Monday
We left home at 7.30am
dropped moped off at Jen and Andys stopped for breakfast at Peterborough, lunch
at Burgerking, on the way we went through a place called Halfway, by we wasn't quite.
We arrived at Kuggar,
Cornwall about 6pm after 425 miles travelling nearly 10 hours including stops,
using 1 1/4 tank petrol.
Weather was cloudy and
towards end of journey drizzley. We got lost twice.
We arrived at Parkdean, Sea
Acres, Kuggar to a very basic caravan but with spectacular views over the bay
we had dinner in restaurant.
After dinner we went awall
down to the bay where I idiotically slipped over, however, the bay was
beautiful.
Tuesday
Decided to have breakfast in
restaurant to find they only served breakfast on Fri and sat. So we hopped in car and after several false
starts ending up at a lovely little bay called Coverak where we had full
English breakfast overlooking bay.
We then had a wander round
the bay and harbor. Although the day
started off drizzley it turned into a lovely day.
Today we passed a place
called London Apprentice.
We then went onto
Melgavissey, near St Austell, and visited the World of Model Railways,
We then went onto Falmouth
and had spectacular views of the docks from above,
then drove onto Pendennis
Head, Falmouth and had a walk round the ruins
Wednesday
Today we planned to walk along the coastal path round Lizard Point however, the weaher was against us and we woke upto a completely
miserable day rain and thick fog it was awful.
We drove into Lizard the most southerly point in Britain, and had
breakfast and then drove onto Lizard Point and had a walk getting thoroughly
drenched we could barely see the lighthouse, although light was flashing and
the fog horn sounding. At the Lizard there was a sign pointing to Lowestoft,
Suffolk 350 miles.
Then we went back to van to
dry out, then went into Helston still foggy and drizzly but that turned out to
be disappointing and boring we then stopped at RNAS Culdrose the largest
military airbase in the UK, it was so foggy nothing much was happening, we had
a drink and cake, then returned to van, where a black and white cat probably
belonging to Postman Pat tried to follow us in the van.
Later the weather cleared so
we drove back to the Lizard to try and get a better look.
Thursday
Weather much better today nice
and sunny though very windy.
We started off early to
Marazion, the home of St Michaels Mount, but it was high tide so we couldn't
cross the causeway and because of the High Wind there would be no ferry today,
at a local recommendation we had a lovely breakfast at the Godolphin Arms
overlooking the mount.
We then headed off to Lands
End for a couple of hours seeing the spectacular views, very blowy we last went
there about 25 years ago and I recall it being blowy then.
After that we headed back to
St Michaels Mount and was just in time to see the Causeway being revealed, so we followed the Causeway stopping at
Chapel Rock en route we arrived at the mount and explored around we went into
the gardens and had a cream tea, where
we saw a dog wearing shoes on its back feet, we then went back over the
causeway and then explored Marazion.
We then went to Portleven
where it had an unusual harbour and an amazing clock tower, the Bickford Smith
Institute
We had fish and chips on the
harbour wall while watching a pied wagtail playing.
On the way back we stopped at
RNAS Culdrose again to see if we could see anything
And finished with a final walk on Kuggars Cliffs
Friday
We left about 7.45am for
home, we had several stops en route and met up with Micheal and Hana in Banbury
for a coffee.
We arrived home about 7.30pm.
Friday – Journey 12 hours
only got lost once.
Holiday – 1055 miles in
total.
Day Trips – 225 miles
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