5.7km along the coast and 7.13km inland
We were staying in Frodo at Maker Campsite – which is on the top of a hill and hence exposed to winds from every direction. – and in the morning, there was mist and a cold wind.
Maker Campsite
We walked through the campsite and then followed a series of paths that took us to Empacombe house than then to the ferry terminal at Cremyll. Having stopped here for a drink and to watch the ferry that crosses the Tamar to Plymouth, we resumed the Coastal Path.
Almost all of this length was trough the grounds of Mount Edgcumbe house, and now a country park. For the start of the path, you pass through the entrance gate to the park, and past the grand Orangery, now used as a restaurant. The grounds get less formal and the path a little rougher, but most of the way it is quite easy.
There is the national collection of Camila’s, though these were almost over, however the Rhododendrons, which have almost gone wild, were emerging and there were still carpets of bluebells in places.
We continued to the twin villages of Cawsand and Kingsand before a fairly steep ascent back to the campsite.
