How much have I enjoyed this lovely vlog. I am 76 year old now single lady....holidays involve towing my rather large caravan, with my collie Billy..... enjoying the north east coast ( not too far from my home!) and wonder just how many similar areas there are up here, Robin Hoods bay..... Ravenscar...... Runswick bay.....Staithes......all well known for the dreaded " WRECKERS". you've prompted me to do some research and maybe find something new to look for other than fossils and jet !!! Xxxxx

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

That’s interesting - what is jet?

@jennyelliottbrown6680

18 күн бұрын

@CornishWalkingTrails Hi, jet is a semi precious material ( jet black) made popular by Queen Victoria after her husband Prince Albert died and she was in deep mourning. Extensively found around the NE coast predominantly around Whitby...and is a fosil from trees in prehistoric times. At one point a cheaper type of jet was imported from Asia but the English jet is/ was more stable and highly prized, still found today around the coast, especially where costal erosion takes place and embedded jet is exposed xxx just an add on.....when you find jet, it is lighter in weight than what you would expect, and if you " chalk" it on a stone it makes an orange/ brown line rather than black as coal would.

Gosh watching this from Oman and as soon as I saw the thumbnail recognised it as Pollurian - I grew up in Mullion and my father still lives there. You taught me a few things I didn't know.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Beautiful Cove! Sarah :)

You always find the most fascinating books! Shipwrecks are so mysterious, and your coast is famous for them. Thank you for the adventure. Hope the doggies enjoyed getting their feet wet. :)

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Our doggies had a lovely afternoon, they love digging! Sarah :)

Got our own grizzly finds on Clifton suspension bridge at the moment 😂

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Eight! Yes, grim, Sarah !

It’s always a joy to see you two on your walks! That’s fascinating to think so many bodies could be buried in those areas. My daughter used to work on the Lizard for Natural England, I need to tell her about this!

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Oooo! She may know more! Sarah :)

Enjoyed this one thank you 🙏 love seeing the dogs. We are dog crazy have 8 rescues here.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Our dogs adore the beach! I would have more if veterinary costs were not as hard to cover! Sarah :)

What an incredibly beautiful scenic walk, and a lovely tribute to all those unknown souls resting along that stunning coastline...a salient reminder of the powerful sea and its changeability. I wonder, if by reputation (unfairly exaggerated or not), seafaring folk generally (except fishermen) were considered 'heathen' or bordering on heathen in those days and that that precluded right to consecrated burial? Personallly I'd prefer to be on a windswept cliff with a panoramic view rather than in a shadey churchyard (let's hope not for a while yet though!). I could almost smell that delicate Sea Campion and the pink Thrift hummocks, and that was just the prettiest seaglass stack ever ~ the jewel-like colours are amazing. You certainly have an eye for spotting these gorgeous sea-tumbleded gems. And happy doggies with their unrelenting passion for digging gave me such a Friday smile ~ thank you! :)

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Totally agree - scatter me on a cliff top, preferably north coast somewhere! Sarah :)

It's more a health safety risk, burying corpses where they fell. Handling rotting bodies is dangerous. You'd expend minimum energy, expense, time in getting rid of putrid waste of somebody else's. Matter of practicality, really.

@paulcooper9187

21 күн бұрын

Agree , and no recompense either. Expend as little effort as possible would be my suggestion. It may seem hard and callous, but mind sets were different then.

Your Porthleven clip, shows my cousins Carndel guest house. It's since been demolished & rebuilt. Thank you.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Seems that most of Cornwall is being demolished and rebuilt Grand Designs style! Sarah :)

What a beautiful place, interesting subject. Watching from Tasmania Australia….lots of shipwrecks here too around our coastlines.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Oooo! I wonder if it happened over there too!?! Sarah :)

Love your channel never been to Cornwall but your enthusiasm and happy go lucky attitude is brill keep it up 😊

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Hi Sarah and Andrew 😊 Great to see this area again. I remember well the burial site in the end of Looe Bar. And I think it is fantastic that this man invented a way of rescuing people from sinking ships, as it is written on the plaque. I temember once I was on a guided fossil hunt on Isle of Wight. The guide told me that they lose about a meter of cliff each year due to erosion. And they find it exciting for they find new fossils. But that was in 2016, and the erosion has probably increased. And I am sure he does't wish to find human skeletons. Thank you for the lovely video. Torunn 🥰

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I have always thought it would be nice to find a fossil! Sarah :)

@TravellingTorunn

19 күн бұрын

​​@@CornishWalkingTrailsIt was fun. I found a tiny part of an ammonite, some fossiled dinosaur poo, and some petrified bits of wood 😊 The guide was really good. It was on Sandown beach.

