Readymoney Cove

Three and a half miles round the Gribbin headland to the red and white daymark tower, about two and a quarter hours with 170 metres of climbing and views the length of St Austell Bay. Start from the National Trust car park at Menabilly Barton, a field car park up a narrow lane off the Fowey to Par road, and walk down past the lakes to Polridmouth. No stiles anywhere on the route, Polridmouth beach takes dogs all year and the lake behind it is the swim, but the headland is grazed and the coast path either side of the daymark runs along an unfenced edge with a long drop.

Bar and restaurant on the Fowey waterfront with a terrace over the harbour. Dogs are permitted in the bar, the lounge and the outside terrace but not the main restaurant. Be clear on the sleeping arrangements: dogs are only accepted in the self-catering apartment, not in any of the guest bedrooms.

Three and a third miles from Fowey’s own little beach out to Daphne du Maurier’s cove and back inland, an easy two hours with one stiff set of steps up from St Catherine’s Castle. Readymoney has a very small car park that is usually full, so most people walk down from the town car parks or take the summer bus. One stone stile, reported to give dogs no trouble, and Polridmouth allows dogs all year with a lake to swim in behind the beach; Readymoney itself is restricted in high summer and the clifftop between the two is unfenced.