From a photograph by Mr. Alexander Old, Padstow.
A High Sea on the North Cornwall Coast.The Cornwall
Coast
By Arthur L. Salmon
Illustrated
T. Fisher Unwin
London: Adelphi Terrace
Leipsic: Inselstrasse 20
1910
[All rights reserved.]
ROAD MAPS FOR THE CORNWALL COAST
Those who travel through Cornwall by cycle or motor-car will usuallyfind very good roads, but for the most part these only touch the coastat special points; and in some cases it will be wise to leave bicycleor car at hotel or farm if the coast is to be fitly explored. Thestudy of a map will show the tourist what to expect, and he may notethe parts where, if he thinks of easy travelling alone, he will haveto desert the sea. But by a judicious use of high-road and by-road heneed never be far from the shore, and in some places the road that isactually best for him gives fine views of the coast. There are manyexcellent maps issued, but it is best to go to the fountainhead, tothe publications of the Ordnance Survey. For the pedestrian those ofone inch to a mile are admirable; but the cyclist or motorist willfind the two miles to an inch more handy, as covering a wider range;and even those of four miles to the inch are sufficiently full for themotorist. If any special district is to be carefully explored, the onemile to an inch should be carried, but the wise rider will not contenthimself with a map of a single scale; he should at least carry one for[Pg 6]the entire Duchy and others for the sections.
The maps of the Ordnance Survey for Cornwall are as follow:—
One mile to the inch, large series, in sheets about 27 × 18inches, paper (flat or folded), 1s. 6d. net; mounted, 2s.; cutinto sections and mounted to fold, 2s. 6d., Nos. 139, 146–7–8,151–2.
One mile to the inch, small series, in contoured outline, withhills shaded or coloured, Nos. 347, 353, 1s. 6d. and 2s.; 348,354, 1s. and 1s. 6d.; 322, 336, 1s. 6d. and 2s.; 335, 346, 1s.and 1s. 6d.; 351, 359, 1s. and 1s. 6d.; 352, 360, 1s. 6d. and2s. These may be had flat or folded.
Two miles to an inch (flat or folded, or on the new layersystem), Nos. 35–6, 1s. 6d., 2s., 2s. 6d.
Four miles to the inch, Cornwall, 1s. (flat or folded).
Four miles to the inch, Nos. 21, 22, 1s. 6d., 2s. (flat orfolded).
Ten miles to the inch, No. II. (flat or folded), 1s., 1s. 6d.
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