Awesome 👌 like and shared out in you tube community. ⌚

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! 👍

@cornwallparanormalresearch2378

18 күн бұрын

More than welcome 😊

So much history, thanks so much for sharing.

Good Morning Sarah and Andrew ☀️Thank you for all of the work you put into these amazing videos , so much rich history and information! Sarah , the sea glass that you found was absolutely stunning , such gorgeous shades, those fur babies just melt my heart , brown fur baby started digging on cue , how perfect lol, wishing you and Andrew a great weekend ahead, sending lots of happiness, Lori

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you so much Lori! Lovely to think you still watch!! Sarah :)

Thanks for another interesting and beautiful video.Thrilled to see Andrew with his Clemson hat on again today!! Our son has his Masters in Hydrogeology project presentation on Monday.. 😅🎉 Sherry Summers❤

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Best of luck! Sarah :)

Thank you so much for this video ❤

Well the algorithm has sent me here. What a wonderful channel. Very informative. Such a pretty place. And what wonderful books. TFS. I’m sure I’ll be back .. cheers from Aussie. 😊😊

@CornishWalkingTrails

14 күн бұрын

The algorithm is a wonderful thing!! 😂 Sarah :)

A lovely and interesting video. Great scenic walk and a thoughtful presentation. Nice one Sarah and Andrew. all the best Bob

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! Sarah :)

Australia here/ Thank you !! just found this channel and love it ! I'm descendant of Cornish Miners , 'enticed' to come to South Australia to mine copper and tin- so I should have been born in Cornwall and still I feel very Cornish !! I complain a lot in the summer here (hate it) So, it must have been horrendous for those new arrivals, although they had access to Moonta Bay, which would've been a god send. Used to help my Nana make Cornish pasties ! Cheers.

@CornishColin

11 күн бұрын

I lived in Australia for 10 years (I'm a Cornishman) and resided for a few years in Adelaide before heading to Perth. I was amazed the towns in the Yorke Peninsula with lots of Cornish heritage. Oh and the “Cornish Happiness” festival you have (Kernewek Lowender festival). Even your pasties are pretty good 🤣

Lovely seeing places I’ve walked. 2003 to 2019 I spent every summer at Garras. Love learning new things about the area.

Thank you I enjoyed that :)

Instead of a dishonorable burial of the shipwrecked, I think it’s special that these men and women were naturally buried where they died…like seamen…buried at sea. Maybe I’m just a romantic and naive. Also, great sadness for their loved ones…truly lost. Great video…digging doggies and well balanced sea glass.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I think I would like to be scattered on a cliff top when my time comes! Sarah :)

"A third of the way down" in those days might be further than you can estimate today due to the erosion over the years.

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

Probably almost impossible now to find, but worth a try! Sarah :)

Thank you love your channel love you tell the history of places you visited.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! Sarah :)

When you were looking for the grave of the lone mariner, you forgot the description in the book: “in a little natural hollow, sheltered from every wind that blows…”

Another great video. Thank you so much. So interesting, the history scenery… fabulous, 😊,

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! Sarah :)

There have been wrecks all over the coast of Cornwall for centuries, so I guess there must be hundreds of graves all over the place by the sea. Thanks for your interesting video.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Indeed! Quite a thought! Sarah :)

I been here for holiday in 1986 very interesting the history you didn’t known what Happened years ago very interesting amazing video as always keep up the videos Sarah and Andrew . We stayed at Muillon and finding out now fascinating story

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Beautiful place! Sarah :)

We really enjoyed today’s video - again your story telling & editing is brilliant Sarah. Looking back on older video’s made the video even more interesting - who was that young man? ha ha!! Your old books will make sure history will not be forgotten- Well worth a watch 10/10

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! Sarah :)

Great channel lots of really great videos gradually getting through them all. one day I plan to move to Cornwall 😊where I live in Essex is horrible 😢

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I hope your dream becomes a reality! Sarah :)

"Mummy, Mummy. Can we go and play with Granddad ?" "NO ! Leave him alone. You've already dug him up three times this week." On a more serious note, the wreckers used to dispose of the evidence as quickly as possible. Digging shallow graves and dumping the bodies of their victims therein and quickly camouflaging the scene was the obvious way to do that. They searched for and murdered every survivor, otherwise, an escaping survivor would give evidence against them.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Ha! Ha! Cruel Coppinger comes to mind! Complete subject on its own! Sarah :)

I love Sennan cove, I’ve been going there since I was 19, unfortunately I’m not able to get there anymore.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Love Sennen! Sarah :)

Thanks!

