Is it worth visiting Gwennap Pit? Mythbusting - Can you walk a mile around Gwennap Pit, Cornwall?

In this video about our visit to Gwennap Pit, near Redruth, we explore some of the history of this extraordinary place, sculpted in the ground by man in praise of God in heaven, its unique reason for being created and its lasting legacy - is it really a mile if you walk every circle up and back?
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[@MisterRSG]

I love Cornish Walking trails

[@AnnieWarbux]

Aaaaahhh.... Walking Trails. A sweet diversion from....well... 💙🌏💙✌ 🇺🇸 I can imagine my Great, Great, Great Grandmother Eliza being there!!😘

[@whattovisitinromania5044]

With that beautiful views, you can walk all day! 😍👌🌼❤️

[@Anna-lk6ug]

i love cornwall tank you !!!

[@robertristinge4385]

Thanks guys- good day

[@j.franklin4999]

Just a note to say that it is great to see how much the channel has grown. I have enjoyed it for a while now, and it keeps getting better. Thank you both!

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Great to hear! And thank you very much! Sarah :)

[@JoannaLouise200]

What a wonderful video!... "Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel, Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel, As the images unwind, like the circles that you find, In the windmills of your mind." (sung by Noel Harrison for the film: 'The Thomas Crown affair' (1968). ...stunningly beautiful Cornwall brings out the old hippy in me! 😚

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

I think there's a hippy in all of us!! Sarah :)

[@triciacorin7640]

Wonderful video, so informative, you guys make me smile.

[@judybee]

Ring a ring a roses!! And talk about Speedy Gonzalez with Andrew fair skipping up and down the circles! Myth or no myth, that's a little piece of Cornwall that's very special. As I mentioned once before, John Wesley's house, chapel and museum in London are also such a peaceful place to visit, even though the hustle and bustle of London is just yards from the front door. But there's something about the quiet & secluded area of Gwennap that has it's own special magic for sure........ J x

[@helenbosworth627]

Well done Sarah walking around in the maze circles. Love this walking trails .Well done Andrew too

[@markcornwall8132]

What a great channel. Lived in Cornwall all my life (well not yet) and havent heard of loads of the places, let alone been to them. But now we will definitely be visiting as many as we can, thankyou.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

That's a great comment to receive - I hope you enjoy Cornwall as much as we do! Sarah :)

[@sharonpearl9318]

I enjoyed your adventure. It is a beautiful spot.

[@MariaLeel]

Love your channel.. Fun, funny, beautiful places, lots of history and information - just perfect x

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoy it! Sarah :)

[@AnnieWarbux]

If I ever make it Redruth, the Red Lion and the Manor, I am going to walk the "1/2" mile, in the 🌟Gwennap Pit!! Thanks so much for the views and lessons and fun! 💙You two are the sweetest couple!!I

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Sounds great! Sarah :)

[@82nutnut]

GPS on a phone isn't a constant update, it only updates every few seconds or so. So if you are walking in a circle or around a curve the two or more points of the GPS update will in effect be a straight line between points. So some of the distance won't be recorded, hence it only showed about half a mile. It still might not be a mile top to bottom but it will be closer. But it was still good fun to watch, keep up the good work.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Now that makes sense of the time and distance and pace etc - I thought I walked a little quicker than 2 mph! Sarah :)

[@dianat7764]

As already mentioned, GPS is not continuously updated. However, Map My Walk/Run/Ride is terribly inaccurate, and can be up to 10% short. We can have our phones running (identical models) with one of us carrying them both (to prove the point), and MMW will give significantly different results. And both will consistently record shorter distances than RWGPS or Wahoo, as well as being less than the pre-plotted route. It's not you walking slowly! Thanks for another entertaining video.

