Newquay

Last Sunday we headed to Newquay for a last trip away with our good friends Deb n Mick. We had a 5.5 hour drive down there so upon arriving at our hotel we felt it necessary to sample the local cider "rattler", just so we were in with the locals you understand ;-)

Monday we decided to head to Port Isaac, the home of Doc Martin




A really stunning place, but a struggle to get to as really steep hills and very little room to pass if you were unlucky enough to meet someone coming the other way!!

Our next stop was Polzeath beach



Then onto Padstow, we were really disappointed with it here as everyone raved about it and it gets loads of publicity with being the home of "Rick Stein", whilst it was a lovely place it just didn't live up to the hype. And it had the worst fish and chips EVER!!



We decided to head nearer to Newquay for the rest of the afternoon and parked up in Newquay town and walked to little Fistral beach



We then walked along the cliff tops to Fistral beach. The views up there are stunning and the beach is beautiful and it's famous for its surf tournaments.







We sat and had a beer watching the guys surfing.

The next day we decide that Lands End was a must, and we were not disappointed, the views are amazing from there.... look for yourself.







Next stop, Marazion to see Saint Michael's Mount, this is an island that houses a medieval castle and can be accessed by foot at low tide




Not wanting to miss anything out on our short stay we decided to head to Carbis Bay, this is a really small bay but is one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen in the UK. From here we decided to drive to St Ives for the afternoon. We had a traditional cornish pasty for lunch and cornish icecream for dessert, mmmmmmmmm





Saint Ives was our favourite place throughout our visit and we would stay here if we ever venture this way again.
On the drive back to Newquay we decided to stop off at the Cider Farm to do some shopping for essentials after tasting them all that is ;-D MMMMMMMMMM scrumpy was my favourite. To work up an appetite for tea we decided to walk around Newquay and headed to the beach just below our hotel where they were running surf lessons.






On our last morning we just had time to visit the Blue Reef Aquarium where we saw all manor of aquatic creatures.... we did some last minute prezzie shopping for the parents who are looking after us so well whist we wait to move. At lunch time the long journey home began.....

We had a lovely time with good friends