It's a month since we returned from our holiday in Cornwall and the weather has changed dramatically in that time. The memories also soon fade, so I thought that before it all becomes locked away in the dim and distant past I would post some of my snaps on my blog. This is also to please those who keep asking to see some of the photos. If you don't like other people's holiday snaps, then look the other way now.
It's years since we last went to Cornwall, and there were lots of places we wanted to revisit.
We stayed in a cottage at a place called Porthallow, which is on the Lizard peninsula. It's a little cove with a shingle beach, a cluster of cottages, one pub and a craft shop. We loved the quietness of the place.
It had a pub called The Five Pilchards, where we went a few times for a drink or a meal, but mostly in the evening we used to sit on the beach and watch the boats out at sea.
We did lots of walking along the southwest coastal footpath. There were some stunning views and lots of wildlife--butterflies, masses of flowers bordering the paths, seagulls of course and we even bumped into some Shetland ponies along one walk which the National Trust had put there to keep the grass grazed.
We went to Marazion and walked across the causeway to St. Michael's Mount. You can only walk across at certain times of the day depending on the tides. Other times you can go across by boat.
Penzance was a place we wanted to visit again. We even saw a pirate ship in the harbour.
The Lizard is Britain's most southerly point
This is Church cove at the Lizard
Lizard point
Porthleven is one of our favourite places to visit. It has a harbour, a long beach, lots of interesting little shops and a weekly craft market.
We visited a few gardens, of course, that's a must for us. Bonython was lovely, you can read about it here http://margaretspatch.blogspot.com/2011/08/bonython-estate-gardens.html The best garden was probably Trebah, which would need another blog post to tell you about. We spent all day there.
It was a great holiday and I'm sure we will return to Cornwall again sometime.
