Cornwall was calling me as it does every so often, so Andy and I decided (as we were child free) to pop down for the weekend. We set off after work at 3.30pm and headed off for the place we love so much.Surprisingly there was not much traffic and our journey took 4 hours and 20 minutes. As soon as we arrived at the bungalow the first thing we did, and always do, was make a long awaited cup of tea. God we're getting old!!!!!
We were a bit peckish so decided to head into St Ives for a bite to eat.After parking the car we had a little walk along the harbour front, there was a crowd gathered so we decided to investigate only to find a game of beach volleyball going on. We watched as the young Fit lads did their stuff, I was mesmerized, but my hunger got the better of me so I tore myself away.We found a lovely little place called cafe Coast right on the harbour front and sat upstairs by the window. I had a Carbonara which was probably the best I have ever tasted. We sat there for ages looking over the dusky harbour and 'people watched' . We were aware of a man sat in the cafe who Ricky Gervais most definitely modelled his character from the Office on this guy, what a prat.....still it takes all sorts. We did the short drive home and had a nice glass of wine and went to bed.
We got up quite early on Saturday. I had never been to Lizard so we decided to head off in that direction. First we found Mullion Cove, (pictured right) we had a little look around, it was a very pretty place and took some great photos.I really wanted to get a bit of sun on the old 'bod' so we went down to Porthleven beach. It wasn't the best beach I'd ever been to in Cornwall, it was more gritty than sandy and not very inviting but we spent an hour or so relaxing and soaking up the rays. Then on to the Lizard where we visited the most southerly cafe in Britain called Polpeor. We sat outside taking in the amazing view of the jagged rocks and the sun twinkling on the sea when suddenly I spotted a seal bobbing around, we watched him for ages, it was lovely to see him in his natural habitat.
Time to move on. We found a little place called Church Cove which was really tiny with no sand, just rocks. We had heard that Praa sands was a beautiful beach so we went of to find it. What a great place.....I want to go there on our next visit. Back to the Bungalow for a quick freshen up and then out to dinner at the Pub just down the road from us called The Old Quay House Inn. This place had a really welcoming feeling and the best smoked mackerel ever.....well, apart from the 5, yes 5 mackerel I caught on a previous trip, but that's another story!!!!!
Sunday morning and another gloriously sunny day, Andy wanted to go to the Wayside Museum at Zennor where there are over 5000 artefacts and things found around the area dating back to way back when. What an interesting place and well worth a visit.Unlike the pub we visited next. The Gurnard Head Hotel is a big orange building, inside felt very unwelcoming, the landlord was not my kind of person (he is probably really nice but I found him quite rude) Needless to say we didn't stay there long!!
Time for Sunday lunch, we really fancied a Sunday roast and we remembered on a previous visit going to a pub called the Godolphin Arms at Marazion, which over looked St Michaels Mount. We were given
a table by the window (picture left) and looked out over the bay and the beautiful mount, and watched kids jumping off the rocks into the sea and having a great time. The carvery was lovely and we would definitely recommend this one, it is advisable to book though as this is a very popular place. After lunch we had a little walk through the "skinny" village of Marazion to get the kids some rock.Then it was time to come home:-( ....... We left about 4.30pm and took drive home, we got home at 9.00pm.Its nice to be home but I'm already looking forward to our summer holiday in sunny Cornwall.
By Deb
We were a bit peckish so decided to head into St Ives for a bite to eat.After parking the car we had a little walk along the harbour front, there was a crowd gathered so we decided to investigate only to find a game of beach volleyball going on. We watched as the young Fit lads did their stuff, I was mesmerized, but my hunger got the better of me so I tore myself away.We found a lovely little place called cafe Coast right on the harbour front and sat upstairs by the window. I had a Carbonara which was probably the best I have ever tasted. We sat there for ages looking over the dusky harbour and 'people watched' . We were aware of a man sat in the cafe who Ricky Gervais most definitely modelled his character from the Office on this guy, what a prat.....still it takes all sorts. We did the short drive home and had a nice glass of wine and went to bed.
We got up quite early on Saturday. I had never been to Lizard so we decided to head off in that direction. First we found Mullion Cove, (pictured right) we had a little look around, it was a very pretty place and took some great photos.I really wanted to get a bit of sun on the old 'bod' so we went down to Porthleven beach. It wasn't the best beach I'd ever been to in Cornwall, it was more gritty than sandy and not very inviting but we spent an hour or so relaxing and soaking up the rays. Then on to the Lizard where we visited the most southerly cafe in Britain called Polpeor. We sat outside taking in the amazing view of the jagged rocks and the sun twinkling on the sea when suddenly I spotted a seal bobbing around, we watched him for ages, it was lovely to see him in his natural habitat.Time to move on. We found a little place called Church Cove which was really tiny with no sand, just rocks. We had heard that Praa sands was a beautiful beach so we went of to find it. What a great place.....I want to go there on our next visit. Back to the Bungalow for a quick freshen up and then out to dinner at the Pub just down the road from us called The Old Quay House Inn. This place had a really welcoming feeling and the best smoked mackerel ever.....well, apart from the 5, yes 5 mackerel I caught on a previous trip, but that's another story!!!!!
Sunday morning and another gloriously sunny day, Andy wanted to go to the Wayside Museum at Zennor where there are over 5000 artefacts and things found around the area dating back to way back when. What an interesting place and well worth a visit.Unlike the pub we visited next. The Gurnard Head Hotel is a big orange building, inside felt very unwelcoming, the landlord was not my kind of person (he is probably really nice but I found him quite rude) Needless to say we didn't stay there long!!
Time for Sunday lunch, we really fancied a Sunday roast and we remembered on a previous visit going to a pub called the Godolphin Arms at Marazion, which over looked St Michaels Mount. We were given
a table by the window (picture left) and looked out over the bay and the beautiful mount, and watched kids jumping off the rocks into the sea and having a great time. The carvery was lovely and we would definitely recommend this one, it is advisable to book though as this is a very popular place. After lunch we had a little walk through the "skinny" village of Marazion to get the kids some rock.Then it was time to come home:-( ....... We left about 4.30pm and took drive home, we got home at 9.00pm.Its nice to be home but I'm already looking forward to our summer holiday in sunny Cornwall.By Deb
