Today was one the first days we have had where it remained overcast the whole day. It wasn’t particularly cold but on the coast and in the wind I understand why the Queen wears a scarf, not glamorous but certainly practical. We left Plymouth and went through Cornwall to the coast. The countryside was hillier than yesterday but green and lush and mainly agricultural land. Many remnants of tin mines and wind generators dotted the horizons.Two hours and our first stop was at a cold and very windswept beach of St Michael's Mount.
On to Lands End…where we lined up like sheep for a free Cornish pasty…..quite nice but twice the size of anything we get at home!
Scenery was wild and the sea looked very forbidding indeed.
Not too far way was St Ives, a bustling and eccentric town on a harbour. It is the next harbour around from Port Isaac (where Doc Martin was filmed)
The car park was way above the town and we walked there and back. Henry said the walkway was steeper than Heartbreak Hill. A wander around the town (where the seagulls are huge and will brazenly steal food out of your hand). The seagulls screeching was the exact sound from Doc Martin...I was so excited!
If you see a sign outside a pub that says coffee and scones with Cornish clotted cream….what choice do you have but go inside?
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| NOW WHAT WAS ON THIS PLATE? |
Back to Plymouth to the departure point of the Mayflower. An hour cruising around the vast harbour was enjoyable. Rain came in for about 10 minutes but luckily it was fine when we left the boat. Back to the hotel for dinner and then a relatively early night.
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| MAYFLOWER STEPS |
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