{"id":2247,"date":"2022-07-16T04:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2022-08-16T01:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:15:22","slug":"68-st-austell-to-newquay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/68-st-austell-to-newquay\/","title":{"rendered":"68  St. Austell to Newquay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>On his first visit to Cornwall proper since 2019, the scout chose to follow one of his old routes to Newquay, crossing the scenic, but less visited, &#8220;clay country.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">He didn&#8217;t linger in town &#8211; often he used to stop for a fried breakfast &#8211; but quickly made his way towards the Trenance Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2264\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2264\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2238\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03096.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2264 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2264\" title=\"St. Austell - or Trenance, according to the O.S. - Viaduct strides across the valley, alongside the masonry piers of the wooden original.\" data-envira-caption=\"St. Austell - or Trenance, according to the O.S. - Viaduct strides across the valley, alongside the masonry piers of the wooden original.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2238\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03096-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03096-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2264\" data-envira-item-id=\"2238\" data-envira-caption=\"St. Austell - or Trenance, according to the O.S. - Viaduct strides across the valley, alongside the masonry piers of the wooden original.\" alt=\"Trenance Viaduct\" title=\"St. Austell - or Trenance, according to the O.S. - Viaduct strides across the valley, alongside the masonry piers of the wooden original.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03096-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03096-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2237\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03095.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2264 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2264\" title=\"There appears to be less growth on the old piers than on the 1899 replacement.\" data-envira-caption=\"There appears to be less growth on the old piers than on the 1899 replacement.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2237\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03095-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03095-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2264\" data-envira-item-id=\"2237\" data-envira-caption=\"There appears to be less growth on the old piers than on the 1899 replacement.\" alt=\"Trenance Viaduct\" title=\"There appears to be less growth on the old piers than on the 1899 replacement.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03095-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03095-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2235\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03093.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2264 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2264\" title=\"The new viaduct could not have been built any closer to the old one.\" data-envira-caption=\"The new viaduct could not have been built any closer to the old one.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2235\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03093-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03093-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2264\" data-envira-item-id=\"2235\" data-envira-caption=\"The new viaduct could not have been built any closer to the old one.\" alt=\"Trenance Viaduct\" title=\"The new viaduct could not have been built any closer to the old one.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03093-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03093-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"200\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03096.jpg\" alt=\"Trenance Viaduct\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03095.jpg\" alt=\"Trenance Viaduct\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03093.jpg\" alt=\"Trenance Viaduct\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03097-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Having rapidly gained height, the scout stopped to take in the view. The long-redundant silos at Burngullow position the Cornwall main line. +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2265\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2265\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2240\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03101.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"Clay extraction has caused roads to be lost or diverted. The public has no right of way along this road.\" data-envira-caption=\"Clay extraction has caused roads to be lost or diverted. The public has no right of way along this road.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2240\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03101-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03101-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2240\" data-envira-caption=\"Clay extraction has caused roads to be lost or diverted. The public has no right of way along this road.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"Clay extraction has caused roads to be lost or diverted. The public has no right of way along this road.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03101-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03101-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2241\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03103.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"Looking towards St. Austell Bay. a wind turbine appears to dwarf an old &quot;sky tip.&quot;\" data-envira-caption=\"Looking towards St. Austell Bay. a wind turbine appears to dwarf an old &quot;sky tip.&quot;\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2241\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03103-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03103-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2241\" data-envira-caption=\"Looking towards St. Austell Bay. a wind turbine appears to dwarf an old &quot;sky tip.&quot;\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"Looking towards St. Austell Bay. a wind turbine appears to dwarf an old &quot;sky tip.&quot;\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03103-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03103-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2243\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03106-scaled.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"Looking back along the clay company's private road.\" data-envira-caption=\"Looking back along the clay company's private road.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2243\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03106-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03106-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2243\" data-envira-caption=\"Looking back along the clay company's private road.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"Looking back along the clay company's private road.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03106-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03106-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2242\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03104-scaled.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"The &quot;sky tip,&quot; once the emblem of Cornish clay mining, appears to scale as Blackpool Pit comes into view.\" data-envira-caption=\"The &quot;sky tip,&quot; once the emblem of Cornish clay mining, appears to scale as Blackpool Pit comes into view.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2242\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03104-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03104-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2242\" data-envira-caption=\"The &quot;sky tip,&quot; once the emblem of Cornish clay mining, appears to scale as Blackpool Pit comes into view.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"The &quot;sky tip,&quot; once the emblem of Cornish clay mining, appears to scale as Blackpool Pit comes into view.