27th September 2010 - 18 degrees Mousehole / Lamorna / Lands End
Beautiful sunny day today our last day before we leave for Somerset. We have taken a drive down to Mousehole a tiny seaside village on the south coast of Cornwall. There is a tiny harbor with lots of colorful row boats and the tide was way out, there was no water what so ever. We had morning tea in a little tearoom (2 scones each with Jam and Cream, I had half of mums as she couldn’t eat the other half) then we walked along the sea path towards rocks and a mini beach with a rock pool. Then we jumped back into the car and took the tiny country lanes, (only one car wide, if another car comes towards you, either one has to reverse up the lane until there is enough room to squeeze through). As we were driving along we came across a whole field of huge cabbages! We reached Lamorna Cove , after driving down a tiny road, through a semi rainforest. The water was blue and there were people in wetsuits ready to go for a dive. The beach was surrounded by large rocks on the left and a brick pier and restaurant on the right. A great spot for a swim!! Tom, Luke and I were playing on the rocks close to the sea and a FREAK wave came up and soaked my pants and shoes. The other two thought it was hilarious. I had to take off my pants and sit on the rocks in my undies!! (not happy Jan) We then continued into Porthcurno, we parked the car a short walk away from the beach, as we came over the hill the beach came in to view. The best beach we have seen in the U.K. It had beautiful sand and the water was bright blue, mum and I saw a large seal swimming along in the shore. It reminded us a bit of the Whitsunday's, but it was surrounded by cliffs and the water was minus 20 degrees!! Up on the right side of the cliff there was the Minack Theatre. It was built all out of stone and right on the edge of the cliff. They have live theatre shows here from April to September, it is a fantastic spot!!! We had lunch up in the cafe with a great view right across the beach and up the coast. We stayed in Porthcurno for about 3 hours and then left to check out Lands End, the southern most point of the U.K. I was the most southern person in the England!! This was very open sea and country, and we followed a tractor all the way along the road. From Lands End we drove to St. Ives.
The countryside into St Ives was spectacular, with lots of stone fencing, heather (red hedges) and paddocks all the way down to the sea. We passed through old little villages with tiny stone houses. As we were driving along, the car in front stopped and we had to wait for a young farmer to walk his cows along the middle of the road! They were not scared of us at all and took over the whole road.
St Ives is a really nice town right on the coast with a nice harbour and lots of shops. We had some drinks in the Harbour Boat Inn and dad bought us a packet of crisps (chips). We headed back to our car and started our drive home....... to pack our bags :( Another long but great day!!
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