If it's great walks you want: Little Robyn is certainly in the right ballpark, but rather than start from Rock I'd park at Trebetherick, at the Daymer Bay car park. Walk back up the road for a short while and turn right (past some very posh houses!) to get on to St Enodoc golf course. Carefully follow the white markers across the golf course (which is idyllically situated) and visit St Enodoc's church, where you'll find the grave of Sir John Betjeman. From there you have a super view over the Camel estuary and, if the tide's low enough, you may just glimpse the Doom Bar, the nemesis of many a sailor but the origin of the name of Britain's finest pint (I'm on the flavour panel at Sharp's brewery in Rock so I should know!). Continue on to Rock, turn right and go past the place where the Padstow ferry runs from and then drop down on to the beach. Walk towards the sea along the wonderful sandy stretch of Daymer Bay to get back to your car. It's a gentle yet glorious stroll.

Or you could do my very favourite walk. Park at the leadmines car park at Pentireglaze, or at Pentireglaze farm. Walk to the coast path and walk round the Rumps hillfort for some of the very best views in Cornwall. Rejoin the main coast path and carry on round Pentire Point until you bear left down the long, gentle path towards Polzeath. Just before you get to the town turn left and walk half a mile back to your car. You won't regret the hour and a half this walk will take you.

We had a walk around Trebarwith Strand and Tintagel this afternoon, taking in the coast path by Tintagel youth hostel and the old Lanterdan slate quarry. The air was crystal clear and the clouds were beautiful.

Croyde was mentioned. If you're in that area you could do much worse than park in Mortehoe village and walk to Morte Point, and beyond towards Woolacombe if you have the energy.