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| The Land's End Trail was conceived by Hugh Miners and researched by a group of Cornish Ramblers - Robert Wicks, Robert Preston and Robin Menneer. They published the route from Land's End to Avebury in the early 1990s Now in 2009 Robert Preston and Oliver Howes are re-walking the trail, checking directions and making amendments. Details of the route from Land's End to Tavistock, including sketch maps, are now published here. Go to The Cornish Section below to see an introductory web page, the full Route Details with sketch maps as a PDF file, Oliver's Commentary on the trail and a page of Trail Interest. The draft details of Tavistock to Avebury are, for the time being, available (£5 post paid) from Robert Preston (Tel: (0) 1 872 262 334). Oliver has re-walked Tavistock to Belstone and those details are on the web as Tavistock to Avebury below. Robert walked Belstone to Avebury in April 2009, raising funds for Truro Cathedral's Central Tower Appeal. We shall be revising the original route directions and adding them, stage by stage, to these pages. Trail Interest in the PDF files is shwn in bold italics but not linked. However, if you open the Commentary pages, Trail Interest is linked there. At present trail maps appear as sketch maps. Better maps are under development and will be added later. In due course the complete LET will appear on these pages as Land's End to Avebury in both directions. WE SUGGEST OPENING THE PDF FILES IN SEPARATE TABS. |
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The Home Page of the Land's End Trail |
Commentary and photos Land's End to Tavistock |
Things to look out for along the trail |
Suggestions as a PDF File |
Cornish hedges and stiles All you could want to know |
| Oliver's Cornwall | Ramblers Association | Long Distance Walkers Association | Backpackers Club | Contact LET Group |
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Hugh Miners - the man who conceived The Land's End Trail
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Hugh Miners, who died on 27th February 2009, aged 94, was a man of many talents and interests and not one to shirk controversy. Born in Wadebridge in 1915, his family moved to Penzance where he was educated at what is now the West Cornwall School. By profession an officer with HM Customs and Excise, he worked in Bristol, London and Nigeria. In retirement he travelled the world with his wife but eventually settled back in Cornwall, living first in Pendeen and latterly in Penzance. Cornwall and Cornishness were his real life’s interests. At a time when Kernewek (the ancient Cornish language) was going through its first re-invention he learned it and even taught it in London. He was, as Den Toll, a Grand Bard of the Cornish Gorseth from 1982 to 1985 but resigned, apparently amidst some controversy. He loved Cornwall not just for its independent Celtic character but especially for its landscape and history. As well as writing about these, he loved walking and traced the Tinners Way – following the high ground from Cape Cornwall to St. Ives. And it was he who in 1984 conceived the idea of the Land’s End Trail and first started researching it. He was also a talented cricketer, described by Michael Williams as ‘the doyen of Cornish cricketers’ and even for a while played professionally in the Yorkshire League. His publications included The History of the Gorseth Kernow, The Story of the Bristol Cornish and a poem, Half a League Onwards, for the Cornwall Footpaths Preservation Association. In his retirement travels he helped found the Australian Federation of Cornish Associations. In his last years he was active in the Penzance Living Streets Project. We of the LET Group all owe Hugh a huge debt for setting us off on a fascinating project that, after more than two decades, is now approaching full fruition with the web publication of the complete route. |