Otterham, Warbstow and Treneglos

Last Sunday we began at Otterham, parking close to the church.

The footpath from the church was clearly marked with a county council post - except it soon turned out to be the wrong direction! However, we found the right direction and descended through fields to a small stream where a waymark pointed consistently with the map. Alas, the path was not onlt overgrown but the alleged footbridge was no longer. It was with some difficulty that we crossed the stream and found our way to the top of the next field where we emerged, somewhat later than expected, onto agood track!

After a slight mis-map read we opted to change our planned route, taking in Warbstow next, rather than last. A church that has been threatened with closure from time to time is in a tiny community but not far from Warbstow Cross, slightly larger. We sat on the grass outside for our picnic.

Interesting to note that churches (such as Otterham) which are on one cluster, are generally open to visiotrs, whilst those in the next cluster (Warbstow and Treneglos on this walk) are closed. Notices claim that they are obliged to do this because of thefts from next-door churches - even if they remain open!

We had hoped to take in Tremaine but, after most of the way there, we agreed that tje time spent crossing the stream at the outset meant that it was going to be too long - so we returned to the main road and headed for Splatt. Here we took a look at a much-photographed former railway station, with the space between the platforms incorporated into a garden.

An easy walk to Treneglos followed but it too was closed. From there we headed back towards Otterham, the route initially following an unmettaled road but the last part was on country lanes.