Warning: - one short section, about half way around, is on the foreshore and at the peak of high tide is impassable. Please check the tide times HERE
All directions are given assuming you are walking the series in order from 1 to 11 - this is the easiest walk - any uphill bits are done at the beginning and the views are best from this direction.
The walk is all on well marked public footpaths but it can be muddy and wet in places - wellies or substantial walking boots are essential during winter and after rain.
All 11 of the caches are placed within 3 metres of the footpaths and are designed to be easy finds - the walk is the thing.
Tree cover may present problems in some places but the hints should solve any uncertainty.
From Cache #7 carry on along the FC track and enjoy the views through the trees.
Just before arriving at the cache location try to look across the creek to the foreshore on the opposite side of the Fowey River. You should be able to spot a white, sort of mock tudor, building right alongside the river. It is the boathouse that used to belong to Penquite House which is on the high ground above the trees on the opposite shore. This house used to be the Golant Youth Hostel but has now been sold. It is famous for the fact that in 1864, Garibaldi of Italian Revolutionary fame stayed at Penquite. The house and boathouse are also famous for the visits of the Prince of Wales prior to his becoming King Edward VII th. It seems that he used to stop his royal train alongside the boathouse (the railway is still there and serves the Chine Clay docks at Fowey) and would there enjoy the sea bathing pool in the company of a number of young ladies including Lily Langtry.
The cache is close to a seat situated in a superb position on St Winnow Point where there are views down the Fowey River beyond Golant to the Clay Docks at Fowey. Take a rest here and look for two large trees close together with a small holly bush in between them.
The cache is a smallcamo'd tube at ground level.Please re-hide carefully.
The cache has been placed in accordance with the GAGB FC Peninsular District Guidelines - the woods here are designated as Open Access Land and are NOT on the FC exclusion list.