A long walk of about 11 miles led by Roger. We left Scrub Tor car park and took a short diversion to the the restored tea house on Duke's drive.
Then into the main mining area still with many disused mine buildings
and kilns
and the huge spoil tip of arsenic tailings where nothing ever grows!
From here for most of the walk we followed the line of the original railway track which was used to transport copper and arsenic to Morewellham Quay. Past the new tourist attraction of 'Surfing in the Trees'
For our lunch break we spent a little time looking for Chimney Rock which looks out to Gunnislake
After lunch for a while we continued towards Morwellham before returning.
Much more information and photographs about the mining activities here
http://www.ssb.plymouth.ac.uk/labplus/sharples/DGC/DGCOverview.htm
Walking today Colin, Amber, Carol, Roger, Terry and Rosemary.
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