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A Walk Around Mylor Bridge Part 2

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A Walk Around Mylor Bridge Part 2

On my way again, up hill to the gorse field, although the gorse bushes which should have been a blaze of bright flowers now were cut back last year. It looked very bare. Choosing to climb higher I was rewarded with my first clear view of Mylor Harbour and beyond that The Roseland Peninsula.
It always amazes me how many creeks there are off Carrick Roads, the main waterway feeding Falmouth Bay. Until you get close to them they are invisible, like liquid secret passages taking you to new places of outstanding natural beauty of which Cornwall has many.

At the start of my journey I was thankful to have worn my wellingtons as the high tide had taken the water over the track and as I entered the woods the daffodil lined path was muddy too. There is something very satisfying in choosing the right footwear for a walk and I squelched happily on, admiring the flowers that dotted the hillside that the trees were clinging to. All I could hear was the sound of the birds and the occasional call of a fisherman to another passing working boat.
This is the turning point of the walk where Mylor Creek ends and a long left hand bend leads the path into the bank of Restronguet Creek. On the water it is the main junction off Carrick Roads from Falmouth to the city of Truro and a very busy bit of water in the summer.

Just around the bend was my half way stop. I had brought a cup of tea with me and I sat down to enjoy the view, relieved to be able to take off my heavy camera bag. Gosh, I was out of practice.
Greatwood Quay belongs to the Greatwood House Estate, once a hotel with a tragic history, now converted into very exclusive apartments. It was 50 years ago last year that a boat full of men, women and children left Greatwood Hotel for a day trip on The Darlwyne to Fowey little realising that none of them would survive the voyage. The sinking of the Darlwyne is described as one of the worst civil maritime tragedies in modern times. Sitting surrounded by the wild flowers while watching the cormorants fishing it was hard to imaging such a terrible event.

There was no putting it off. As rain was forecast for later I had sat long enough, it was time to pick up my bag and start the walk home via the top road, a proper road, not a track. Once again all I could hear was the bird song. They were everywhere, leading me along and following behind. I saw blackbirds, blue and great tits, long tailed tits, wrens, sparrows, dunnocks and of course, the friendly robins, all such a contrast in size to the earlier buzzards.
Before long I was high enough up the steep hill to glimpse through the hedge St Anthony's Lighthouse gleaming in the bright sunshine at the end of The Roseland guarding the entrance to Falmouth Bay.