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.
I used to ride my bicycle there as a kid in the 70s. We used to explore the leet tunnel with a candle stub and matches.
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