Get on the A390 and head west towards Truro. Go through Grampound and cross the River Fal. Follow the main road for about another mile, and then turn right. This road will take you straight into Grampound Road. Alternatively, you could go on the A30, turning left a few miles past Indian Queens on to the B3275 towards Ladock.
Before the match, we'll have lunch in Ladock's Falmouth Arms (pub website) (Google Map for TR2 4PG). From the pub car park: turn right out on to the main road and then turn left in 100 yards or so (signposted to Grampound Road). Follow this road for a couple of miles and then turn right (again signposted to Grampound Road). Drive into and most of the way through the village.
The ground is the playing field at the bottom (south) end of the village, on the right-hand side of the road. The second-XI pitch is next to the road, right behind the children's playground. Park cars in the field next to that.
Click the picture above for a link to a Google Map centred on the ground (check the satellite view to see exactly where the ground is).
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From Bodmin take the A389 towards Wadebridge. You'll pass the Borough Arms pub on your left as you go down hill to the River Camel. Carry on over the old railway line and across the bridge, up the hill and follow the road passing the turning for Camelford (B3266) on your right. Keep heading towards Wadebridge and you will come to a tiny place called Washaway.
Do not take the right turn marked Pencarrow!
Instead, drive another 20 or 30 yards and then turn right. You'll pass the Trehellas hotel/restaurant on your right. Stuart Ellis says that you'll soon start to think that you're lost, but he says that you shouldn't worry. Follow this narrow lane through the woods and Pencarrow Cricket Club should appear on your left just before the crossroads (you'll see two huge oak trees on your right). Be careful when turning in as the gateway is narrow, and newcomers tend to scrape their cars.
It's likely, though, that we'll be having lunch in The Slades House Country Inn in Sladebrige, which is between Washaway and Wadebridge (Google Map for PL27 6JB). From there, turn right out of the car park (back towards Bodmin). After about a mile and a half, take the second left after big right-hand bend, signposted to Croanford (half a mile) and St Mabyn (two miles). Drive half a mile up the road to a crossroads. Turn right, ignore the entrance to Pencarrow House on the left and obey the signs that point right into Pencarrow Cricket Club. Don't park where Chris and Kate parked in 2009.
Click the picture above for a link to a Google Map centred on the ground (check the satellite view to see exactly where the ground is).
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Head east (back towards Devon) on the A390 out of Lostwithiel. On the right about a mile out of town (a couple of hundred yards past Saint Winnow School and just about the place where the 40-mph zone ends) is Downend Garage. Turn right there (signposted to Lerryn, 3 miles, and Couch's Mill, 2 miles). Follow the road around to the left at Duchy Timber and less than a mile's drive will bring you to a T-junction. Take the left towards Couch's Mill and Liskeard. After about half a mile, bear right (towards Couch's Mill and Lanreath) at a grassy triangle of a junction. In a bit more than half a mile there's a left turn with a heavy-duty white picket gate across it. Open the gate and go through it, remembering to shut it behind you. The sightscreens should be visible pretty soon as you drive along the road, keeping right where you have a choice.
The pitch is very clear on the Google Map satellite image.
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Bugle is right smack on the A391, so get your maps out and find that. These directions will assume that you are heading south along the A391 from Bodmin. As you come into central Bugle, The Bugle Inn is on your right at some traffic lights. Turn right at these lights, into Roche Road (signed to Roche). Go under the bridge and take the narrow track on the right for about 100 yards. It is probably best to leave minibuses and motorcycles on the road.
Before match, several us will probably be in The Bugle Inn (pub website) (link to Google Map of PL26 8PB).
Click the picture above for a link to a Google Map centred on the ground (check the satellite view to see exactly where the ground is).
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Saint Neot is about two miles North of the midpoint on the A38 between Bodmin and Liskeard. Your best bet, I reckon, is to head along the A38 and keep an eye out for signposts.
Once you're in the village, you'll see a pub called The London Inn (Google Map). We'll be having lunch there.
If you're too temperate, or too late, to stop for lunch, then here are directions that assume you are driving through the village with the London Inn on your left. Past the pub, there is a church on your left. Just notice it, don't deviate from your course. Then there is a fork in the road. Bear left up the hill. Turn right at the first crossroads, and drive for about a third of a mile. The entrance to the ground is a gap in the hedge on the left after some farm buildings. There is a small sign in the hedge.
Click the picture above for a link to a Google Map centred on the ground (check the satellite view to see exactly where the ground is).
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Just get close to Bodmin, and there will be signs to Lanhydrock House, a National Trust property just south of the town.
Take the main entrance to the house. Either take the first left into the National Trust car park, or go on past (behind the pavillion) and take the next left into the ground.
Click the picture above for a link to a Google Map centred on the ground (check the satellite view to see exactly where the ground is).
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Head west out of Exeter along the B3212 towards Moretonhampstead. After about six miles (you'll have been through Longdown and up and down a long hill), you get into Dartmoor National Park. Look out for Sunnyside on your right, the house and garden where Graham and Ernie first played cricket. At the end of the straight is a dodgy left-right bend, where my relationship with Donna nearly finished before it had even started. Continue for another 200 yards along the main road and the ground is on the left opposite a shabby lay-by. If you get to the chapel you've gone too far and if you get to Steps Bridge you've gone much too far.
If you fancy lunch or a pint before the game, then head into Dunsford, turning right just before the sharp bend, and to The Royal Oak (pub website) (link to Google Map of EX6 7DA).
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We will probably meet at The Lamb Inn in Silverton (link to Google Map of EX5 4HZ) for lunch before the game. From The Lamb Inn, head to the crossroads in the middle of Silverton and take the left turn (signposted to Killerton House). That road takes you to a right turn to Killerton House.
From the village of Broadclyst, head north on the B3181 for a couple of miles and turn left before you get to Budlake. Go over the M5 and then take the left into Killerton House.
Once you're on the road to the house, keep straight on (or turn right if you want a look at the National Trust house). There is beer and cider for sale at the ground.
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