Fowey to Looe

Fowey to Looe - Monday 7th April 2014

Path Facts - Length: 12.5 miles, Ascent: 2280 feet

Breakfast 8.30am upstairs at the B&B. Fantastic large windows overlooking the river. Weather: rain, fog, drizzle... Left 9.30 ish.

Woo-hoo! Another ferry (not sarcasm). Ferries are great. From Town Quay in Fowey to Polruan for £1.70. Quite a choppy sea but not to the extent of threatening the re-emergence of breakfast.

 Looking back at Fowey.

Polruan has some character by the riverside. It is 6.5 miles from here to Polperro, the most likely lunch stop today.

Pretty tough going over the next stretch. Rain, hills, slippery paths. The rain was light and intermittent for much of the time but came down heavily at one point.

Another impressive sight as Polperro began to emerge from the path ahead.

Polperro was ok. We had lunch at a local bakers but the food wasn't great. The pasty was luke warm and uninspiring. Also had a bread pudding the size of a brick which did also not live up to appearances. We were pretty much damp through all levels at this point.

From Polperro onwards, the weather was better and the path more level. The latter 5.5 miles seemed much easier. The sun evetually broke through about 3pm.

Arrived at Looe about 4pm.

 
A quick stop at the B&B to drop our wet kit off before a wander around.

 

Ended up at the Fisherman's Arms for a quick Tribute. This felt like a very locals type pub but not unfriendly. Perhaps one of the few pubs called the Fisherman's Arms that's actually frequented by fishermen.

Back to the B&B. This was fairly rough lodgings with the local builders frequenting the place, but fine to dry off and re-energise.

The eatery this evening was one of the worst on the whole path. I can only remember the Indian restaurant in Newquay being comparably bad. Not an overall good experience of Looe. I don't remember it being like this when I came as a child.

Info

Accommodation - Bridgeside Guest House

Location ****

Room **

Facilities **

Noise **

Food **

Ambience **

Price **** £56 for the room


Food – The Golden Guinea Restaurant

Quality ** Worst veg curry I've ever had with the possible exception of the one at Newquay. Seriously, my work canteen does a much better job than this. The only thing that stops a one star rating was the apple pie with ice cream

Price **

Beer - bottle Tribute **