Instead of the five-minute stroll up to the top of Trencrom Hill, we decided, or rather I decided, that we should take the longer route via the official NT carpark and have a circular stroll. I like circular walks. And drives. I like to see different things on the way there and back again. And besides, there is a lot going off in the hedgerows at the moment.
Distinct colours of Cornwall with white wild onion interwoven with cobalt-blue bluebells, deep-pink red campion, white stitchwort, egg-yolk yellow gorse, blue-purple violets and greens of nettles, brambles, spleenwort and navelwort.
Added to that is the sound of birdsong – long flutey notes of the blackbird, chattering chaffinch, a sing-song robin and chirpy house sparrows.
As we head south we look back at the familiar sight of Wheal Alice.
Stopping to admire the ‘Boris Johnson’ hairstyle of one of our cows.
Continuing slowly along the lane we breathe in the onion-filled air, sometimes crushing the delicate stems beneath our feet as we squeeze into the hedgerow to let a car or farm vehicle pass by. There are no footpaths here.
The hill seems to get further away from us as we start to head downwards and through a hamlet nestled beneath the hill and under trees.
I stop frequently to photograph a view, this former chapel (?) caught my eye as the stone and recently ploughed fields blended together. An inquisitive sheep in a paddock and a rusty shed.
Finally we reach the car park and locate the path up the hill. It is rather steeper from this side and we have to clamber around and over the granite boulders in our way. But it is worth the effort as the views are magnificent.
And now we are back in familiar territory.
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Cornwall in Colours 
Lovely photos of a beautiful area
What a great walk, Jude, and nice weather too. It was well-worth the effort to make that climb.
Regards as always, Pete. x
I wouldn’t contemplate doing it after a lot of rain, it soon gets muddy around here!
Such a pretty place, Jude. Your photos are lovely.
Thanks Carol. It isn’t hard to take lovely photos when the scenery is so good.
Looks lovely, I’ll have to add this location to my list of possible places to visit on my annual leave next month. Great photos!
Thank you. It is a great area 🙂
If only Carland Cross to Chivvy were dual carriageway, I could be there in a trice… 🙂
Looks like we’ll have to wait a few years for that to happen!
Love that “Boris Johnson hairstyle”! LOL
Hey, you are turning into a hill walker! Irresistible views.
Haha.. don’t think so Anabel, there aren’t that many hills around, though I have my eye on a couple of others I’d like to get to the top of. The views do make it worth while.
I really enjoy these walks with you. What a perfectly lovely time of year!
The lanes have changed already just over the last couple of weeks with loads of frothy cow parsley replacing the wild onion. I shall have to walk around again. Actually, if I did this every day I might get a lot fitter!
Oh, you are awful! Poor Boris 🙂 🙂
I love that first shot of Alice, though. Seems like forever since I walked along one of those Cornish lanes but they really haven’t changed a bit. Many thanks, Jude. You’ll be sylph like at this rate. 🙂
Sylph like? I don’t think so. I have never been like that since about the age of 11! And you’re right, these lanes haven’t changed at all. I remember coming down when my father had a Ford Corsair and it touched the hedgerow at both sides – can’t remember him ever having to reverse though.
What do you mean poor Boris, poor cow more like, she’s very pretty!
You have a very fair point 🙂
I agree with another comment that you are becoming quite the walker Jude. Not sure that sheep is so keen on the paparazzi. 🙂
Can’t wait to see it, after seeing your great photos!