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03104-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03104-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2245\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-5 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03109.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"Blackpool was once one of the largest and most productive pits.\" data-envira-caption=\"Blackpool was once one of the largest and most productive pits.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2245\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-5 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03109-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03109-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2245\" data-envira-caption=\"Blackpool was once one of the largest and most productive pits.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"Blackpool was once one of the largest and most productive pits.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03109-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03109-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2246\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-6 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03110.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"The water is up to 200 feet deep.\" data-envira-caption=\"The water is up to 200 feet deep.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2246\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-6 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03110-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03110-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2246\" data-envira-caption=\"The water is up to 200 feet deep.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"The water is up to 200 feet deep.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03110-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03110-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2301\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-7 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100_0122-scaled.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"This is the pit in 2009, before - or not long after - production ceased.\" data-envira-caption=\"This is the pit in 2009, before - or not long after - production ceased.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2301\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-7 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100_0122-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100_0122-1024x768-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2301\" data-envira-caption=\"This is the pit in 2009, before - or not long after - production ceased.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"This is the pit in 2009, before - or not long after - production ceased.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100_0122-1024x768-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100_0122-1024x768-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"225\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2244\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-8 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03107-scaled.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"The scout remembered seeing water-skiing when he last rode by.\" data-envira-caption=\"The scout remembered seeing water-skiing when he last rode by.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2244\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-8 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03107-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03107-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2244\" data-envira-caption=\"The scout remembered seeing water-skiing when he last rode by.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"The scout remembered seeing water-skiing when he last rode by.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03107-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03107-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2606\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-9 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC00334-scaled.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2265 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2265\" title=\"Which was in August, 2019.\" data-envira-caption=\"Which was in August, 2019.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2606\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-9 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC00334-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC00334-1024x683-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2265\" data-envira-item-id=\"2606\" data-envira-caption=\"Which was in August, 2019.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"Which was in August, 2019.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC00334-1024x683-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC00334-1024x683-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03101.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03103.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03106-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03104-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03109.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03110.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/100_0122-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03107-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DSC00334-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">There followed a very rapid descent to Nanpean, one of the least &#8220;picture-postcard&#8221; villages in Cornwall. Nearby is the birthplace of the celebrated poet and writer forever associated with &#8220;clay country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2266\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2266\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2163\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03114.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2266 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2266\" title=\"The millennium obelisk in Nanpean commemorates Jack Clemo and others.\" data-envira-caption=\"The millennium obelisk in Nanpean commemorates Jack Clemo and others.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2163\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03114-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03114-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2266\" data-envira-item-id=\"2163\" data-envira-caption=\"The millennium obelisk in Nanpean commemorates Jack Clemo and others.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"The millennium obelisk in Nanpean commemorates Jack Clemo and others.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03114-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03114-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"173\" data-envira-height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2162\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03113.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2266 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2266\" title=\"In the eyes of many, this does not make up for the cottage where he was born being demolished by Goonvean Clay Company.\" data-envira-caption=\"In the eyes of many, this does not make up for the cottage where he was born being demolished by Goonvean Clay Company.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2162\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03113-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03113-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2266\" data-envira-item-id=\"2162\" data-envira-caption=\"In the eyes of many, this does not make up for the cottage where he was born being demolished by Goonvean Clay Company.\" alt=\"Clay Country\" title=\"In the eyes of many, this does not make up for the cottage where he was born being demolished by Goonvean Clay Company.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03113-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03113-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"209\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03114.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03113.