Penbugle Farm

The closest village to the farm is Duloe, set among deep valleys between the east and west sections of the River Looe. Popular activities with guests to these parts include seeing the Duloe stone circle, the smallest in Cornwall and dating back to the Bronze Age, and watersports or fishing in the River Looe. Salmon, brown trout and sea trout can all be landed from both stretches of the Looe, with shoals more fish and fishing in Looe itself. If you don’t want to take one of the numerous sea fishing trips to land your own catch, wait for the boats to come back from a day’s haul and pick up some from them. From Duloe, it’s four miles north to ancient Liskeard, one of the few towns in Cornwall still to have a weekly livestock market and now with a lively arts scene alongside its independent shops and restaurants. Coastwards, St Austell and Polperro are both close to hand too: make for Polperro for the Heritage Museum of Smuggling & Fishing to learn about Cornwall’s nefarious past, and St Austell for the China Clay Country Park and the start of the Clay Trail. To the east, it’s about 16 miles from Penbugle Farm to Plymouth.