Totally fascinating xxx

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

Thank you! Sarah :)

Coast walk✔Beach✔Digging dogs✔History and Intrigue✔Sea Glass✔Even a bit of CWT nostalgia thrown in (who was that clean shaven young man?).What a treat, back on top form guys😄

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

Thank you! We enjoyed our evening to boot! And had too tired doggies, 😂 Sarah :)

Amazing documentary evidence but no actual evidence can be found of berried bodies, my Son visits this coastline every year with his family and friends, due to go next weekend, he’s never mentioned any grizzly finds, just how beautiful the sea views are and amazing landscapes, lovely to see your faithful friends enjoying their coastal walk, would love to relive my holidays in Cornwall but have lost my mobility, just have my beautiful memories and your wonderful videos thank goodness, amazing colours in the sea glass stack well done 👏take care both of you until next time 🥰🥀🤗

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I was very lucky with the variety of colours that I found! Sarah :)

I love your channel ⚓️🐳

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

😊

Have shared this one with my daughter!...her favourite cove. Couldn't get down to it much though in May when they went for a week as the weather was bad! Mother nature eh? I expect she will be interested too in the history you have told. Think the doggies may have the knack of finding any bones!! Bless their hearts. Love to see them digging away. Have you done any paintings of Polurrian Sarah? Especially with the beautiful sea glass found there. Have a feeling that she would love to own one if you have (the one in the video is of Kynance & is beautiful) x J x

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you Judy, I'm sure there will be more paintings going up on the shop soon, Sarah :)

New sub here hello from Australia nice work indeed.

Think the dogs are more likely to find some bones for sure 😜🐾👌. Gorgeous area 😍... don't seem to make it to the Lizard area these days.. Must visit soon 🙏. Loved this episode guys 💖🥰

@sallydingle321

22 күн бұрын

Oh, and meant to say it's a shame that there isn't anything to commemorate those people who perished all those years ago 😞. You are helping to keep the memory of them alive though 👍🙏

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

Thank you! We had a lovely day for filming and the dogs were completely worn out! Sarah :)

I absolutely love the Lizard peninsula, it's like another world so detached from the madness of everyday life, a really calming relaxing special place to be, now four weeks since i returned back to the midlands from Cornwall and i already feel like i want to return, your videos are a real tonic for us landlocked souls miles from the sea.

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

With great humility, we are so lucky to be able to call Cornwall home! Sarah :)

Greets from a "Treg...." in Australia

I found an old video of Looe Bar when I had a Nokia 3310. We went paddling and I found out a few months ago it`s a really dangerous beach. I did wonder why the sand was really being pulled from under your feet by the water. Was quite scary.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Yes, a real undercurrent on the bar will suck you off your feet! Sarah :)

Enjoyed both the history and the beautiful scenery. Are you wearing a Clemson orange cap?

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you and yes! Sarah :)

Your love and knowledge of Cornwall is obvious, you should write your own book.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Thank you! Sarah :)

Hi, I hope you don’t mind me asking but it’s the old book lover again. Is your book about Mullion an original or a facsimile edition. I can’t find an original on line..just facsimiles. Many thanks, joy z Thompson. Ps…fab vies of polurian…

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Our copy is a first edition, original that we found in a bookshop in Plymouth last month. Sarah :)

The question is why did they not bury them in the cemetery

Do miss Cornwall I had 12 /5 years living there

The reason the bodies are in the cliff, maybe the locals where to busy , getting all the goods from the ship, if they wash a shore there allowed to take them , but if there in the sea they belong to the crown , you get your pile and leave your hat there and no one will touch it , I am half cornish and there was a storm , hollywell bay Newquay ,they now have some lovely mahogany floors .

