Great Western Newquay

Hi im writing this blog so that people can see where im going and what im doing and its a great way to stay in touch with everyone. Im going to London for a few days then taking a Haggis trip to Cornwall then its back to London for a couple of days then ...

When a dream becomes a reality...

... be pretty cool. We have a quick lunch stop at St. Ives, an nice little artist village at the coast. Arriving in Newquay in the afternoon, I am a little disappointed. The place is packed with tourists and there are hardly cool surfers around. We walk ...

... so in we went. As ever the girl behind the till asked us where we were from, only so she could tell us she knew somebody from Newquay. We had a coffee each and a meat pie, well that's what it said on the wrapper so I can only assume that's what it was. ...

... your mind just to see if they’re justifiably set.  I’ve only ever camped once before and that was in Newquay, Cornwall and it had electricity and facilities – this trip was different.  Jess, my housemate convinced me to go by ...

... on our way down. Our first surf lesson was the next morning, after a nice early night we headed to the surf school on  Great Western beach to meet our instructor.  After we had changed into our (soaking wet!!) wet suits we were off for a jog ...

... 2 spots. http://www.landsend-landmark.co.uk/ Later once I got back 'home' I took a walk down to Fistral Beach in NewQuay (pronounced Nooookie) just a few moments away from my B&B. I got there just in time to watch a bunch of beginning surfers ...

... 72 ounces (that's over 4lb, or 2kg). By now the music had moved from west coast rock to fairly consistent country and western, and apart from a few Journey and REO Speedwagon tracks little else short of a two step could be found on the radio. ...

... , drunk Aussies), lots of flashing lights, and lots of annoying buffed up surfer 'dudes'; it looked like a mix between Newquay and Blackpool!! After our nightmarish first impression, some cool drunk French guy saw us wandering around and decided to help ...

... everything i expected it to be, we hadnt been duped too badly on this one by the "brilliant" Lombok Smile Travel Agency. Western toilets, private cabins, gourmet dinners, one couple were told that the sail was for sailing at night cos the engines would ...

... back but was threatened very clearly by big monkey teeth. 'Keep them, they're yours'. Temple 4 was awesome. On the south western coast of Bali the temple is built in the ocean on a rock connected to the mainland. Getting there just before ...

... to experience the British seaside so we headed down to the Cornwall coast. The next few days we took in Newquay, St Ives, Lands End (the western-most point of England), Penzance and various little stop-offs in between. It was lovely, the countryside is ...

One of those god-awful nights in Heathrow airport. After arriving back from Newquay at Stansted airport we thought that rather than splashing out on accommodation for less than half the night we should simply crash at the airport. For supposedly one of ...

... us on an orientation tour of the city before dinner and a few of us chose to eat in an Organic Farm Cafe rather than a western restaurant and feasted on curry full of local vegetables. Followed by a banana and nutella pancake as a treat on the way home. ...