Cornwall Holiday - Lydford Gorge

On the first day of our holiday, on the way to Cornwall we stopped off at Lydford Gorge, a National Trust property.  This lovely valley had amazing rock formations which were carved out by the River Lyd over the last 10,000 years!  The woodland walk was really enjoyable and we had a really lovely time indeed.  It was the perfect place to take a break from the driving.

The paths were generally well laid out and pretty easy walking.

I was ready to stretch my legs after sitting in the car for a couple of hours.

In places it was a little bit steeper, but still not bad. 

There were some foot bridges to cross.

Percy of course came with us.

Some of the steps were quite steep...fortunately we had to go down these...although of course this meant that at some stage there would be steps to go back up as well1

People have a strange habit of putting coins in old tree stumps over here...I have seen this sort of thing before!

I take a closer look at some of the coins.

This leaf had lots of holes in it!

Meandering streams

Waterfalls

The 30 metre high 'Whitelady Waterfall'.  

There wasn't a lot of water coming down it today.

Ta da!

Looking back at the waterfall, you can get a better idea of how high it was.

Love listening to the trickling water

This place really is quite magical.

Down some steps and through a tunnel in the rocks.

Boy on a mission - that's me!

Percy was fascinated with the leaves in the stream.

These steps were steep!

Very pretty.

Oh what do we have here?

Knock, knock, anyone home?

Lots of interesting trees that I enjoyed clambering over.

Devils Cauldron and Tucker's pool.

This was so atmospheric in here.

You could really let your imagination run wild in here if you wanted to.

This was a funny looking creature!

Some more wood sculptures at the end of our walk.

What a truly wonderful place this was.  We really enjoyed our time here and were so glad we stopped and took some time out of our journey to explore the Lydford Gorge.