Thatched sixteenth-century inn in the middle of Mullion, with low ceilings, a big fire and St Austell ales on the bar. The pub describes a welcoming, dog-friendly atmosphere throughout, and it is the natural stop between Poldhu and Polurrian. Both those coves close to dogs 10am to 6pm in July and August.
These are the parts only the business can add. We check the dog policy and stamp the date — photos, prices and their own words are theirs to put in, and this listing is waiting for them.
The fire, the snug, the water bowl by the door.
A few dishes and what they cost, so people arrive knowing.
Can the dog actually sleep here, and what does it cost.
Which rooms, which times, whether the whippet gets a biscuit.
Claiming fills every box above, and lets you reply to reviews when they open. £15 a month, no contract, and it never changes the verdict — the stamp stays ours.
Four and a half miles linking Poldhu, Polurrian and Mullion Cove, two and a half hours with 190 metres of climbing on grass clifftop above serpentine rock. Start in Mullion village, where there is free parking near the church, rather than the tiny National Trust car park at Porth Mellin which serves the harbour. Very large dogs cannot squeeze through the gap on the last stile and will need lifting, dogs must be on leads in the harbour area at Mullion Cove, and both Poldhu and Polurrian are inside the summer restriction.
A broad sandy cove with a stream running across it, below the headland where Marconi sent the first transatlantic signal. The restriction runs 10am to 6pm through July and August, so June and September mornings are unrestricted. Church Cove at Gunwalloe, the next cove north, carries the same dates.
Five miles across the Lizard National Nature Reserve to the most photographed cove in Cornwall, three hours with 210 metres of climbing over heath that holds water long after rain. It starts at the National Trust car park at Predannack Wollas, a small field at the end of a long lane, and crosses a ford, so waterproof boots earn their keep. Dogs need a lift over some of the stiles and there are cattle grazing the reserve fields, so leads are sensible; Kynance itself is restricted in high summer and the serpentine cliffs are unfenced and slippery.
Nobody has written one for The Old Inn. If you have been with the dog, you would be the first — and the first review is the one everybody reads.
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