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gler's Cottage
near Tolverne are a picture of tranquillity now, but in 1944 the nearby quay was a major embarka-
tion point for American troops setting sail for the D-Day landings.
Continue along the B3289 to the flower-filled churchyard of
St-Just-in-Roseland
, one of Cornwall's pret-
tiest. Five miles further south brings you to the chichi harbour of
St Mawes
, with its curve of whitewashed
cottages and medieval castle. Stop off for an excellent pub lunch at the Victory Inn or the Rising Sun.
From St Mawes, drive all the way around the River Percuil through the village of Gerrans to
St Anthony's
Head
, crested by a lighthouse and the remains of a Victorian gun battery. Then it's back the way you came for a
detour to the fishing village of
Portscatho
and the nearby beach of
Porthcurnick
, where you can in-
dulge in a cream tea at the beachside Hidden Hut cafe.
Further along the coast takes you past the impressive sands of
Carne
to the National Trust-owned
Nare Head
, a fine place for a blustery walk. Afterwards you reach the squeeze-guts streets of
Portloe
, once
the area's busiest pilchard harbour.
Inland is the village of
Veryan
, set around a central green and peaceful duck pond. Stop off at nearby
Melinsey Mill
to pick up some homemade crafts and cakes, then head back via the tea plantation at
Tregoth-
nan
to journey's end in Truro.
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The Roseland
East of Truro across the Fal River lies the rural Roseland, a lovely, quiet corner of the
county, carpeted with arable fields, country lanes and little-visited inlets. This rural penin-
sula gets its name not from flowers, but from the Cornish word
ros,
meaning promontory.
Dotted with tiny coastal villages and fringed with hidden beaches, the Roseland is a part
of Cornwall that still seems to belong to a bygone age.
Getting There & Away
By road, it's around 18 miles from Truro to the peninsula's largest town, St Mawes. The
Western Greyhound 551 bus (half-hourly Monday to Saturday, five on Sunday) runs from
Truro, stopping at Tregony and Veryan, where it becomes the 551 as it continues to St
Mawes.
A quicker route is to catch a ferry. If you're on foot, the St Mawes Ferry (
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)
shuttles pedestrians across from Falmouth several times an hour. If you're driving you'll
need to catch the
King Harry Ferry
( 01872-862312;
www.falriver.co.uk/getting-about/ferries/king-harry-
ferry
; per car single/return £5/8, free for bicycles and pedestrians)
, which carries cars, cyclists and pedes-
trians across the river from the landing near Trelissick Garden.
