A quick walk around Crenver Grove

Walk Length: 25 minutes

Muddy Rating: Moderate to Very in places during wet weather

 

 

Mum has bought me a new coat to try and stop me getting so muddy, and today was my first outing in it.  It didn't stop me trying to get up to my usual muddy tricks though.

 

 

 

Crenver Grove, located on the Praze-an-Beeble to Helston Road, was once part of the near by Clowence Estate and used for keeping birds and an area for horse riding. It's now managed by a sustainable trust and available for public and educational use. 

 

 

 

I love running through woodland and this one is particularly fun as there's lots of logs to jump over for a bit of cross country dog agility.  There are two types of woodland in Crenver Grove.  At one end of the wood it's a more modern wood where the path winds through a carpet of ferns under young trees (under 150 years old).  At the other end of the wood it opens up into a beautiful ancient wood of beach and oak trees. 

 

 

There's a few things which make Crenver Grove and interesting place to wander around.  There's a trench running through the length of the Grove that was dug in WWII by US troops as a practice trench before being deployed for the D-Day landings.  There's also plenty of evidence that this is an educational wood, with dens and several charcoal burners to be found. 

 

 

Bird lovers would also enjoy it here with woodpeckers, cuckoos, birds of prey and jays all found within this wood. 

 









 

Red Puddles and Purple Heather at Porkellis Moor

Walk length: 30 minutes with scope to extend to 1 hour using additional footpaths

 

Muddy Rating: Very

 

  Porkellis Moor is a regular walk for us as it's just round the corner from home.  Now owned and maintained by the National Trust, Porkellis was once a busy tin mining area. 

Porkellis Moor was the location for one of the most unusual accidents in Cornish mining history.  7 minors lost their lives in August 1858 when a disused shaft gave way and filled operational shafts with 'slime' created by refuse from the steam works.  The slime can still be found at Porkellis to this day, causing the moor to flood and water to form in red pools and puddles. 

 

 

 

The flooded landscape is what makes Porkellis so much fun for a mud lover such as me.  There's lots of deep puddles, ponds and streams for me to splash through and dig for stones.

There is a juxtaposition between the wild and the industrial, with purple heather brimming over concrete structures.