Portscatho is a coastal village at the end of Gerran’s Bay, on the Roseland peninsular, Cornwall. The village was heavily reliant on Pilchard fishing as far back as the 16 hundreds. Along the shore wereContinue reading
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Brown Willy Tor and Rough Tor, Bodmin Moor
Brown Willy Tor and Rough Tor, on Bodmin Moor, are the two highest hills in Cornwall. With Brown Willy reaching 420 metres above sea level and Rough Tor, 400 metres above sea level. Nik andContinue reading
Tintagel, Cornwall
Tintagel is a small village on the north coast of Cornwall, famous for its castle. Associated with the legends of King Arthur and the round table. Taking advantage of the nice weather and quiet times,Continue reading
Padstow, Cornwall
Padstow is a small town and fishing port in the North of Cornwall. Famous for its Obby Oss day on 1st May and Rick Stein’s chip shop, restaurant & Deli. This quaint little harbour townContinue reading
Penpol, near Falmouth
Since November Nik has been going to bed and asking for blue skies and fluffy white clouds. Well, we have definitely been blessed this month as that is what we’ve been getting most of. Few!Continue reading
Mylor Bridge
The weather was predicted to be pretty wet so we decided not to travel too far and just find a reasonably priced site with good walks. This actually proved to be quite difficult and weContinue reading
Downderry and Cornish Seaton
Downderry is a small Cornish fishing village and this is where we have decided to stay for this weeks adventure. Our site is on a farm at the top of a very steep hill overlookingContinue reading
Marazion to Cudden Point
It is so lovely to finally be getting some really nice weather. For this week’s mini-adventure, we have decided to stay on a site near to Perranuthnoe, South Cornwall. With the weather being so goodContinue reading
Gwithian, Cornwall
This week we had problems getting online to research a new destination, as the weather was really bad, so we decided that as most of the holidaymakers would have gone home, it was about timeContinue reading
Roche Rock
Well we’re definitely into British Summer Time. The weather has been dreadful. I did get one good weather day this week, which I took advantage of by getting all my washing done in the morning,Continue reading
Long Rock, Marazion and Penzance
The weather forecast for this week wasn’t that brilliant, so we have decided to revisit Long Rock and the surrounding area, weather permitting, with a view to catching up on some work if it doesContinue reading
Camel Trial Wenford Bridge to Helland Bridge
Today we decided to walk another part of the Camel Trail, this time we started at Wenford Bridge. Not too difficult to get to from the main road, although we wouldn’t be too keen toContinue reading
The Camel Trail, Wadebridge to Bodmin
The sun was out but we only had half the day to enjoy it in so we decided to walk part of the Camel Trail. We’ve walked Padstow to Wadebridge on many occasions so weContinue reading
First trip in Daisy of 2015
Well it’s been a long old winter with Nik chomping at the bit to get back out in Daisy. So we decided that as the weather had warmed up a little, this weekend would doContinue reading
Long Weekend on the Penrose Estate
No year would be complete without Daisy breaking down at least once! This year we thought we’d got away with it. No break down on our two week holiday, yay, a break through. We spokeContinue reading