Tuesday 6th August
Preview

The route gets to Bodmin at the borders of the Cornish National landscape, and the countryside is excellent from there to the end of the day.

Time Permitting – lunch visit from Bodmin to Lanhydrock House – National Trust – filmed for Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night starring Helena Bonham Carter.

Post Run

An evening visit to the museum of Daphne Du Maurier and Smuggling and a viewing of the film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A discussion of famous authors and books the south west – Du Maurier, Fowles, Golding, Hardy, McEwan, Conan-Doyle

Torchlight search for the Beast of Bodmin Moor.

Landmarks:

8am Trispen

10am Drinks stop Indian Queens (mile 8)

11.15 Drinks stop Roche (mile 13)

1pm Bodmin (mile 19)
1pm – 3pm Lunch detour in the van to Lanhyrock House
6.30pm Jamaica Inn, Bolventor (29 miles)

post run

Museum of Daphne Du Maurier and Smuggling
Bodmin Moor

Fuel: Ill-gotten gains and plunder

Audio: The Birds, a short story

Dress code: “Cat ears”