{"id":3864,"date":"2020-04-23T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:41:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:41:32","slug":"paddling-around-cornwall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddling around Cornwall \u2013 the Kernow Grand Tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>by Mark Rainsley<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21430134_1426338344108575_8361117900573636599_n-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_19 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Why\" title=\"Why?\">Why?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Start_finish\" title=\"Start\/ finish:\">Start\/ finish:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Mileage\" title=\"Mileage:\">Mileage:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#The_journey\" title=\"The journey:\">The journey:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Camping\" title=\"Camping:\">Camping:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Variations\" title=\"Variations:\">Variations:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Further_info\" title=\"Further info:\">Further info:<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/#Trips\" title=\"Trips:\">Trips:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why\"><\/span>Why?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Because: Cornwall. Wonderful maritime scenery and culture, incredible and sustained cliffs; the finest such scenery in the UK. Rounding the Cornish peninsula is simply an outstanding wild journey\/ expedition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21414856_1426356607440082_1566242191361986542_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Start_finish\"><\/span>Start\/ finish:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Cornwall (obviously) begins at Plymouth Sound and ends at Marsland Mouth, both being borders with Devon. Various launch points possible around Plymouth Sound, best to continue to Hartland Quay at end, several km after Marsland Mouth (where accessing the water from a vehicle is tricky).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21368835_1426395914102818_2651396751399166235_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mileage\"><\/span>Mileage:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Minimum distance about 280km, likely to be much more if you don\u2019t cut every corner and cross every bay (we paddled c330km in 2017).<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_journey\"><\/span>The journey:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>South coast is a mix of beaches and cliffs, with various sheltered bays, harbours and inlets. Two notable headlands with significant tidal action \u2013 the Lizard and Land\u2019s End \u2013 lead to the north coast, which is 150+km of spectacular cliffs exposed to Atlantic groundswell, with only intermittent beaches and limited sheltered harbours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316420_1426362360772840_3761090871349780540_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21427267_1426361004106309_8569799602765882936_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seems most logical to do it clockwise \u2013 this means that the exposure to swell and commitment of the paddling increases gradually, and that you have the prevailing weather and swell behind you on the more exposed north coast.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Camping\"><\/span>Camping:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Needs some thinking, particularly on the north coast, where any break in the cliffs is likely to be inhabited! Easier on the south coast where there are a fair number of quiet beaches. Camping from sea kayaks is tolerated (presumably folk see that you are there with a purpose) \u2013 author has only ever experienced one grumble \u2013 with the important proviso that you don\u2019t get too settled!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21319097_1426348727440870_5810515107859278424_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Variations\"><\/span>Variations:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>For the \u2018true\u2019 Kernow Grand Tour, perhaps you should also include the Isles of Scilly and paddle around Bishop Rock! c48km open crossing from Land\u2019s End to the isles (which are incredible), another c16km to Bishop Rock lighthouse.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, you then have to go back to Land\u2019s End again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316442_1426396030769473_851567277435591525_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316442_1426396030769473_851567277435591525_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316442_1426396030769473_851567277435591525_o.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/21316442_1426396030769473_851567277435591525_o-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_info\"><\/span>Further info:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>\u2018South West Sea Kayaking\u2019 by Mark Rainsley, Pesda Press.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pesdapress.com\/index.php\/product\/south-west-sea-kayaking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trips\"><\/span>Trips:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>1997 \u2013 Mark Rainsley paddled solo around Cornwall, seven days from Cawsand to Westward Ho! (part of a longer paddle from Bournemouth to Woolacombe).<\/p>\n<p>2007 \u2013 Mark Rainsley and various friends paddled the whole Cornish coast piecemeal, researching the guidebook \u2018South West Sea Kayaking\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>2017 \u2013 Mark Rainsley, Chris Eden, Lizzie Garnett and Eurion Brown, from Bovisand to Hartland Quay. Took ten days of paddling with a break forced by weather (after seven days) at Porthtowan. Only Rainsley and Garnett were free to complete the final section, when the storm had passed.<\/p>\n<p>All images courtesy of\u00a0 Mark Rainsley &#8211; more of Mark&#8217;s &#8216;Kernow Grand Tour&#8217; images &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/markrainsleyadventures\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1426338094108600&amp;__tn__=-UCH-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mark Rainsley Contents Why?Start\/ finish:Mileage:The journey:Camping:Variations:Further info:Trips: Why? Because: Cornwall. Wonderful maritime scenery and culture, incredible and sustained cliffs; the finest such scenery in the UK. Rounding the Cornish peninsula is simply an outstanding wild journey\/ expedition. Start\/ finish: Cornwall (obviously) begins at Plymouth Sound and ends at Marsland Mouth, both being borders with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/paddling-around-cornwall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Paddling around Cornwall \u2013 the Kernow Grand Tour!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[54,55],"class_list":["post-3864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paddling-guides","tag-mark-rainsley","tag-south-west-sea-kayaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3912,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions\/3912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}