Lundy Walking Notes

Tuesday 9 August 2016

  • luggage and tent arrived from boat around 3pm
  • 5pm talk in tavern on Lundy wildlife
  • evening walk east side of island to Quarry Pond (wheatear), back via Pondsbury (skylark) and Old Light (wheatear)

Wednesday 10 August 2016

  • morning walk on east side (ravens on fence posts and White Beach rocks), back via Quarter Wall Pond and main path to village (ravens in pig pen)
  • drizzle until about 11am
  • walk to north end of island (shags on Long Roost south of lighthouse, also flying fulmar, wheatear in grass, gannets in and over sea north of north end of the island); on way back meadow pipit in West Sideland in northern half of the island, hovering kestrel over Jenny’s Cove
  • evening walk through Millcombe Valley up along east side of island (immature chaffinch and wheatear at Millcombe, shags and lesser black-backed gull on rocks near White Beach, gannets fishing off the coast, kestrel near granite quarries)

Thursday 11 August 2016

  • morning walk west from campsite, south to South West Point, and back to Castle Hill (wheatear and willow warbler on wall not far from castle)
  • at Landing Bay for 12.30 guided walk
  • late afternoon walk to Battery Point, east towards main path along quarter wall (wheatear), back via Pondsbury (mostly herring gulls on pond, also mallards, one with 2 ducklings)
  • evening walk to Landing Bay (shag fishing off the coast, oystercatcher near beach)

Friday 12 August 2016

  • feeders near campsite : sparrows, starlings, goldfinch
  • all day walk to north point on east side (herring gulls near Gannet Rock, shags on rocks near north lighthouse), back via west side (wren in Punchbowl Valley)

Saturday 13 August 2016

  • drizzle / fog until late morning
  • feeders near campsite : sparrows, starlings
  • morning walk along west coast to Threequarter Wall (wren in Punchbowl Valley, hovering kestrel over Jenny’s Cove), back along lower eastern path (wheatear)
  • short walk to castle (meadow pipit and skylark with begging young)

Tuesday 29 June 2021

  • tent set up on arrival about 11:30am
  • walk to Old Lighthouse, north along west coast to Jenny’s Cove, east following Halfway Wall, back campsite on main path
  • arrival of rest of camping gear about 4pm
  • evening walk first to castle via church, then north of Millcombe Valley, but cut short because of overgrown condition of Upper East Side Path

Wednesday 30 June 2021

  • all-day walk going north along main path to North Lighthouse, diverting to Quarry Bay, then south along west coast to Old Lighthouse
  • evening walk through Millcombe Valley

Thursday 1 July 2021

  • foggy start to the day, visit to church
  • walk north on main path towards North East Point, back on main path
  • first evening walk to harbour via Millcombe Valley
  • second evening walk to Battery Point

Friday 2 July 2021

  • all-day walk going north along the west coast, diverting to Battery Point, up to North Lighthouse, back via main path
  • first evening walk tyhourgh Millcombe Valley
  • second evening walk from Old Lighthouse to Shutter Point, then east to castle

Saturday 3 July 2021

  • rain and fog for most of the morning
  • walk to Tibbetts along the main path, and back the same way
  • final walk to Rocket Pole Pond, then on to Shutter Point and Old Lighthouse

Tuesday 18 July 2023

  • tent set up on arrival about 9:30am
  • walk to Old Lighthouse, north along west coast to The Battery and Jenny’s Cove, east following Halfway Wall, back campsite on main path
  • arrival of rest of camping gear about 4pm
  • evening talk in Wheelhouse/li>

Wednesday 19 July 2023

  • early morning walk from village to Old Light, then along the west coast pathto North West Point, then back to the village on the main path
  • at 11am guided walk to Jenny’s Cove from village via Old Light; return via Halfway Wall and quarries and then on to the village on the top east coast path
  • evening walk from village to the Castle, then along the south coast path to Shutter Point; back to the church via the Old Light

Thursday 20 July 2023

  • early morning walk to Millcombe via flag post, return to the village via the church
  • morning walk starting along the top east coast path to the quarries, further on the lower coast path to Gannet’s Bay to the point where this path joins the main path; walk on to the North Light via John O’Groats House; return via west coast path, turning to the main path prir to the Old Light
  • first evening walk to Old Light and back
  • second evening walk to Millcombe

Friday 21 July 2023

  • going north from the village on the main path and the quarry path, then taking the top east coast path to Tibbetts; back via the quarries, detouring via the Hospital, then back to the village on the top east coast path
  • clockwise wak on the south part of the island, then up the west coast path to The Battery and Jenny’s Cove; return via the Halfway Wall and the main path
  • decision to pack up the tent and sleep in the church because of predicted weather

Saturday 22 July 2023

  • no walks, strong wind and driving rain all day
  • MS Oldenburg cancelled, rescheduled for 6:30pm on Sunday
  • second overnight stay in the church

Sunday 23 July 2023

  • walk from Millcombe to the quarries on the lower east coast path, then back on the main path
  • walk from the vilage past the Old Light, then following the west coast path up to midway between Three Quarter Wall nd North West Point; return via Tibbets, quarries and the top east coast path