Been coming here about twice a year for a couple of decades. Once in the summer and usually spring or autumn. Once came for a delightful walk in the very rare winter snow. This extensive coastal park is free to enter and is run by a combination of Plymouth and Cornwall councils. I hope the current and continuing cuts will not destroy the results half a century of public maintenance and hundreds of years of the Edgecumbe family before that. There is enough space to lose yourself even at busy times. The walk around to Kingsand or Cawsands to one of the pubs there is easily justified. The Edgecumbe Arms at Cremyll itself seems strangely to have good and bad days. It can be very much like an old fashioned pub on quiet days but like a horrible conveyor built impersonal money machine when busy. I quite like the Orangery cafe but sometimes the mood and attitude of the staff can be a little curt and tetchy and on another day they can be attentive and polite. My mother will always remember the day when a sullen girl spent almost a minute over zealously spraying our table and my mother with an intense blue cleansing solution mist. But whatever the catering, the park remains a sublime experience.

Our first visit to the plymouth area and we had a lovely weekend. We visited Royal William Yard, the city centre and The Barbican but one of the highlights has to be catching the ferry over to Mount Edgcumbe. The little beach and walks were lovely, the view from the ruined tower is fantastic....well worth the climb, the cream tea in the old stables cafe was enormous and all the food ordered was freshly prepared. There is lots to do and see for a whole day visit but we didn't go in the house so we will just have to go back again....looking forward to it.