In 2013 when we were still new to Plymouth, we walked from Par to Fowey. In my blog in Walking the South West Coast Path I finished by saying this was one of the prettiest walks we had done. More than 10 years later I wanted to see if it was really that good. However, I knew we would not manage to walk all the way to Fowey but we planned to just walk to Polkerris then catch the bus back to Par. But in the end we walked to Polkerris then caught the bus to Fowey before returning to Par.
As before we caught the train to Par then walked down to the sand dunes and along the coast path to Polkerris. In Par the walk was flat, but the coast path went up and down. There was a long string of steep steps leading down to Polkerris and we didnt fancy climbing them to walk back.
After a brunch overlooking the beach and wandering along the beach and harbour we walked up the road, to catch the bus back to Par. This was a steep long hill. There was nowhere to stand at the bus stop and cars were wizzing past. We tried walking down the road on the other side but the pavement ran out. When we got home we discovered there was a stile leading to a path through a field but we did not see this. We returned to the bus stop and decided to catch the bus in the opposite direction and go into Fowey.
The bus could not go all the way into the town as a road was closed, we therefore had a steep walk down to the harbour and shops. After an icecream we climbed up the hill and caught the bus to Par then train home
Polkerris was as pretty as I remembered. But I don't think I would want to do this walk again as there were so many steep hills
