Trebarwith Hotel Newquay

We woke to a lovely sun rise, so it was out for a morning run and a few photos of the wonderful views before making our way over the causeway to St Michael's. The castle and grounds don't open till 10am, but you can only walk over the causeway at low tide. We scored the tide so we had until 12.30pm to see the castle and be able to walk back otherwise it would be underwater and the return would have to be by boat...if it was running.

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... YUM!!!

To work that off we took the long way back to our van via the coastal nature walk. Although still warm the clouds started to close in which seemed quite appropriate fo the scene.

We we got back to the van it started drizzling with rain. It continued off and on for the rest of the day.

... 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 ...

... fill the water tank up. Which we duely did and fired up the boiler for our first hot shower in the van. Apart from being a little cosy in there it worked like a dream. Being the only van in the padock had it's advantages... we could pick the best (flatest) spot and enjoy the peace and quite and a beautiful sunset as well as the light show which is the country night sky.

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... so I can only imagine how lovely it would be had we sunshine. Once an abandoned bit of scarred land, this china ...

... do a scrappage deal on the old 106 and buy a motorhome.
Hyundai i10 was the way we went with the car. Decision being made based upon price and mileage to the gallon and comparing it to the Kia (slightly cheaper) it was far more professionally finished and the Panda was the only other real contender but we already have one on the driveway and although I cant put my finger on it I just dont like it. It seems to be a bit of a charachterless box on ballbearings ...

... organic foods and drinks. The tickets cost about £12 but it was worth it. Next stop- Newquay! We headed straight for the beach where the Rip Curl Board Masters competition was finishing up for the day. The beach had SAND and looked quite nice really. Shame we hadn't been able to watch a bit of the surfing. So we parked the car and headed out into the town. It was full of surf shops, cafes and ...