Walk: Lerryn - St Winnow - Lerryn

A wet 6 mile walk from Lerryn along the creek and up the River Fowey to St Winnow's church and then back to Lerryn across the fields. It's a walk we've done several times before and it's one that doesn't dull with repetition.

For those who want more details, here's the route we followed, starting and ending in the car park at Lerryn.

We started in the rain and it followed us most of the way around. It seems to have been the first walk in a long while that has been this wet. A sign of things to come?

Looking down the Lerryn Creek towards the Fowey. To be accurate, the Fowey and its tributaries are not estuarine but originated as a flooded valley. The correct term for this is a 'ria'. It's hard to imagine now but, until the early 20th Century, Lerryn was a thriving port. Silt from mines etc put an end to all that.

Stopping for a damp coffee break.

I've got my beady eye on you. Come any closer and you'll get a good flapping.

To shelter from the rain, we took our lunch stop in the beautiful St Winnow's church (Norman foundations but present building predominantly from the 15th Century) set in a stunning location on the river bank. No external photographs as I didn't want to destroy a lens with water. But here are a couple of just part of the stained glass windows. This one is a detail from a Victorian composition.

And this is a detail of the earliest glass in the church - 15th Century and still vibrant after all this time.

Looking down the creek again at the end of our walk. Still wet.