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

All too true! When a ship carrying coal went down near Predannack Head, the locals had coal fires all winter! Sarah :)

In 2014 winter storms exposed an ancient burial tomb, complete with skeleton on the cliffs overlooking Harlyn Bay. They think it was a bronze age female and it's said there likely many such burials littered throughout the Cornish coastline. You can still see the box like construction from slate stone in the cliff face.

I can think of many worse places to be buried than on a Cornish cliff

A lovely place to be buried I think, by the sea.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I think I would like to be scattered on a cliff top! Sarah :)

Ah, you're on my home turf! Take a short walk into Mullion and visit the churchyard! Just by the tower is the wonky Celtic Cross burial site of Dionysius Williams, who was the Church Warden. He was also a notorious smuggler! His exploits were said to have coved quite an area in Mullion, including the Church, the Old Inn, and Kings Cottage opposite the Mounts Bay Inn (where Dionysius was born). His partner in crime was Henry George - an distant relative of our newly elected Lib Dem MP, Andrew George (also a Mullion boy) - and the pair built an extensive network of tunnels to evade capture, along the Mullion coastline. It is believed that they also utilised earlier smugglers tunnels which were said to lead to Bochym Manor, built by the men of the notorious Pirate, Captain Avery (Henry Every), who stole the treasure of the Mughal of India, en route to Arabia. This treasure has never been found but it is believed by many locals, and ingrained in local legends, that it is buried somewhere on the Lizard peninsula. The older tunnels connected smugglers and wreckers to three local manors; Bochym, Bonython and Erisey - according to local folklore. As I said - some fascinating smuggling and wrecking history in these parts, which makes coastal walks all the more intriguing, especially if you brave the walks during a storm, witnessing the power of the elements and imagining just how treacherous both sailing and wrecking was.

Question, what is "sea glass"? I grew up inland, and I have never seen it.

@mah3223alia

21 күн бұрын

Sea glass is glass ( from broken bottles etc) that has been worn smooth by the action of sea over sand and stones

I do enjoy your videos. Your Cornish language is so similar to our Welsh. Can you speak any?

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Our daughter went to Cardiff Uni and we noticed the similarity. Unfortunately we never got a bible in the Cornish Language and it went into decline. We know the odd word from place names but no one that regularly speaks Cornish. Even our word patternation is being lost with the influx of people from out of County! Sarah :)

What are those pink flowers in the hedgerow as you walked down the lane? cheers

@CornishWalkingTrails

21 күн бұрын

Stunning aren’t they? It’s called Valerian, and can be pink, scarlet or white. Tolerate salt laden air and just love a sunny hedgerow! Sarah :)

@peterworby2049

21 күн бұрын

@@CornishWalkingTrails also noticed a few weeks ago, driving from Portreath upto Newquay on the coast there was a smell of lavender/vanilla emanating at odd points but on getting out of the car found nothing to account for the fragrance...... yesterday however stopped at North Cliffs car parking on the coastal path just south of Portreath, stunning view from there

You might have more chance on a nice day in winter

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Ooooo! Yes, on a stormy day! Sarah :)

Love loe bar

I was wondering would not mounds settle as the body decomposes?

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Maybe, but I always thought the mound sunk when a coffin collapsed, not sure coffins would have been used for a shipwreck victim. Sarah :)

There used to be a bungalow along from that land slip, sadly it fell into the sea…..

My ashes are going on a cliff edge. Such as fantastic location for eternity. The family already have their instructions

That is a very new path so anybody buried right near the path might have been found while laying it. I think near the steps would be more likely…..

Is it possible in years gone by they're were more cemeteries on the land and over time these have become buried???!!

Why was Mullion spelt as Mullyon in the old books?

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

Good question! The author, Reverend Harvey, looked into the various spellings when he wrote the book in 1875 and found 8 different spellings, St Mullyon, Mullyon, Mullian, Mullyan and so on. In the parish registry at Exeter at the time it was given as ‘Mullyon’ and, to quote ‘I, as “Vicar of Mullyon” have adopted this form.’ Sarah :)

Hi Sarah and Andrew. I have read that you are not allowed to takes stones and pebbles from the beach...is that the same about sea glass.....or do you leave them on the beach ?.

@SMartypAntsPants

22 күн бұрын

Sea glass is considered litter, so you are allowed to take it off the beach.

