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17th May 2023 -   We are open for enquiries for 2023 and 2024 dates on all routes

Walking Feedback and Reviews -

Falmouth to Plymouth - South West Coast Path

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Walk Reviews and Customer Feedback

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Jackie Bennett Walked on: 11th May 2023

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"As always the trip planned by Encounter Walking was fabulous and ran like clockwork. Really good at providing options, particularly as my husband not so keen on B&B's!"

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Your Walking Routes

"Was slightly overgrown in parts this year, probably more so than previous years or other sections, so would recommend long trousers!"

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

"All great, but would thoroughly recommend the newly refurbished rooms at the Finnygook Inn in Portwrinkle and the gorgeous location of the Lugger Hotel in Portloe"

Overall experience

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Peggy Lee Walked on: 2nd May 2023

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"The Encounter Walking Holidays staff asked questions and made sure they knew what I had in mind before making recommendations for me. They also took the time to verify up-to-date lodging rates before giving me an accurate quote."

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"It was easy to find information and ideas on where I might like to walk."

Your Walking Routes

"The views were very spectacular but the stretch from Portwrinkle/Crafthole had more sections that shared the path with the actual road. It would have been fine but the day I was walking that stretch was very foggy and rainy and sharing the road with cars definitely made me feel a little unsafe."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"The notes, maps, and guidebooks were extremely helpful."

Luggage transfers

"The luggage transfers were perfect. My luggage was picked up and dropped off always on time."

Accommodation

"I really enjoyed all the accommodations that I stayed at, especially the welcoming reception I got from all of the proprietors and staff."

Overall experience

"This was a trip of a lifetime that I'll always remember. I hope I have the opportunity to do another walking trip in the UK."

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: South West Coastal Path - Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Carl Starr Walked on: 1st October 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"The assistance, guidance and expertise of Encounter Walking played a critical role in my 70+ mile walk, to celebrate turning 70. Taking the advice of several experienced long distance walking friends, I contacted Encounter Walking help plan a route. Every aspect, from advice, to booking accommodations, luggage transfers, maps, etc., was first rate and I will happily use them again in future. I will also recommend them to friends and colleagues. "

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"I found their web site to be a very useful in scoping and general planning for my walk. "

Your Walking Routes

"Their tips for walkers were quite helpful, especially when it came to sections of the walk, where directions might be confusing or sparce, as well as providing warnings about areas where erosion works might be underway."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"The walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary really did help us, especially when reviewing each day's upcoming section. "

Luggage transfers

"Luggage transfers are the only way to go. What a benefit it is to only have to worry about what you need to carry on the day. This service was flawless."

Accommodation

"Each day's accommodation satisfied exactly what we had asked for."

Overall experience

"My overall experience for this adventure was brilliant, and Encounter Walking played a crucial role in making it so. One suggestion I have for walkers, is to get an OS Maps premium subscription. A very experienced long distance walking friend suggested this to me. This, along with the Encounter Walking maps, are important pieces of kit. The OS Maps you create for the day on a smart device will work whether you have a signal or not."

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: St Ives to Plymouth Name: Barb Walked on: 12th September 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Great. Walked Minehead to St Ives in 2019 with Encounter and just had to wait for Australian borders to reopen to continue. Encounter was fabulous, creating a 'dateless' draft itinerary for us to consider in 2021 while we waited on border, then firming it up with a few changes for 2022."

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Brilliant. Full of info, and I especially liked the 'options' tab for deciding pace and places to stop. I recommend this site to everyone."

Your Walking Routes

"Great. We went back and forth with Encounter deciding on stopovers as we wanted to swim at the end of the day as often as possible and didn't want to walk huge distances every day. We chose the relaxed routes plus three rest days in Penzance, Falmouth and Fowey."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Fabulous. We really like the guide books Encounter uses and the notes were particularly useful post covid, indicating when and where we had to book in advance for a meal."

Luggage transfers

"Faultless."

Accommodation

"Great, the standouts being The Artist Residence in Penzance for both room and food, TheGunards Head Hotel for food, and the Lugger Hotel in Portloe where I had the best vegetarian meal of the trip. On route between Charlestown and Fowey we had a pizza at Sam's on The Beach which was great, and we ate at their sister restaurant in Fowey on our rest day."

