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”