Joined the village Walk and Talk group today. On Wednesdays the group arranges a two hour walk. Today the walk started from the Tamar Trails Centre at Gulworthy and out along the old rail lines to the Devon Great Consols mine.
A bright morning and so different to the last two days. Perfect weather for an autumnal walk through the woods.
Fly Agaric in all its wonderful splendour, But, not a good idea to eat it!
Eventually we came to the old copper and arsenic mines
An excellent outdoor information centre in the remains of an old building.
The arsenic spoil tips in the middle distance which have been there for a hundred years and where nothing grows
The old workings. Most of which have been repaired so that the will remain indefinitely in this ruined state.
Then returning through the woods in the lovely sunshine.
Much more information about the history of the mines here
Devon Great Consols Virtual Tour
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