Angel Hotel Helston

... to Land's End, the south-western most point of mainland England, and on the way back to the holiday house we stopped at Mousehole (what a great name!) and Truro, which are both great little seaside towns with lots of narrow roads and heaps of character.

... just outside of the campground so we capitulated to the overpriced rubbish being sold in the onsite mini-market...awful doughy pizzas were best we could do :(
Next we needed to wash our clothes so we took our stuff to the onsite Laundry and nearly fell over when we worked our it would cost over £14 to wash and dry our stuff. Not going to happen! The laundromat in town must ...

... and we had to remind oursleves that there are exciting travels to be had here and now.

The educational "Core" was interesting enough but I felt the missed a real opportunity to really engage people and educate them in practical steps everyone can take to hlep the environment and local ecology. What about crop rotation to help the soil? Or growing gowing multiple crops which have a symbiotic affect such that pesticides and fungicides are not need? Nada!

St Austell, England, United Kingdom darrenhough74

... castle was spectacular, built on the island site just off the coast in the 11th century. Painting and drawings through the castle showed the long history. It also housed some unusual gifts like a 2000bc mumified egyptian cat and a Samuri suit of armour.

The Island is also a pilgramage site and still has a church at the top of the castle. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited once unannounced and the family were not home ...

So we headed south out of St Ives toward Lands End.

Our First stop was the derelict engine house of Botallack Mine clinging to the side of a cliff. the setting was spectacular!!

After walking around the cliff tops we continued on to Sennen Cove another pretty costal village. Just up the road was the infamous Land's End. It may be the most southerly point on the mainland but it just seems to ooze tackyness... we didn't even get out of the ...

... YUM!!!

To work that off we took the long way back to our van via the coastal nature walk. Although still warm the clouds started to close in which seemed quite appropriate fo the scene.

We we got back to the van it started drizzling with rain. It continued off and on for the rest of the day.

... holidays.

Time to continue our tour south, so we drive down to St Ives - a lovley harbour village. We splurge out on our first real Caravan Park.

After hooking up to the electricity we stuck a bottle of bubbles in the fridge. Then head out for a run around the town. Our caravan park is situated on a headland ontop of a hill overlooking the village. Great for the view but quite steep getting back from town. Down is ofcuorse always ...

... to fill the holes in our stomaches we decide that Newquay is the best bet.

We arrive at about 10am and the find a spot with views from the south to north of Fistral beach. The tides just starting to come in and the waves are head high without a breath of wind... bliss!!!

I can't get into my wetsuit quick ...

Hi gang... getting sick of the hot weather yet???

Just a quick update of our fabulous weekend here in Cornwall which included a scenic train ride into a beauty of a village called St.Ives on Friday and the big ball on Saturday.

Rich was lucky enough to get off of work early on Friday so we drove a few miles to a small train station and rode along the coast into the town of St.Ives.  It was actually sunny and the white sand beach was packed with people.  We ...

... have bought 2 Gaslow 6kg cylinders with the gauge for £150 and need to get the filler kit (£58) then decide how many watts on the solar panel we require.
Not too fussed about the top box as yet as the surfboards will go up there without being covered and I need to put the solar panels up there first before I can work out how big a top box is required.
First blog out of the way on our new CI Carioca and will try to update with photos as and when we start using them.