A local walk and some fearsome cider

Friday 29th September 2017
Today we stayed local with the weather clear and low tide in the early morning. After a slow start, we walked up the steep hill to the village church, dedicated to St Sampson, and on the Saints Way as a notable church. It’s very old, quite plain and simple and beautifully light. There is a lovely picture hanging, which is part painted and part embroidery, done in 2015 by local people and celebrating the apple-growing year. This area had a number of orchards in the past and was a great centre of cider-making. There are several apple trees below the studio, which are covered in fruit.
On up the hill to the junction with the “main” road into the village, and down to the riverside, where we sat for a while watching a few people coming and going on the water. We haven’t seen a lot of wildlife, although the owls were at it again later. Swans in the entrance to the inlet opposite Golant.
Into the Fishermans Inn for a cider – very expensive, strong and quite tasty. The walk back to the studio was a bit of a struggle. We had lunch on the verandah and then snoozed for a while, as the effects of the cider wore off. We had to go and try to catch the post, as Jaime’s birthday is on Sunday, so we drove to the Readymoney carpark at the south end of Fowey and walked downhill into the town. We didn’t feel like doing much but had an ice cream by the harbour and walked back to the car, calling down at Readymoney beach on the way – more down and up!
Back at the studio, we did some packing and tidying, as we are due to leave tomorrow. Then back down to the pub for a meal, which was not quite as good as I hoped, considering the reviews it had had. Then it really was a struggle back up to the house, having a bit of a joke with a couple of locals on their way to whatever was going on in the village hall.

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