A "badfoot" proof route and terrain planned so gently on to very quiet leafy road to Bradstone. Pretty views and woodlands along our way.
The fairy tale gatehouse of Bradstone Manor loomed ahead and then left to St Nonna's. Impressively simple. And "never been here before" !
Downhill on track toward the Tamar now, past Coombemills and then suddenly almost overgrown, almost machete time with boggy elements (eagerly predicted) and past barking spaniels to coffee stop in the meadow by Greystone Bridge.
Up steep side road watched by wary deer and soon on to grassy field path back towards Bradstone and quest to find The Broadstone.. of cromlech origin perhaps. Sharpeyed success and an enormous flat stone on its long edge ( 6' × 12' ) emerged from a beating of sticks on the undergrowth of roadside vegetation.
The badfoot seemed ok to allow for extra meander through fields and into Kelly the back way.
Tea, coffee and cakes served in Poison Garden with views of poisonous plants and crumbling history. (Not us !!)
Anne