Overall experience

"So so good. I am already planning our next walk from Plymouth onwards. Also, a shout out to Encounter who quickly notified me when rail strikes were planned on our day of departure and I was able to book replacement tickets on the bus so we didn't miss out flight home."

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: South West coast path - Newquay to Plymouth Name: Rosie Yuille Walked on: 9th September 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Efficient and helpful"

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Your Walking Routes

"Spectacular route but challenging"

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"We found the hand drawn maps in the guidebook not all that easy to get used to and slightly hard to interpret. We would have liked some more written instructions. The daily notes were very helpful. "

Luggage transfers

"Seamless"

Accommodation

"Mostly great. Varied and interesting. Friendly and helpful hosts in the B and Bs. comfortable beds( except for one place out of the 20 that we stayed in) "

Overall experience

"Fantastic walk. "

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: SWCP Falmouth to Penzance Name: Skovdal Walked on: 12th June 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

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Your Walking Routes

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

Overall experience

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: South West Coast Name: Anne-Grethe Rosted Walked on: 12th June 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"First time we have used Encounter Walking, but we were very much satisfied, always helpful."

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Many interesting things to read before your journey."

Your Walking Routes

"Very beautiful coastwalks - different surroundings, the sea -the Coves - fields with wild flowers - good knees is essential, there are many ups and downs, but we'll do it again anytime."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Very detailed map, book and itinerary - a big help for your walks."

Luggage transfers

"Smooth and flawlessly"

Accommodation

"We experienced very different accommodations - but we were very much satisfied with all of them."

Overall experience

"A fantastic holliday with fantastic walks - we loved it - Thank you."

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Mevagissey to Fowey Name: Erica Rose Walked on: 11th June 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Easygoing support, all communication very clear!"

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Clear to understand, easy to navigate - gave me the inspiration and suggestion for our walk!"

Your Walking Routes

"Stunning!! Although only 2.5 days of walking; a lovely balance of 'beautifulness', challenge & amazing destinations! The Charlestown to Fowey section was more scenic than the guide book led us to believe - only a brief residential/industrial section!"

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Perect & very helpful thank you!"

Luggage transfers

"Perfect - no issues at all!!"

Accommodation

"Perfect for all of our needs & great locations!"

Overall experience

"Would highly recommend and will definitely use again in the future!!"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth - Plymouth Name: Uschi Kessler Walked on: 11th May 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"as in the last years always very good"

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Your Walking Routes

"it is useful to have google maps as a lot of signs were missing - but to walk on the SWCP is even always great"

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

"the accommodation in Fowey can absolutely not be recommended - all other accommodation were so great"

Overall experience

"It is my greatest whish to finish the SWCP in 2024 or 2025 and I just look forward to my walk next year"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Mevagissey to Babbacombe Name: David and Linda Walked on: 7th May 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Delivered a walking holiday according to our requirements. It was good to view the suggested accommodation on offer before going ahead with the booking, as well as being given alternative choices or upgrades."

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Very informative."

Your Walking Routes

"The SWCP is a superb long-distance walking path. Very well maintained and is well-signposted. Walking tip: If staying at the Finnygook Inn at Crafthole, and you are walking west to east, instead of walking up the road from Portwrinkle, stay on the Coast Path out of Portwrinkle and at the top of the hill take the first signed path left across the golf course. That way you avoid some road walking and you don't have to return to sea level the next day."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Good, detailed itinerary. The directions to each overnight accommodation were clear and accurate."

Luggage transfers

"Brilliant service!"

Accommodation

"All accommodation was suitable for a one night stay, being clean and comfortable in all cases. "

Overall experience

"Superb. Enabled us to have a fun, stress-free walking holiday."

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Southwest Coast Path - Mevagissy to Looe Name: Janet Sutton Walked on: 16th April 2022

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

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Your Walking Routes

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Everything was great as usual except for one thing. We received the 102 OS map instead of the 107 OS map. Since it was a coastal path, this didn't cause a problem as the trail is easy to follow and we used the OS app where there was a question, but I like to post the map on my wall when I get home. "

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

Overall experience

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Cornish Coast Path - Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Richard Wombwell Walked on: 9th July 2021

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"This walk was delayed from 2020 to 2021 which resulted in a number of changes. All of this was handled brilliantly. I really cannot fault the administration. Everything worked out exactly as planned."

