Walking to raise money for sailing

10:47am Tuesday 8th April 2008

Stunning scenery, four boat trips and a Cornish cream tea is the reward for the first 200 who sign up for the Fal River Walk, on the June 1 and help raise money for the tall ships regatta and other good causes. The Walk, part of the Fal River Festival, is being organised by The Rotary Club of Truro Boscawen and aims to raise £20,000 for charity by asking each of the 200 walkers to try and raise £100 in sponsorship.

The proceeds will go to the Rotary Club of Truro Boscawen Trust Fund to be distributed between: The Funchal 500 Tall Ships Regatta, The Precious Lives Appeal, ShelterBox and other good causes Walkers will start from the Park and Float car park at Ponsharden at 10.30am, boats will take them over the Penryn River to Flushing to join the six mile waterside path to the Pandora Inn. A special ferry capable of landing on beaches, will shuttle across Restronguet Creek where the walk will continue along country lanes through Feock to the Trelissick Estate.

Dropping down through Trelissick, walkers will board the King Harry Ferry over to the Roseland where they will continue along the St Mawes road and creek-side paths to St Just in Roseland Church. The final two miles follow the shoreline to St Mawes, where they will be greeted with a Cornish cream tea before catching the specially extended St Mawes Ferry service back to Ponsharden.

Participants walk at their own risk and they must be fit and able to complete the 14 mile route.

Sponsors of the event are Fal River Links, King Harry Ferry, Cornwall Ferries, The National Trust, Penrose Outdoors, Chaffins, W C Rowe and Roddas Creamery A £10 all-inclusive day pass will cover car parking, all ferry crossings and a cream tea. The minimum walker age is 14.

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