The Bay Hotel Helston

... to Land's End, the south-western most point of mainland England, and on the way back to the holiday house we stopped at Mousehole (what a great name!) and Truro, which are both great little seaside towns with lots of narrow roads and heaps of character.

... just outside of the campground so we capitulated to the overpriced rubbish being sold in the onsite mini-market...awful doughy pizzas were best we could do :(
Next we needed to wash our clothes so we took our stuff to the onsite Laundry and nearly fell over when we worked our it would cost over £14 to wash and dry our stuff. Not going to happen! The laundromat in town must ...

... and we had to remind oursleves that there are exciting travels to be had here and now.

The educational "Core" was interesting enough but I felt the missed a real opportunity to really engage people and educate them in practical steps everyone can take to hlep the environment and local ecology. What about crop rotation to help the soil? Or growing gowing multiple crops which have a symbiotic affect such that pesticides and fungicides are not need? Nada!

St Austell, England, United Kingdom darrenhough74

... 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 ...

... just stoped by a sign for a photo to prove we were there.

Moving right along to Minack theatre, a greek/romanesque ampetheatre stuck to the side of the headland cliffs of Porthcurrno and built in 1923.

Last stop before finding a place to park for the night was Mousehole another very cute village.

We drove through Penzance and found a nice place to park not far from St Michaels Mount. Ready for the next days adventure.

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... then went to another local one which was 23 foot long U shape end permanent dining area and overhead bed. They wanted £15,000 and I offered £14,000 on the proviso that I was awaiting a yes from the Nationwide. During the intervening period the wife decided that 23 foot was too long but 20 foot was fine. She has previously never driven anything beyond the length of a Peugeot 806 so how this thought process came into her mind only her and her parents (please see above ...