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"As far as I remember it was fine. Nearly all of our communication was by e-mail."

Your Walking Routes

"We managed to follow the route OK, but I did have the whole route pre-loaded into the GPS on my phone so, at any time, I could see exactly where we were on the OS map. I thought that the waymarking was poor compared with what I am used to in the Chilterns. I would strongly recommend using a GPS to keep on the track."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Superb, especially the Notes."

Luggage transfers

"Worked perfectly. No problems at all."

Accommodation

"Generally, a much higher standard than I expected. Everyone was very welcoming and we were well looked after."

Overall experience

"Very, very good!"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Jim Walked on: 17th June 2021

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Damon and the team were very helpful during the planning stage, providing alternative dates and routes that would work around difficulties in finding accommodation during and immediately after the G7 summit in St Ives. "

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Good information and the customer reviews were useful"

Your Walking Routes

"The route was challenging at times but longer routes interspersed with shorter ones made the walking manageable and the route provided stunning scenery, every day. The first day was the most challenging as 2 ferries were needed before the walk proper began and there were unexpected ferry delays/cancellations"

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"The notes, maps, guidebooks and itinary were all excellent"

Luggage transfers

"All excellent with no issues at all"

Accommodation

"Generally good and great choice to stay in Bistro Pierre for the last night. The dinner at our hotel in Looe was poor and overpriced we thought. We loved the accommodation in Portloe. "

Overall experience

"Massive thanks to Damon and the team for organising such a great week away, a much needed active holiday with good weather after months of lockdown!"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Ray & Alison Walked on: 7th September 2020

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Very helpful with providing various accommodation options and due to Covid we were not sure our holiday would go ahead but we were kept up to date with regular emails"

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Very expansive with lots of walking holiday options and ease of use"

Your Walking Routes

"Pleased with the places we stayed, the walk from Portloe to Mevagissey was quite hard at times"

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Directions to accommodation spot on. Occasionally there was no acorn SWC path sign in places where it would have been very helpful but we were using OS maps for the route so most times picked the right path!"

Luggage transfers

"Faultless"

Accommodation

"All the accommodation was great and were very friendly and helpful. Especially enjoyed our one night at Treverbyn House in Veryan, Dixi & John were very welcoming hosts and thank you for letting us have the homemade cookies which sustained us through the long walk to Mevagissey. Great hospitality & lovely room at Buckingham House, Mevagissey and at The Well House, Fowey, finally everyone provided delicious breakfasts "

Overall experience

"We were very lucky to have such lovely weather which made the trip even more enjoyable. Will definitely look to do another walking holiday "

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Rachel Walked on: 1st September 2020

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Excellent communication and responsiveness. "

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Your Walking Routes

"Would have liked to have stayed in Polperro rather than the less attractive Looe (bit of a dump!) but what was great was catching a little boat from Polperro into Looe harbour. Great way to arrive. Also, chose to miss out next section of walk and caught train from Looe to Liskeard and then bus to Bodmin moor to see stone circles, quoit etc. Great! "

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Notes excellent"

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

"A bit mixed. Absolutely loved Lugger Hotel in Portloe. Hannafore Point Hotel in Looe a bit odd. Full of coach parties and rather shabby (lots of things didn't work - like the lift). Safe Harbour in Fowey had lovely room. "

Overall experience

"Very positive experience and would love to do it all again!"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Gara Rock Name: Mary & Chris Walked on: 1st September 2020

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Knowledgeable & relevant information; any queries addressed promptly & personally."

