Cliffdene Hotel Newquay

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We made it off the island just in time... we had to take our shoes off and wade accross the causeway... this is probably the closest I will get Kim to going into the Atlantic in the North hemisphere.

Next stop was the Lizard peninsular, the guide book said if you made the effort to go here then you would be rewarded. Unfortunately it was very similar to the rest of the coastline we had seen over the previous days so we were ...

... 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 ...

We made out of the paddock without getting bogged, Phew!! Checked the internet last night and the surf looks like it will be good for the next 2 days. So our mission today is to get me some waves.

So we hug the coast but the swell is not big enough for the spots we pass to get going, so after grabbing a pasty and a ...

... fill the water tank up. Which we duely did and fired up the boiler for our first hot shower in the van. Apart from being a little cosy in there it worked like a dream. Being the only van in the padock had it's advantages... we could pick the best (flatest) spot and enjoy the peace and quite and a beautiful sunset as well as the light show which is the country night sky.

... Church in Lelant, with a brilliant reception in the gardens at Lanyon.

The location gave some inspiration too, with that corner of the country having seen plenty of travellers in its time. Uny (who founded the church), Ia (who founded St Ives), and Justus (after whom St. Just is named) all travelled there. We won ...

... should phone!!

I think the female wrinkle's spend all of their time washing and running back and forth to their portable rotary washing lines!! All manner of things on the lines from giant sloggy's to giant y-fronts (And no I have not seen any g-strings............ Yet!!! to indescribable items, I should make friends with one of them so I could find out what those items are and what they are used for or maybe i don't want to know.

It was fascinating at ...

... so the exoticness was missing. We didn't even get a chance to explore much of the exterior gardens because it was ...

... do a scrappage deal on the old 106 and buy a motorhome.
Hyundai i10 was the way we went with the car. Decision being made based upon price and mileage to the gallon and comparing it to the Kia (slightly cheaper) it was far more professionally finished and the Panda was the only other real contender but we already have one on the driveway and although I cant put my finger on it I just dont like it. It seems to be a bit of a charachterless box on ballbearings ...

August the 15th to the 21st. I managed to get 6 days off work to go to Cornwall with Lily and Poppy his daughters. His parents have a carvan near Newquay and his mum goes for the whole of the school holidays each year. Dave had planned to go for the whole 2 weeks he had the girls but ...