A Trip to Cornwall - I

BondWoman and myself flew down to Cornwall for a short break last Friday; well I say a short break, it was more that BW could take a look at my old haunts, and for me to sort out some long standing stuff with my brother. This is the first post of a few over the next few days sharing this trip with you; althought I can’t guarantee that it will be a daily occurrence.

Actually we were supposed to fly down to Newquay from Glasgow on the Saturday, but Flybe in their infinite wisdom cancelled the flight and switched us to a flight from Edinburgh the day before, not that I was complaining about an extra day in my beloved Cornwall, or of not having to travel to Glasgow to fly. I have to say that this is the most civilised way to get to Cornwall from Edinburgh; I mean about an hour and a half as opposed to a fourteen hour train journey and a similar length drive. On arrival at Newquay airport I was not at all surprised to find that the terminal building was nothing much more than a mud hut, I mean TINY!

So, we pick up the hire car and head off down to the Lizard, BW had booked us into a B & B near Mevagissey from Saturday to Tuesday, but they could not accomodate us for the extra night, so we found The Harbour Inn at Porthleven for the extra night. Anyway off we head towards Newquay, which I tactfully guide BW around; personally I can’t understand why anybody would want to live there, it’s a nothing sort of town. Eventaully, both of us pretty hungry by now (well gone mid-day) we arrive at the outskirts of Helston where there was the opportunity to get some nibbles to leave in the car for the duration of our stay, also a couple of pasties to satisfy our immediate hunger.

Pasties being left to cool off a bit, we drove out of Helston and up to a viewpoint overlooking RNAS Culdrose, about a coule of miles, wher we sat and consumed the pasties in the midst of one of the heaviest hail showers imaginable. It was at this point that we decided that The Lizard would be far too busy at that time of day, at least for us; so we took a look at the map to find somwhere that we could park up and take a bit of a cliff walk to ease the stiffness of travelling. Eventually we settled on Lion Rock between Lizard Point and Mulliion Cove where we took a half hour stroll out across the cliffs and back; it was so good to feel the wind and hear the sea pounding the base of the cliffs.

Back into the car and off we set in search of Porthleven and The Harbour Inn, a nice enough place but, we think, slightly overpriced for what it is. We get settled into the room and immediately down to the bar for a couple of pints of St Austell Brewery’s finest offerings before taking a turn around Porthleven itself, which is a quite attractive place in itself. The finally, back to eat, and I have to say that the food was good, better than I had exected, along with a couple more pints of good beer before hitting the bed…

Pics:-

All pictures from the trip can be found here.