[@jimnorris37]

Congratulations super mythbusters. I enjoyed the journey around the pit. The dog seemed to lose his commitment at times.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

LOL! He really did not know what was going on, did he? So cute! Sarah :)

[@anthonybelcher8569]

Hi guys amazing video,thank you tony

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Glad you enjoyed it Sarah :)

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

woww there yall are.. ive missed yall

[@esthermorrissey1454]

It must be a Cornish Mile, the rest we will do dereckly.....ha ha!! My father use to take my brother and myself out to hear the preachers when we were young. I haven’t been out there for years so found the video most interesting & it did bring back some fond memories. Thank you

[@MakeDoAndMend1]

It was like watching a poor spider going around and around the bath plug hole with water. 🤠👍🕷🕷🕷🕷Cheers from George

[@TravellingTorunn]

Mythbusters, 2nd edition ;-) Lovely place and entertaining video! :-)

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

😀Sarah :)

[@rabbastern]

. . . wir waren nun schon so oft in Cornwall, aber diesen Ort haben wir noch nicht gesehen. Danke dafür, Gruß Konrad.

[@marksmith566]

Another great video but I’m thinking the App is wrong as 13/14 mins is about right for brisk mile walk 👍

[@chrisneedham5803]

Lovely video and great fun. I don't think a telephone GPS is accurate enough to work out the distance in circles, you'd be better using a step counter. 🐶🐾🐾🐶🍷🍺👍. 1,760 yards to the mile

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Very true - we wondered the same! My fitbit counter worked out at about 0.5 mile too! We really want a highways distance measuring tool!! Sarah :)

[@susannortham11.11]

What a cool, unusual place! Never knew what an important figure John Wesley was till I started watching CWT. Learning lots :)

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

You and me both! I was aware of his influence in Cornwall but not his importance! Sarah :)

[@michaelwood3099]

I think that the app was definitely wrong, the half mile time would put you on for a 27 minute mile and judging by your pace you would easily have achieved a mile in around 17 minutes, still wonderful fun and indeed an enchanting place to visit off the tourist map.

[@Russell.Jolly.2023]

Yeah, I'm a slow walker and even I beat 27 min/mi.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

I was perplexed by the time and relative distance as i think we generally walk at a good pace for people with short legs!! Sarah :)

[@lionelmarytravels6003]

Hello Sarah. Your phone app was using GPS, so as far as the app was concerned, you hadn’t really gone anywhere. I’ve got a walking app, but that measures steps, which is converted to miles. When we come down in September, I’m going to try it and let you know. Thanks for a great video.

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Yeh, we wondered if that may be confusing things, however my fit bit showed about the same! Still a great fun thing to do! Sarah :)

[@shaunspencer6437]

I be here now. Lovely circular walk. I just wondered if there's a map available for this walk please? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

LOL! Sarah :)

[@davidaustin871]

An enjoyable whimsical short, thank you, but I must say Andrew needs cut out the pastys he's out of condition. 😊

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

LOL! I totally agree! Sarah :)

[@WolfmanWoody]

Had you measured the diameter of a halfway step (looks around 20-21yards) out of the 13 and then used Pi and then multiply by 13 you may have got to around 880 yards. So walking up and down around all the circles would have been a mile, give or take a yard or two, but the exercise must have been well worth it. :-) Nice place, is it still used?

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

Oh wonderful! A mathematician using cold logic always wins the day! I believe it is still used, I know of someone who was a friend of someone (you know how it goes!) and they had their wedding ceremony there; not entirely sure what faith these days, Sarah :)

[@WolfmanWoody]

@@CornishWalkingTrails Simple schoolchild logic using Pi (3.141...) I use it regularly when loading fishing line on a spool. Nice to see the little boy enjoying himself. The cocker, not Andrew :-) Hahah!

[@MegaVideoJames]

I call for a recount! The sign at the front says (3:49) if you walk DOWN and back UP it’d be a mile - not the other way around In other words, if you start at the bottom, you’ll have only walked the top circle once, missing off an extra 100 yards off your total C'mon guys, where are Jamie and Adam when you need them smh

[@CornishWalkingTrails]

I think the important thing is to walk every ring twice, regardless of whether you start at the top or the bottom! Given that I only walked the top ring once, that would be another 100yd but with 1760 yds in a UK mile, 100 yds will make very little difference, still not a mile. I still claim Mythbusted! :) Sarah (aka Jamie, the cool one!!)

[@MegaVideoJames]

Cornish Walking Trails Amazing content 🗿🗿 love you guys!