camping in cornwall........ not quite glamping!

We went we saw but we didn’t conquer! We spent a week in Cornwall and it started out fine although the nights were cold in the tent!!

Drove past Stonehenge on the way down and snapped a quick pic out of the car window!

beautiful stonehenge

 We spent the time visiting all different parts of Cornwall from St Just to Penzance, St Ives to Liskeard, Padstowe to Bude……… you get the general idea…. Lots of pretty villages both by the sea and inland slightly but yes, pricey to say the least….. plus as the weather got worse………… and worse………….. and, yes, even worse……………….. it dawned on us that we were spending more time coping with camping in the cold wind and rain that we were with househunting!! Nonetheless, we were happy enough with our research on the West Country and did view some fantastic cottages……….. one even had it’s own bridge over the stream further down the garden…. We were sorely tempted as you can guess………………. So we’ll see what transpires as all options are open……………..

We visited Mevagissey on our journey into Cornwall and had our first Cornish pasty!!!! Such a pretty place again…………….

post pasty linzi!

pastied out justin!

at higher chellew

We loved our campsite at Higher Chellew nr Penzance, quiet and rural and had some delicious bacon and egg brekkies, yum!

Padstow (where we also camped for a few nights) is really lovely and, of course, famous for Rick Stein’s chippy! It was so busy that we had our fish’n’chips at another chippy down by the harbour and they were good enough for us!!

walking back to camp in padstow

So, anyway…………. When the weather did it’s worst we had moved on to Devon,Somerset and Dorset, criss-crossing back and forth over the borders and checked out some areas as we drove….. Nevertheless, we felt that the need arose for a night in a ‘real bed’ in a ‘real bedroom’ in a ‘real pub’!!! (she says, gleefully!!!) So we found ourselves booking into Waterloo Cross in Devon, a Marston’s Inn and had a wonderful night there, great food and a lovely room plus great brekkie, we felt fantastic after that!!!

We then decided to take a break and get back to the Dog and Duck, see the babies and spend a few days researching the Kentish Coast so here we are back in ‘the gutter’!!

Saw our beautiful ‘children’ yesterday and they are all fine and spent today visiting possible areas where we could also settle…………………….