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Country\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The scout rode through St. Dennis and down the hill to Domellick Bridge, which crosses the abandoned section of the Burngullow to St. Dennis Junction line, completed by Cornwall Minerals Railway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2267\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2267\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2166\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03118.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2267 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2267\" title=\"Traffic over this narrow bridge is controlled by lights.\" data-envira-caption=\"Traffic over this narrow bridge is controlled by lights.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2166\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03118-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03118-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2267\" data-envira-item-id=\"2166\" data-envira-caption=\"Traffic over this narrow bridge is controlled by lights.\" alt=\"Domellick Bridge\" title=\"Traffic over this narrow bridge is controlled by lights.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03118-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03118-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2165\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03116.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2267 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2267\" title=\"The former line leading towards St. Dennis Junction.\" data-envira-caption=\"The former line leading towards St. Dennis Junction.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2165\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03116-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03116-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2267\" data-envira-item-id=\"2165\" data-envira-caption=\"The former line leading towards St. Dennis Junction.\" alt=\"Domellick Bridge\" title=\"The former line leading towards St. Dennis Junction.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03116-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03116-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03118.jpg\" alt=\"Domellick Bridge\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03116.jpg\" alt=\"Domellick Bridge\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Half a mile further on, the road to Indian Queens crosses the former Retew Branch. This was once hidden but now the course of the line towards the junction is a path. The scout had once ridden from Trerice Crossing to here but that path has now vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">A locked gate prevents access to the junction and the route goes off to cross the A30 dual carriageway, joining the old road at Toldish. Toldish Lane then beckoned and the scout followed it to see if he remembered how to get to the tunnel. He didn&#8217;t venture any further but the photos below taken some years ago are included here. Images from space show that the flooded cutting at the western end is now being infilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2309\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2309\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2306\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication2.png\" class=\"envira-gallery-2309 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2309\" title=\"On the approach to the eastern portal of the tunnel, there is a long-disused accommodation bridge.\" data-envira-caption=\"On the approach to the eastern portal of the tunnel, there is a long-disused accommodation bridge.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2306\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication2-640x480.png\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication2-640x480.png\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2309\" data-envira-item-id=\"2306\" data-envira-caption=\"On the approach to the eastern portal of the tunnel, there is a long-disused accommodation bridge.\" alt=\"Toldish Tunnel\" title=\"On the approach to the eastern portal of the tunnel, there is a long-disused accommodation bridge.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication2-640x480.png 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication2-640x480.png 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"223\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2307\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication3.png\" class=\"envira-gallery-2309 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2309\" title=\"The eastern portal of Treffry's Toldish Tunnel, disused since the Cornwall Minerals Railway built a diversionary loop.\" data-envira-caption=\"The eastern portal of Treffry's Toldish Tunnel, disused since the Cornwall Minerals Railway built a diversionary loop.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2307\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication3-640x480.png\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication3-640x480.png\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2309\" data-envira-item-id=\"2307\" data-envira-caption=\"The eastern portal of Treffry's Toldish Tunnel, disused since the Cornwall Minerals Railway built a diversionary loop.\" alt=\"Toldish Tunnel\" title=\"The eastern portal of Treffry's Toldish Tunnel, disused since the Cornwall Minerals Railway built a diversionary loop.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication3-640x480.png 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication3-640x480.png 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"224\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2308\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication4.png\" class=\"envira-gallery-2309 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2309\" title=\"The tunnel was built only to accommodate horse-drawn open wagons.\" data-envira-caption=\"The tunnel was built only to accommodate horse-drawn open wagons.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2308\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication4-640x480.png\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication4-640x480.png\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2309\" data-envira-item-id=\"2308\" data-envira-caption=\"The tunnel was built only to accommodate horse-drawn open wagons.\" alt=\"Toldish Tunnel\" title=\"The tunnel was built only to accommodate horse-drawn open wagons.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication4-640x480.png 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication4-640x480.png 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"223\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication2.png\" alt=\"Toldish Tunnel\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication3.png\" alt=\"Toldish Tunnel\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Publication4.png\" alt=\"Toldish Tunnel\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The scout turned in Indian Queens for St. Columb Road and stopped at Halloon Crossing to gaze at the weed-infested track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2311\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2311\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2167\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03119.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2311 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2311\" title=\"Looking towards Newquay from Halloon Crossing.\" data-envira-caption=\"Looking towards Newquay from Halloon Crossing.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2167\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03119-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03119-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2311\" data-envira-item-id=\"2167\" data-envira-caption=\"Looking towards Newquay from Halloon Crossing.\" alt=\"Halloon Level crossing.\" title=\"Looking towards Newquay from Halloon Crossing.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03119-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03119-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2168\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03120.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2311 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2311\" title=\"A couple of hens would complete the picture.\" data-envira-caption=\"A couple of hens would complete the picture.