Surfs up...

We have had another packed week. I keep promising John some chill out time but there is far too much to do and see at every destination.

We arrived at Tregurrien on Monday and after quickly setting up on site, we walked down the road to Watergate Bay to watch the surfer “dudes” do their stuff. The beach was lovely as promised by Tracey who recommended it to us. She had booked to spend the week with us but being a true “blonde” she booked the wrong week and arrives on the day we leave. Fortunately we will not be too far away, so we can still meet up for a day or two on the beach and a few glasses of wine as planned. 

I think the most scenic place we have been to this week was Tintagel Bay and castle, which is reputedly the birthplace of King Arthur. The Castle was nothing special but the walk certainly made up for it with lots of bays, caves and turquoise sea.

We visited another cider farm (Healey’s) and took advantage of the FREE sampling… well, when you are on a budget you have to take free booze anywhere you can get it!! There was also an ice cream farm next door so that was a bonus.

We finally got to Padstow after a couple of false starts. We set off on bikes but gave up at the second set of roller coaster hills and decided to go back for the car… then we set off without my handbag with the all important Cornish pasty, ice cream and beer funds in it! but third time lucky we made it. It is a really quaint place, touristy without being too spoilt. We splashed out on a speedboat trip around the bay in a boat named “Jaws” which was ace and we managed to escape without getting too wet!!

There are so many stunning beaches in the area and we managed to get to Daymer Bay (as featured in the book “a road less travelled” and judging by the road in we know why it features there!), Rock Bay and Bedruthen Steps (where we saw a scary snake in the grass). The roads around here are really narrow and very scary so extra alcohol was needed to get me through the week and calm me down.

Today we have been to see the Eden Project. Neither of us were quite sure what to expect but it was really good and it is amazing what they have achieved there and was worth the money.

I can’t believe we managed to fit so much into 6 days and take so many photos…and this is one of the few places where we have arrived at the right time, as there is a 5 day surf and music festival on so we get a free concert every night.

Next stop Penzance…