Boscastle Farm Shop to Forrabury

It had been many years since we visited Boscastle so thought it was time to re-visit this Cornish village.  Searching the South West Coast Path website I found a new walk starting at the Boscastle Farm Shop and Cafe.  This looked a very nice place and so we decided to  follow this walk.  It only took 1.25 hours to get there and we were very impressed with the setting.  There were wonderful views out to sea and up and down the coast from the cafe.  Two sides of the building were windows to make the most of the panoramic views.  It was a pity the service was slow, but you can't complain with the views.

It was only a short walk to the coast path.  Initially we walked away from Boscastle as I wanted to see the waterfall in the next valley.  However, it was a very steep climb down and back so, after going half way we decided to return and leave that for another day.  We continued along the coast path and before long came to a point where we could look back and see the waterfall.  It was not very impressive and so we did not regret not walking further to see it.

We continued along the coast path, with good views up and down the coast all the way.  Unfortunately most of the plants like heather and sea thrift had finished flowering, I am sure it would have been really prettier earlier in the year.  I had also read that there are seals around this coast, but we did not see any.  However, we did spot a peregrine falcon on Penally Hill, which we climbed to get a good view of Boscastle Harbour as we approached it.

We wound our way down to Boscastle Harbour and then explored the shops in this pretty village before climbing up the other side, eventually rejoining the coast path and continuing up to Willapark.

 The white tower at the top of this drew us and we climbed the hill to reach the top and admire the views up and down the coast.

We returned to Boscastle along the coastal path and after an excellent ice cream we followed the 'Panoramic Path' along the side of the valley, which came out at the road down to Boscastle.  There was a public footpath through fields parallel to the road and this took us directly back to the Farm Shop and Cafe.