@CornishWalkingTrails

22 күн бұрын

Anything the naturally forms part of the beach should not be removed, but sea glass is rubbish and can be removed. Sarah :)

@rogerbixley6911

22 күн бұрын

@@CornishWalkingTrails thanks for the answer

@terryhoath1983

22 күн бұрын

If you are resident in Cornwall, since time immemorial, you have been entitled to take sand, weed etc from the beaches. Farmers have always done it using donkeys and baskets but there has been trouble with farmers going down to certain beaches with tractors and trailers, but, unless the law has changed recently, (maybe, Sarah and Andrew have some new imformation), it is still perfectly legal. The same applies to cuttlefish. Off of Holywell where I used to live, following them gathering for their mass orgies, the cuttlefish die and every now and again, THOUSANDS And THOUSANDS of cuttlefish bones suddenly appeared on the beach. I have yet to hear of anyone being prosecuted for taking a few stones or shells or cuttlefish bones. On any reasonable day, there are fossil hunters on the Dorset Coast. Lyme is famous for it. I used to windsurf off of Long Rock. If there had been a storm which had given the kelp on the Hoguses a haircut, a great band of kelp built up on the high tide line, about half a mile long, up to 20ft from front to back and two or more feet in height. I took half a cubic yard back with me for my garden time after time and the blackbirds had a field day, in fact, many days digging through it. It produced beautiful tomatoes and cucumbers. Many people gathered it. Vast amounts of it was left, and within days, dropped in height as it decayed into strong-smelling gelatinous mess inhabited by millions and millions of sand hoppers. Sewage was discharged from the Long Rock outfall (It is still an emergency overflow) and thousands and thousands of pink, cream, pale green, sky blue etc sanitary towel liners emerged, still anchored at one end, they fluttered in the breeze like Buddhist prayer flags. Man ... or is that woman, giveth and man taketh away for his garden ... the kelp, that is ...not the other..

Maybe your dogs had the right idea , digging where they did . Assume they smelt something :-)

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

😂 Maybe!! Sarah :)

Come on how many common people in 1808 know of any other religon an christainity

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I think they were aware probably of Judaism, we fought in the crusades in the 12th century and white sailors were taken as slaves to North Africa. Also there was the spice route in the 15th century linked many Mediterranean countries to Asia. So awareness but maybe not knowledge!?! Sarah :)

I have personally seen human remains in sand dunes in Barmouth,wales which were most certainly washed ashore and buried , who knows what era they were from. Depending on how long they had been in the water, some remains were obviously best buried in situ or as close to where they were found to a grave which required as little contact with the remains as possible.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

Must have been quite gruesome in reality, Sarah :)

When i went to sennon cove there was part of a whale bone on the beach

lol we were there just yesterday. I think you should maybe invest in a better outdoor mic

The bodies probably were in very deteriorated condition so they most likely wanted to get them buried immediately.

Will any MPs be found?shame though eh🤣🤣

Valerian, otherwise known pride of wherever it grows

Coastal

If your religion was unknown you couldn't be buried on hallowed ground, most of these that was unknown so it wasn't practical to move a body very far especially if it was already decomposing.

@CornishWalkingTrails

19 күн бұрын

I guess! Sarah :)

I keep thinking you saw a bear. I think you mean grisly...

@CornishWalkingTrails

14 күн бұрын

Ooops! Oh yes! I knew there was something wrong there! Over 30k other people have either thought we were really stupid or simply not noticed!! Ha! Ha! Sarah :)

@wendyhumphreys116

11 күн бұрын

@@CornishWalkingTrails Bless! Easily done!!! Cool videos either way xx

Maybe not marked because of grave robbers 😮

I IS 1ST ❤

@CornishWalkingTrails

20 күн бұрын

YAY! congrats! Sarah :)

When Cornwall was a less lawless place than it is today😂 it was more convenient for all that no survivors or victims of shipwrecks were to be found, and the best place for disposing of these poor souls would be the countless shafts and test shafts of the mines. A reason for the locals actions was the fear of how to the outside world they had been portrayed as seagoing folk who would stoop so low as enticing innocent sailers to their deaths by wrecking (fake navigation lamps) there is little doubt that this did occur but not in the way that was portrayed by the authorities who wanted to stamp down on the Cornish people for the smuggling of Rum, Brandy, wine. Etc