A favourite Walk - Mount Edgecombe Park

It was a lovely sunny September day and as we only had the afternoon free to walk we chose to go to one of our favourite places - Mount Edgecombe Park.

As we waited for the ferry we watched the cygnets playing in the water, stretching their wings, trying to fly, and enjoying diving in and out of the water. Unfortunately they were too far to photograph, but I was sure these were the same cygnets we had seen in the nest on the slipway earlier in the year.

The boat across to Cremyll was very busy as others had the same idea of enjoying the delights of this Park on this warm day.  There were many families in the Park along the foreshore from where the boat docks and we even saw 2 people swimming.  As we walked along the South West Coast Path towards Cawsand there were many others also doing this pleasant walk, with the park on one side and views of the river and sea on the other.

When we reached the steps we went up the first flight then turned right and walked towards Mount Edgecombe House.  We soon came to the Harbour View Seat which we discovered when we explored the Deer Park at the end of March.  Today there were wonderful clear views over Plymouth and the Sound.

When we reached the House we walked to the front of it and then down the grass slope to the formal gardens around the Orangerie.

As we came back to Plymouth on the ferry I looked out for the cygnets, but they were nowhere to be seen.  However, when we got off the boat there they were on the nest!  They are growing well.

15 September 2012

6th May 2012

Mount Edgecombe Deer Park

We drove to the Cremyl Ferry, but the car park was already full so we went on to Devil's Point and parked there.  It was then a brisk walk back to the Ferry at Admiral's Hard, and fortunately we just caught it.

When we arrived at Cremyll we walked up the hill, past the House to the Barrow Car Park.  From there we walked up a track to the Deer Park.   Maker Church was a clear landmark and when we got there we turned back into the deer park and started to walk back and down.  Before long we saw deer in the distant.  As we approached them they ran off, but we caught up with them again and got closer next time.

We walked on to the Harbour View Seat, where there were wonderful views across to Plymouth.  Unfortunately there was a sun haze which meant you could not see into the distance clearly.

We then walked down to the South West Coastal Path to find our way back to Cremyll.  As we walked down through woods we could see that there were many bluebells.  There was one or two bluebells out including some amongst some daffodils.

Cremyll to Cawsand

We took the ferry from Admirals Hard to Cremyll.  Before starting on the South West Coast Path we followed the Camelia National Collection Trail.  Although some of the camelias were out, most were still to come into flower.

One spectacular rhododendron tree was in flower.

On the South West Coast Path from Cremyll we first passed a bank of daffodils.  Again there were some still to come out, but nevertheless it looked lovely.

The walk gives beautiful views of Plymouth Sound, Drakes Island and the Breakwater.

Due to landslides and dangerous trees there were a couple of diversions on the route and we had to climb up steep steps and slide down muddy paths, but the views were spectacular all the way to Cawsand.

You first come to Kingsand with its narrow lanes and then Cawsand with its beach and rock pools.

Rather than take the muddy paths back to Cremyll and the ferry we caught the bus from Cawsand back to Cremyll and this gave us the opportunity to see Millbrook on the way back.

Mount Edgecombe Park

http://www.mountedgcumbe.gov.uk/

We were looking after Oscar today and as it was a lovely sunny day we decided to take the boat to Mount Edgecombe Park.  It is just a 10 minute ferry ride from Admiral Hard to Cremyll and you get a good view of luxury yachts and apartments at the water's edge as you chug past.



We walked from Cremyll through the formal gardens, past the Orangery, and along the South West coast path.  The views were spectacular and we watched boats sail past and looked across to Plymouth Hoe and out to the Sound.

We came to the blockhouse, which was like a small house to Oscar with two doorways and two holes for windows.  He loved playing in it, looking through the window holes and running in and out and around.

Further along the path in the ampitheatre there was a pond where we fed the ducks.

It was then back to the slipway to catch the ferry back to Plymouth.  But we will be back - soon when the daffodils and camelias are out, and in the summer when Oscar can play on the beach and in rock pools.



http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/formal_gardens_map_leaflet.pdf