Lostwithiel to Lanhydrock

The sun was shining as we caught the early train to Lostwithiel.  There were primroses in the hedgerows as we swoosh past and when we got out at Lostwithiel we immediately saw daffodils beside the river.

We walked through the town and up Restormel Road towards the castle.  We had planned to see the castle, but the entrance gate was closed and although we could have walked around the side the hill up to the castle put us off, so we continued walking parallel to the river towards Lanhydrock.  Most of the way was quiet roads, just access roads, and when we did have to go across fields there was a definite path and only one muddy patch.  It was basically a flat walk, but although it followed the river this was usually too far away to see properly.  At one point we looked back and could see Restormel Castle on the hill behind us, but there was a line of tree stopping us get a good view.

After an hour we came to the Lanhydrock Estate.  We continued walking along the path until we came to the Lodge House and then we walked up the Avenue to Lanhydrock House.  We walked around the gardens, where there were plenty of camelias and a few daffodils.

The most spectacular camelia was the one that had been trained to grow up the front of the house.

There were lots of birds around, singing their hearts out.  One robin was happy to be photographed!

Having stopped for lunch overlooking the gardens we walked back down the Avenue to Respryn Bridge and then along the path to Bodmin Parkway Station for the train home.