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2168\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03120-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03120-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2311\" data-envira-item-id=\"2168\" data-envira-caption=\"A couple of hens would complete the picture.\" alt=\"Halloon Level Crossing\" title=\"A couple of hens would complete the picture.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03120-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03120-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03119.jpg\" alt=\"Halloon Level crossing.\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03120.jpg\" alt=\"Halloon Level Crossing\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Joining the busy A392, the scout enjoyed the fast ride and put up with the abuse from excited, postpubescent chaps in cars making for Newquay. At Quintrell Downs, he turned onto the B3058, as he wanted to see how Nansledan was developing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03121.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03121.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03121-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03121-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Quintrell Downs, looking towards Newquay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">A new clay-waste path had been made, starting next to the station entrance. It came as no surprise to find that it went all the way to Nansledan, the Duchy&#8217;s Poundbury &#8211; wickedly dubbed &#8220;Surfbury&#8221; &#8211; in Cornwall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-blue-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\"><em>&#8220;I wanted Poundbury not only to be an attractive place to live and work, but also an opportunity to demonstrate that you could break the mould of conventional speculative development in the United Kingdom with its rigid zoning and soulless housing estates.&#8221; &#8211;<\/em> H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Much of the innovation of Poundbury is missing, probably because defiant car owners, who would rather go hungry than drive less, make the ideas unworkable at large. But the same craftsmen-built structures are everywhere evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2269\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2269\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2171\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03125.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2269 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2269\" title=\"Nansledan School, a primary, stands beside the A3058 as an obvious showpiece.\" data-envira-caption=\"Nansledan School, a primary, stands beside the A3058 as an obvious showpiece.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2171\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03125-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03125-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2269\" data-envira-item-id=\"2171\" data-envira-caption=\"Nansledan School, a primary, stands beside the A3058 as an obvious showpiece.\" alt=\"Nansledan\" title=\"Nansledan School, a primary, stands beside the A3058 as an obvious showpiece.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03125-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03125-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2170\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03124.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2269 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2269\" title=\"At a glance, the scout took it as &quot;Today's learners, tomorrow's earners.&quot; It was in fact &quot;tomorrows leaders.&quot;\" data-envira-caption=\"At a glance, the scout took it as &quot;Today's learners, tomorrow's earners.&quot; It was in fact &quot;tomorrows leaders.&quot;\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2170\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03124-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03124-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2269\" data-envira-item-id=\"2170\" data-envira-caption=\"At a glance, the scout took it as &quot;Today's learners, tomorrow's earners.&quot; It was in fact &quot;tomorrows leaders.&quot;\" alt=\"Nansledan\" title=\"At a glance, the scout took it as &quot;Today's learners, tomorrow's earners.&quot; It was in fact &quot;tomorrows leaders.&quot;\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03124-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03124-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2174\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03128.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2269 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2269\" title=\"The streets are much the same as they would be anywhere, but the buildings are often  whimsical.\" data-envira-caption=\"The streets are much the same as they would be anywhere, but the buildings are often  whimsical.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2174\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03128-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03128-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2269\" data-envira-item-id=\"2174\" data-envira-caption=\"The streets are much the same as they would be anywhere, but the buildings are often  whimsical.\" alt=\"Nansledan\" title=\"The streets are much the same as they would be anywhere, but the buildings are often  whimsical.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03128-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03128-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2173\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-4 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03127.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2269 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2269\" title=\"The village green, devoid of any human life on a sunny day.\" data-envira-caption=\"The village green, devoid of any human life on a sunny day.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2173\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-4 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03127-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03127-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2269\" data-envira-item-id=\"2173\" data-envira-caption=\"The village green, devoid of any human life on a sunny day.\" alt=\"Nansledan\" title=\"The village green, devoid of any human life on a sunny day.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03127-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03127-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2172\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-5 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03126.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2269 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2269\" title=\"Cornish language names abound: this is Stret Euther Penndragon. Nansledan means broad valley.\" data-envira-caption=\"Cornish language names abound: this is Stret Euther Penndragon. Nansledan means broad valley.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2172\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-5 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03126-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03126-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2269\" data-envira-item-id=\"2172\" data-envira-caption=\"Cornish language names abound: this is Stret Euther Penndragon. Nansledan means broad valley.\" alt=\"Nansledan\" title=\"Cornish language names abound: this is Stret Euther Penndragon. Nansledan means broad valley.