Great Western Newquay

... 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 ...

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 ...

... but coming back is the hard part after running for 40 min already.

But what we discoverd on our run is a quaint and picturesque little place worthy of a much closer inspection than a run by allows.

However, that would have to wait till tomorrow as it was sunset by the time we made it back up the hill to the van and we had champers to drink. Why? What is the special occasion? Well, we're on holidays of course so why the hell not!!

... 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 ...

It was getting late after all our super day of sightseeing. The plan was to spend the night in a caravan park somewhere by the ocean, and fill up the water in the van, have a hot shower and relax.

The park we were set on was to our uneducated ears, expensive at £22, after all, we are only parking on their land and using a few of their facilities... and we are on a ...

... be emulating their missionary objective, but no doubt a journey from France, Irland or Wales was considered long distance way back when.

So it's from here that we set off, heading east but stopping at the Capability Brown landscaped Dyrham Park near Bath to say a final goodbye to my parents before dropping the ...

... and what was being said, I just might take my dishes there tonight to find out what is so exciting.

Now breakfast time and lunchtime is quite different, it is the make species turn to wash up. I have never heard the clunk of so many dishes, like they were trying to beat the world record for washing up. The men acknowledged each other but no gossip!!

The other fascinating thing is at the chemical disposal site, no females!!! Just the male species. I ...

... br>The focus in the rainforest biome is on minimizing environmental impact, preserving endangered plant species, and ...

... know the facts especially as she was next to me when I put the offer in !!!
So we moved on and the Nationwide wanted to lend me enough to hire sufficient staff to hire pirates for a 3 month trip to Somalia and then one night at stupid O'clock a motorhome appeared on the aforementioned well known auction site.
We were both immediately attracted to it by the light photos and the set up at the front of the van. We had looked at numerous vans and nothing ...

... and the AC fans from above didnt work. So we were stuck in a stupidly hot coach until we stopped at some services because the driver sympathised with us. Here we bought even more food and lots of water. Oh and some of us bought electric fans to attempt to help us in the heat. When we were all back on the coach the drive broke some rules and opened the emergency exit thing on the roof and therefore letting lots of ...