Lynton Hotel Newquay

... we nevertheless enjoyed a stroll around the steep streets of the town and after a drink at the Golden Lion decided on "The Old School House", built in 1875, for our room for the night. After passing the religous studies room we were ushered into the english room with commanding views over the fishing boats in the harbour. Looking forward to sampling some of the local seafood tonight.

Today we went on a day trip to Tintagel and Newquay.<br><br>Tintagel Castle (now the ruins of) is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, and lies on an exposed headland on the north side of the Cornwall peninsula. There is a lot of history there; some findings suggest that it was occupied as long ago as 200-300AD! There is a small chapel (well, ruins of) which dates from around 1000AD, and the castle itself was established around 1233AD.<br>

It was a shopping and driving day today. We went for a bit of an impromptu tour around the Bodmin Moor area (didn't see the beast unfortunately) and then went to a big department store called Trago Mills where I bought a big road map for when I get a job driving around Europe.<br><br>Not much else to report for today, but we did see a cool scooter with thousands of mirrors and a tail!<br>

... to catch 4 or 5! The nimal lovers reading this will be pleased to know that they were all sent back to the river from whence they came...and looked quite funny as they scuttled away sideways too.<br><br>There was a few very old buildings in Looe, including one which originally built in 1430! (see the Smugglers Cott photo). It was a nice relaxing day and as always it was good fun exploring a new town.<br>

For my next trip I was off to Cornwall in the South West for a week with my Nan, aunties Jeanette and Marion and uncle Roland. We stayed at Lakeview Villas, about a 5 minute drive out of Liskeard.<br><br>Today we drove down from London, and aside from a bit of a holdup at Bath, it was a smooth drive down.<br>

... cheaper<br>we will leave that till tomorrow!<br> I had 2 long and enjoyable surfs the next day. Our hunch on the town laundry proved correct but not by much (£10.50) That evening we decided to have a wee drink in town for something different. The different part being we were not drinking in scooby we were drinking out in public. To my surprise Kim suggested we check out the ...

... full of steep, narrow, winding streets impossible to park on. So we decided to cut our losses and find a park close to the Eden project which was our first port of call in the morning. Still, the dark made our task of finding a good freecamping spot a difficult one, and took another hour before we had settled in for the night. I was pretty crabby by this stage so finding a spot to stop was a welcome relief.<br> <br>The Eden Project opened at 9am and we were the first ...

We spent the morning wandering around St Ives. <br><br>It is a beautiful village full of art gallaries and narrow streets. <br><br>All the walking around made us hungry. <br><br>How could I pass up the opportunity for a hearty Beef and Stilton Pasty.<br><br>Kim equally splurged on Cornish Cream Scones and coffee ...

I slept like a log and not a wonder with all that exercise yesterday. <br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Ahhh now I really feel like I'm ...

We went to the aquarium a few times. Grant's favorite part was the stairs he could climb. My favorite part was finding Nemo and all his friends. Of course, what aquarium doesn't have clown fish?? The last time we went, after I took pictures of the enclosed octopus, my friend I was with pointed out the "No pictures" sign. :) That was fun.