We said our farewells to the owner of the B&B and thanked his wife who had driven us the previous day. I had noticed a right of way which would enable us to go from Portscatho village over the top of the hill and down to meet the Percuil river. This right of way was easy to find and we were soon making our way through fields and then down to and along the edge of a Creek leading to the Percuil river itself. The walked, the vista of the river unravelled itself before us.

We continued down to an old boatyard, one at that we had visited some three or four years before when I was searching for a boat. We didn't buy the one we looked at but we have a nice trip on the river looking at it anyway. From this boat yard we were forced away from the main river because there was a Creek with no way across it. After about half a mile, we were able to regain the the main route by walking along the southern side of the Creek and then were back at the Percuil river once again. It was now becoming quite wide as we neared the mouth.

The views from here were very spectacular, looking across to St Mawes and further beyond across the Carrick Roads to Falmouth. We followed the river along to Place, yes that's it's name, where there is a ferry which transits between Place and St Mawes. Because of the distance we had to walk, we decided not to make a further detour across the river.

At this spot there is an old Priory, now in use as a hotel. It is very imposing in this setting, as you can see. It must have been a very busy place in its time. We walked around the back the Priory and then we were out on the main headland and looking directly across the Carrick Roads to Falmouth.

We continued to walk around the headland, called incidentally St Anthony Head. It is now National Trust property, we made a slight detour down to the lighthouse at the end and then they were at Zone Point, the southerly tip of this imposing entrance to Falmouth Harbour and the Carrick Roads. We could clearly see Falmouth Castle guarding the Westerly entrance to the harbour.

After this point, the coastal path swings North East and we followed this long path along to Porthmeor Beach and the Porthmellin Head. We decided not to go swimming but to continue because it was still a long walk back. We could feel the backs of our necks burning with a strong sun on our backs as we were walking due North. Strangely, this section of the circular walk seemed much longer than it really was, perhaps because we could see so far into the distance. It was relatively flat and straight ( for a coastal path). We finally rounded a small headland called Pencabe and Portscatho was right in front of us.

We walked through the village to the car, took off our walking boots and then set off for Terry and Alison, our friends who live in Falmouth. We drove across to the King Harry Ferry and and after the short ferry crossing of the Fal, picked up the main road leading into Falmouth. Within 30 minutes we were sitting drinking in Terry and Alisons lovely house , having completed the task which we had set ourselves some days earlier, to walk from Fowey to Falmouth. We were tired but happy that we had achieved our goal. Joy's heel had managed to stand-up to the stresses of the last four days without too much in the way of pain.

Next Summer we intend to walk from Falmouth to Penzance around the Lizard, again calling in to see Terry and Al en route.