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"Geared to walkers"

Your Walking Routes

"Very grateful to Damon for his knowledgeable planning advice and personal efforts to enable us to happily hike the logistically challenging stretch between Wembury and Bentham: three estuary crossings managed in a day, despite limited ferry services, challenging tide timings and scarce accommodation. "

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Reliable"

Luggage transfers

"Not applicable "

Accommodation

"Varied & appropriate and we appreciate the choices offered at planning stage where possible. Location really close to the SW coast path was a clear priority. "

Overall experience

"We have used Encounter Walking Holidays to walk previous sections of the SW coast path, and as previously, they provide completely reliable local knowledge and are conscientious and personal in their approach to helping you plan & hike the walk the way you want to do it. Makes a walking holiday a holiday!"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Mike Walked on: 2nd August 2020

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Excellent contact even in Covid times completely by Email "

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Your Walking Routes

"Excellent. Some hard days including Fowey to Looe where when reaching Polperro it felt like enough enough especially after an excellent lunch at The Blue Peter. "

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Generally good. Guide book maps not so clear especially in towns and villages where Coast Path signs were not so obvious among everything else. "

Luggage transfers

"Excellent, well organised. "

Accommodation

"A good range of B&B and Hotels. All very welcoming. ( All with good Covid precautions in place as well ) Most adjacent or close to the path which is a bonus. Second night the Excellent Treverbyn House was a trudge uphill from Portloo ad of course makes next day longer as well. "

Overall experience

"Great - want to do another one now "

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Carl Walked on: 1st August 2020

Dear Damon and colleagues,

Damon - such a pleasure to meet you in person and twice! Really great, after these years of corresponding.

First of all, thank you all SO much for making my walk this year possible. It really was the most wonderful break, especially after all the months of being restricted to staring more or less all the time at four walls.

Just viewing the sea, the open horizon and hearing the sound of the waves constantly in the background - all really did me a world of good. Very happy too to see lots of bird life. On one of my last days, I spent a fair bit of time with a young kestrel just meters away, sitting on a post. It was staring at me, as I was staring back! I also had the company of a trio of peregrine falcons overhead most of an afternoon. Such great memories to take back to the city.

I do realise and appreciate hugely how you had to organise everything twice, what with the necessary cancellation in the spring. I also understand that it must have been very challenging for your team as well as all the b&b’s, what with having to start up again after many months in lock-down and organise things quickly. Everything went really well and everyone was incredibly welcoming and helpful.

I hope the rest of the season goes smoothly for all of you and can provide your company with the necessary resources for the future. You are all doing an amazing job, providing a fantastic personal service.

Warmest regards, Carl

Route: Lizard to Falmouth Name: John Heyes Walked on: 18th October 2019

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Excellent planning and advice"

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

Your Walking Routes

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Pretty good but a couple of items such as restaurants no longer there out of date. The itinerary list could have been more compact and better presented. The recommended walking guide books however covered it all in much more detail and were excellent."

Luggage transfers

"Great and friendly service"

Accommodation

"B&B's were excellent with very friendly owners. The hotel in Falmouth was a little tired but the Housal Bay on the Lizard was excellent with great food and very helpful reception team"

Overall experience

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Mevagissey to Looe Name: Greg and Raelene Perkin Walked on: 12th September 2019

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"A very professional , efficient and trustworthy organisation. When booking from the other side of the world this made a huge difference."

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

"Full of information including the experiences provided in feedback from other walkers. This feedback enabled us to trim our walk to suit our age and ensured we were not totally exhausted at the end of each day but had the ability to explore each quaint and unique Cornish village"

Your Walking Routes

"Our walking route was fine but we made the mistake of starting our walk with only one day’s rest after landing in London after a 20+ hour flight from Australia. A lecturer in health sciences from Western Sydney University we met in Paris tut tutted this approach and advised that we should have allowed three to four days rest before undertaking such rigorous activity. This would explain why we were quite tired at the end of each day. The toughest leg of our hike was from Fowey to Polperro. The ferryman from Fowey to Polruan suggested that if we wanted to get to Polperro the best way was to catch a bus to Looe and walk back from there! This section of the hike was the toughest and at times somewhat fearful as we scrambled along a skinny path high along a seaside cliff in a strong gale. One benefit of travelling when we did was the abundance of blackberries. One disbenefit of walking in quite warm weather was the lack of any water supplies particularly between Fowey and Polperro. It is worth taking extra supplies on this section, if not for yourself but for other walkers who were clearly struggling with limited supplies."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"We had more than enough information to tackle our section of the SW Coast Path"

Luggage transfers

"Went without a hitch however we were informed that we had a 20kg limit per bag but at one stage the transfer company placed a tag on the back notifying that the bag limit was 25kg. In view of us taking a Mediterranean cruise after the hike that extra 10 kg would have made a wealth of difference.( if in fact it was available to us) It may be worth reviewing this situation and see how best to avoid confusing future walkers like happened to us."

