The Airways 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... the clouds came in and the mist stayed for the rest of the day. bummer. Eden Project is STILL a gorgeous ...

... least the Hyundai appears to fit into the funky style of car and with the basic red (refused to pay for metallic when there seemed to be no neglible difference) and air conditioning which I am far too tight to use. Anyway I digress.........
The motorhome:
We thought £15000 would sort us out with a relatively nice van still with loads of life left in it and reasonable mileage. The father in law has been motorhoming for about 20 years so we had good advice from ...

... countryside, and would love to go back one day. Neil enjoyed visiting Pendennis Castle near Falmouth - it belonged to Henry Vlll and was used as a fortress through to World War 2. The kids liked the friendly people and the television! Chelsea and I also went clothes shopping andto The Bear Works near Redruth where she chose and filled three stuffed animals, which was fun. As far ...