Sunnyside Hotel 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 ...

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 ...

Admittedly, heading to almost the most westerly point of the country at the beginning of an eastwards circumnavigation of the planet was not very practical, but it was definitely worth it - the wedding of our friends Gareth and Charlotte was beautiful and moving, in one of the most picturesque spots in Cornwall at St. Uny ...

... as a wrinkly? All answers to team ceri!!!

Not been out and about yet think I will just chill out today and have some relaxing, seem to have been on the go for months and think I am paying the price now as I feel so tired and have black circles around my eyes, yes just like a panda!! Not a nice sight I can tell you so no there wont be any photo's.

I might even have a go at trying to sort out the sat dish today. I am planning to use our new BBQ today to ...

... of Stonehenge, and the Friday holiday traffic wasn't on our side. In the waning dusk, we drove alongside, the boys ...

... and the mother in law put her two pennies in as well and I would love to say how much I appreciated that.
Ebay was the place to start and we went and had a look at an M reg van just down teh road for £12750 with 6,000 miles on the clock but it had gaslow and 130 watts of solar power on the roof with a huge top box. Suitably impressed we thought about it but it was our first van and the mortgage wasnt even applied for. Needless to say we got ideas from this ...

After my week long contiki tour I came down with the bug that had been circulating around the airconditioning in the bus and had a bad head cold for days. I caught a bus from London to Exeter which was the worst four hours on a bus so far... so hot! The weather in England at the moment is like an aussie summer. I was picked up by my relos for a one week holiday in the south, we drove to a place called Black Torrington in Devon where we have been staying in a beautiful converted ...