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03126-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03126-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03125.jpg\" alt=\"Nansledan\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03124.jpg\" alt=\"Nansledan\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03128.jpg\" alt=\"Nansledan\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03127.jpg\" alt=\"Nansledan\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03126.jpg\" alt=\"Nansledan\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">In Newquay, it felt more like it was May or September, not high season, for the streets, in comparison with earlier years, were sparsely peopled on this warm Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Making his way back to the station for the Paddington train used to hold some anticipation. The throng having just arrived would be obvious; taxis would be loading; a queue would be forming for the departure, being hurriedly prepared by what seemed like an army of railwaymen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Of the surviving Cornish branch termini (Gunnislake, Looe, Newquay, Falmouth and St. Ives) Newquay has been reduced the most, its three platforms (two of which could stand 15-coach trains), now only one, and that with a truncated line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The approach was miserable and there were only a few passengers. The scout thought about all the industry self-congratulation; the thousands-strong hierarchy that reads <em>Rail Director<\/em>; the absurdity of &#8220;decorating&#8221; Okehampton with a museum-piece booking office; and of the railway made into an astronomically expensive bus service. Newquay is the decrepit, front line reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-envira-envira-gallery\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-2270\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div style=\"opacity: 0.0\"  data-row-height=\"150\" data-gallery-theme=\"normal\" id=\"envira-gallery-2270\" class=\"envira-gallery-public envira-gallery-justified-public envira-gallery-0-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"0\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2175\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03129.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2270 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2270\" title=\"&quot;Railway Station Toilets.&quot;\" data-envira-caption=\"&quot;Railway Station Toilets.&quot;\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2175\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03129-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03129-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2270\" data-envira-item-id=\"2175\" data-envira-caption=\"&quot;Railway Station Toilets.&quot;\" alt=\"Newquay Station\" title=\"&quot;Railway Station Toilets.&quot;\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03129-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03129-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2176\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-2 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03130.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2270 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2270\" title=\"The Enquiry Office closed long ago.\" data-envira-caption=\"The Enquiry Office closed long ago.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2176\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-2 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03130-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03130-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2270\" data-envira-item-id=\"2176\" data-envira-caption=\"The Enquiry Office closed long ago.\" alt=\"Newquay Station\" title=\"The Enquiry Office closed long ago.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03130-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03130-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-2177\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-3 envira-lazy-load\" style=\"padding-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-right: 1px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03131.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-2270 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery2270\" title=\"&quot;Pay on train,&quot; it states at the shuttered booking window. &quot;Please pay on train&quot; would have been more polite.\" data-envira-caption=\"&quot;Pay on train,&quot; it states at the shuttered booking window. &quot;Please pay on train&quot; would have been more polite.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><img id=\"envira-gallery-image-2177\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-3 envira-normal envira-lazy\" data-envira-index=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03131-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03131-640x480.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"2270\" data-envira-item-id=\"2177\" data-envira-caption=\"&quot;Pay on train,&quot; it states at the shuttered booking window. &quot;Please pay on train&quot; would have been more polite.\" alt=\"Newquay Station\" title=\"&quot;Pay on train,&quot; it states at the shuttered booking window. &quot;Please pay on train&quot; would have been more polite.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03131-640x480.jpg 400w,https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03131-640x480.jpg 2x\" data-envira-width=\"300\" data-envira-height=\"200\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-safe-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03129.jpg\" alt=\"Newquay Station\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03130.jpg\" alt=\"Newquay Station\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03131.jpg\" alt=\"Newquay Station\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The Guard met the scout to tell him that the train would be terminating at Plymouth because there was no relief driver. The scout quipped that he knew the road and the Guard replied: &#8220;How hard can it be?&#8221; Anyway, the train would only have gone to Bristol Parkway, not London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">There is now only one departure on summer Saturdays (there is two on summer weekdays). The cross country operator has given up on Newquay. At least this has allowed stopping services to run, which were suspended for the most part on summer Saturdays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">The scout had reserved a bicycle space &#8211; this was his first use of a booking office since 2019 &#8211; but it didn&#8217;t seem to matter where it was stowed, as the train seemed more like an E.C.S. move to Stoke Gifford Depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03132.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03132.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03132-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DSC03132-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The adjacent coaches were just as empty leaving Cornwall&#8217;s principal resort. From being able to stand at an open window on a glorious summer&#8217;s evening and look out for all the places he knows along the line to Newton, the scout was now cooped up like an imbecile.<br>Some of the nine coaches did load at Liskeard with beach-returns from Looe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Each time the Guard made an announcement advising passengers that the train would terminate at Plymouth, a robotic female voice would then run through all the stations to Parkway; in an automated show of support, the moving-text screens agreed with her. The Guard advised that the onward service from Plymouth would be the 1950, the 1750 from Penzance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">On arrival at North Road, the scout found that there had been disruption. The 1837 to Cardiff and the 1850 to Paddington (1645 Penzance) were still at platforms 7 &amp; 8. There had been a points failure outside the station and the 1850 had had to return to the platform. Then a fight had broken out and police (including a dog and its handler) was in attendance. Staff wasn&#8217;t sure what was happening. After a while, the Guard of the Cardiff, who had asked the scout to stand by, kindly returned to tell him that, due to the driver&#8217;s hours, the train would be running non-stop to Exeter. So the scout hastily boarded the London, which departed 57 minutes late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">When out for a leisurely ride and using his free travel entitlement, the scout is seldom annoyed by disruption. But there is no getting away from the realization that trains have lost most of their interest and the enjoyment has gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his first visit to Cornwall proper since 2019, the scout chose to follow one of his old routes to Newquay, crossing the scenic, but less visited, &#8220;clay country.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t linger in town &#8211; often he used to stop &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/68-st-austell-to-newquay\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608,"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2247\/revisions\/2608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}