Sarah :) PS - You won't catch us filming that though!!!
@@CornishWalkingTrails why not !!!!!💋💋
You were close to Danescombe reputed to have obtained its name from the Vikings who landed here. Extract from an article on Hingston Down "Local folklore tells the tale of how the Vikings landed at Danescombe which is the origin of the name
that area was later given. From here they marched up through the wooded Danescombe valley and
across heather and gorse common-land arriving at its highest point to aid the Celts in their battle
with the Saxons. I tried to guess what the terrain would have looked like to those Vikings in the year
A.D 838 when there were no roads and no permanent structures in this part of Britain, just a few
thatched mud huts and of course the huge Roman Fort over to their east as they left the river behind
them and headed uphill from Danescombe. But as it was then 200 years since the Romans had left
Britain, what condition would that fort have been in by this time"
We have walked up through the Danescombe Valley, very serene, peaceful and beautiful. It features in our Christmas Cotehele walk video, loads of fantastic moss on the tree trunks. We were not sure how to pronounce it, and even when we asked a local, still had no joy! So forgive us if we are saying it wrong!! Sarah :)
@@CornishWalkingTrails I must look at the Christmas Video. Regarding the name,I woulds say it as Danes Combe as the Danes were vikings. Prenounciation may well have changed over the years of course. I have drawn attention to your videos to a publisher who is well versed in media and states the videos are very well produced.
@@johnhollow4399 I totally agree about the pronunciation and have to bear in mind that us Cornish have their own slant, usually a lazy way of talking! Lovely to have some feedback about our videos, I put a lot of time into the edit. Being a perfectionist means that I am never happy and always strive to be better!! Sarah :)
Sadly whilst you are right that the valley is called Danescombe ( pronounced locally Danes cum) It has nothing to do with the battle of Hingston Down. It's more likely to have received it's name from the 'Viking' raid on Tavistock and Lydford in 997AD.
The battle of Hingston Down is much more likely to have taken place at the Hingston Down near modern day Moretonhamstead much nearer the border at the time (River Parrett).
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How can I reply to you both ? You sent me a lovely thank you message, but when I attempted to reply, it seems to go to UA-cam and is then rejected.
This is not the best aspect of UA-cam - the conversation threads are difficult to follow, even from this end. I think there are three small dots to the right of the text, try that - one may say reply! Sarah :)
Well done you made it!