Having visited Altarnun we decided to investigate a country lane on the north side of Bodmin Moor, and found ourselves driving parallel to Penpont Water, where we came to this old rough stone packhorse bridge, footbridge and ford just this side of the village of Bowithick. I then realised that this must almost certainly be the ford I had crossed some fifty years ago when I first visited this area with a couple of friends in a rather ancient Hillman Minx. We hadn't really known where we were, and I hadn't found the ford again. It brought back a few memories.
We drove gingerly through it and up to the small herd of cattle who were resolutely blocking the road. We sat there for a few minutes and then a couple of quick toots on the horn persuaded them to move and we were on our way.
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