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 Twelth 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:
Bodmin
Lanhyrock House
Jamaica Inn
Bodmin Moor
Fuel: Ill-gotten gains and plunder
Audio: The Birds, a short story
Dress code: “Cat ears”
Overnight: Cozy Little Hut, Launceston