Carnmarth Hotel Newquay

... the housekeeper to do the honours by showing them around. Don't think this would happen these days...

The island is twined with Saint Mont Michel in Normandy in France. It is a similar island set up just off the coast which can be reached via a causeway at low tide. We are headed there very soon...

The castle gardens were nice but not breath taking by any means. However, they did offer fantastic views of the castle from ...

We spent the morning wandering around St Ives.

It is a beautiful village full of art gallaries and narrow streets.

All the walking around made us hungry.

How could I pass up the opportunity for a hearty Beef and Stilton Pasty.

Kim equally splurged on Cornish Cream Scones and coffee ...

I slept like a log and not a wonder with all that exercise yesterday.

It was dead low tide first thing in the morning so nothing doing on the wave front. Kim and I go for a walk in Newquay town and take a few photos and do some shopping.

10.30 and I in head for a surf for 2 hrs. Clean chest high fun waves and I'm surfing with a bit more confidence having blown away the cobwebs the day before.

Ahhh now I really feel like I'm ...

... and Kim is content to laze about in the sun 18-20 degrees and not a cloud inthe sky - hard to believe it is mid-october.

Kim found a nice coastal walk to keep her occupied while I was happy as a pig in sh!t scoring waves.

Exhausted we found a spot to park a street or 2 from the beach front to spend the night.

... of £50/day (inc fuel) to allow us to travel for the next 6 months.

So, this flash place was not for us. We decided to continue forth up the road 15 min to a "Caravan Park"... quite literally a cow paddock where you could park your van. But a £3 the price was right and we were tired and could not be bothered searching any further.

Atleast there was a place ...

... and heading to St Pancras. The bus there wasn't without a hitch though - the driver got confused at the Euston bus station adn started on his return route too early, meaning that he had to do three point turn his double decker on Southhampton Row... which despite the error was pretty impressive!

Struggling ...

... now he was here n Looe. He said he had heard from Frank and he was in France and it was so hot there! He told Steve they must meet up on their travels this time before they follow the sun to a brighter climate. Now they couldn't decide between them who was going to make the contact as to when and where they would meet, it was decided one of the would either way they would meet, their words not mine. I wonder if they will meet up, probably not as they couldn't decide ...

... the true cost of produce. It is densely packed with vegetation, which is well marked, and m-u-g-g-y.
St. Austell, England, United Kingdom kegibson

... were equally crowded and it was hard to get a sense of the space or what parts of the buildings were left.


At the crest of this knoll we were able to see the coastline, with its emerald ...

... 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.