Morgan and Jane's EXCELLENT Adventure: Cornwall- 21st -26th April

For the Easter break we stayed in Cornwall. Our campground was just south of a town called Bude (pronounced by us as “BUDE!”, in the manner of surfer “Dude!”). It was another of those slightly underwhelming paddocks off the side of the road but actually turned out to be great- not too crowded, lovely view and the best showers yet!

We managed to have a relaxing time and see very little of northern Cornwall during out time there. On the Saturday we drove the van into Wadesbridge. From there we cycled along the Camel Trail from Wadesbridge to Padstow. This is part of a network of cycle ways, which have been created along the paths of the old railway lines. The route to Padstow was gorgeous- running most of the way alongside the water. It was a really nice, thankfully flat, 5 mile ride…and I didn’t fall off once!

Padstow- if it exists it's probably owned by Rick Stein

In Padstow we met up with our friends Marnie and Sam who had come down from London for the weekend. It was so lovely to see them! We had a great lunch at Rick Stein’s fish and chip shop, a lovely stroll on the pretty Padstow beach, and some locally made ice cream.

Catching up with the lovely Marnie and Sam on Padstow beach

Lovely views of Padstow harbour

Crazy people

Morgan decided NOT to order the rabbit

A sleeping shelf above the bedroom of a 14th century house- the single females would sleep here to protect their virtue...hence if they didn't get married they were "left on the shelf"!

On the Monday we went to visit Tintagel. This is sold to tourists as the possible birthplace of King Arthur, although the very first information board you read says that this seems “extremely unlikely” Regardless, the ruins of the castle, which were on this very rugged bit of coast, are pretty impressive and the views along the coast itself are gorgeous.

Tintagel Castle ruins

Cornish coastline- views from Tintagel Castle

Steep steps up to Tintagel ruins- it's steeper than it looks....Mum would have loved it.

Easter Sunday was my birthday and after a sleep in and a gorgeous cooked breakfast we took a lovely walk across the countryside and down to the nearest seaside village, Crackington Haven. The coastline here is very dramatic, all cliffs and great slabs of black rock. Despite my earlier mocking, Morgan’s “seaside identification chart” turned out to be of great use in our never-ending quest to complete our rocky shore assignment. A post walk bottle of Verve and lots of lovely birthday wishes from friends and family completed a really lovely day.