The Last Piece of My Heart

Travel Guide

Visit Cornwall

The delights of Cornwall stretch out in this book here like the lovely blue sea and Bodmin Moor….all visited via campervan and a writer on a booktrail of her own – visiting the sites of the novel she’s now writing. Not hers of course but an author who has recently died leaving the manuscript unfinished and with it , the journey within.

Setting in Padstow, she returns later on in a camper van and settles into a lovely campsite on the edge of the town. Writing and following the sites in the novel, she heads out to the Lost Gardens of Heligan . There are plenty of cycle paths in the novel for the keen cyclists both in the book and those reading it. Starting at Padstow, the Camel trail takes you on a very scenic route – feel like Poldark riding along the Cornish coast – ok not on a horse and probably without the three cornered hat. From the harbour, the camel trail as the cycle trail is called, leads down to the historical landmark of The Iron Bridge. Bridget walks here and heads into the village pleased to be avoiding the tourists. She eats at a cafe close to the harbour – it could be and should have been Cherrytreescornwall – scones here are very yummy!

Don’t forget to visit Tintagel and the coves Bridget visits  one is called Merlins Cave – very apt. There are many days out from Padstow, but those lost gardens find their way back again into the heart of the story.

It’s a delight to spend time on a Cornish camp site, sitting beside the harbour, and walking along a coastal trail….on a literary disovery… visiting literary locations…. very nice indeed. A few brief visits to London and Thailand but the heart of the story is a Cornish one.