Accommodation

"The B&Bs we stayed in were exactly what we had hoped for. Excellent hosts, accomodation and food. These establishments were Buckingham House in Mevagissey, Old Embassy House Fowey, House Polperro and Schooner Point West Looe. The Rashleigh Arms Hotel and T’ Gallants Annexe should be avoided at all costs.Their service was unprofessional, slovenly, rude and disinterested. We were charged for the dinner of four guests who stole our booked table and when we realised what had happened were denied a refund until it was made very clear by me that the problem would not go away simply because we were foreigners about to leave the country. You will not get a true picture of Cornish charm and hospitality if you ignore my warnings and frequent this establishment "

Overall experience

"An absolutely fabulous way to walk in the footsteps of my forebears and to experience a yet unspoiled Cornwall. The restaurants we ate at were full of character and included Number 5 Cafe and Restaurant in Mevagissey, Sams and Bufala in Fowey, The Kitchen in Polperro and Smugglers Cot in Looe. Great food , great characters and memorable experiences"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Helford to Plymouth Name: Laurence Lustgarten Walked on: 6th September 2019

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

"Staff very helpful"

Encounter Walking Holidays Website

Your Walking Routes

"A wonderful walk, some demanding days, well worth it. Could be tough in rain or high wind though, but that's the risk with Cornwall."

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

"Route at times hard to follow in towns, guidebook not real useful"

Luggage transfers

"Excellent, no problems at all, seldom pick up before 10.00"

Accommodation

"Really 4 1/2., marred only by one disappointment and one decidedly average. Mostly excellent"

Overall experience

"Excellent holiday"

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? No

Route: Mevagissey to Looe Name: Lone K - Norway Walked on: 3rd September 2019

Just a few words to tell you that we now arrived safely in Norway. We have had a perfect trip with lovely hikings in a beautiful landscape. The hikingtours matched us just perfect!

Thank you and maybe we will come back in the future????

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: DP Walked on: 31st August 2019

First of all the information, route and preparation by Encounter were, as always spot on.  We have a couple of suggestions and feedback on 2 of the B&Bs which we stayed at.

General route feedback and suggestion

1. The walk from Charlestown to Parr Sands was fairly dismal.  If those walking were not absolutely set on completing every inch of the specified route  and it was feasible from a practical perspective it may be worth adding an optional extra of the bus from Charlestown to Par and then walking on that day to Polkerris staying overnight there meaning a slightly shorter day to Polperro.

2. The signage into Charlestown seemed to indicate that we needed to take the diversion still and we ended up travelling inland on the road.   Having done that we still weren't sure we had followed the correct path!

B&B Feedback

1. Buckingham House B&B at Mevagissy was very pleasant and we were thrilled to find they did a laundry service. The info said 24 hours but they took our bag of laundry that morning and it was back in our room at the end of the day clean, dry and neatly folded.  It may be worth including that info if other walkers are having a day off there for the Lost Gardens.

2. The Royal Inn at Par Sands has a new manager.  Whilst the rooms are very spacious the food was the worst of the whole trip.  Rather than the menu that had been in use (and was still in the room info folders) these had been changed and we suspect involved the removal of an actual chef with the equivalent of brought in and reheated  "Break Brothers" type food.  The breakfast although freshly cooked wasn’t a lot better.  It may be something worth checking out?

Thank you once again for your excellent service and I have recommended Encounter to several other people who are interested in this type of walking and who have expressed an interest in the area you cover.

Route: Mevagissey to Looe Name: Lone Kuløy Walked on: 28th August 2019

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

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Your Walking Routes

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

Overall experience

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes

Route: Falmouth to Plymouth Name: Judith Hayward Walked on: 6th August 2019

Planning and booking for your walk with Encounter Walking Holidays

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Your Walking Routes

Walking notes, maps, guidebooks and itinerary

Luggage transfers

Accommodation

"Excellent on the whole - one didn’t offer breakfast until 9.00am"

Overall experience

Would you choose Encounter Walking Holidays for future holidays? Yes

Would you recommend Encounter Walking Holidays to others? Yes