Cornwall / England
07 October - 08 October 2017
Day 1
Although a bit late in the year, we made the most of a free weekend and headed west to Cornwall. Knowing I wanted to see the Jurassic Coast on the way back we opted for a rental car over taking a train. An early finish on Friday and we headed to Heathrow picked up the car and headed straight for Penzance, where our Airbnb for the weekend was. We arrived after midnight and it was straight to bed.
Breakfast was the first order of the day and we found an awesome cafe hidden away on the Main Street of Penzance called The Front Room. Then it was off to St. Ive’s to check out the village and grab some lunch.
The weather was far from kind but we made an attempt for Lands End, the furtherest point of England to the west. Driving the ever winding roads, so narrow in places a crash felt imminent, and the cloud and fog limiting vision to mere meters - we survived. The wind howled and the rain pelted so a few quick photos and it was back in the car and back to Penzance. An afternoon nap and early night saw Saturday done.
Day 2
We started the day with breakfast from The Front Room, again (it was so
good we went back for seconds) and then made our way to St Michael's Mount. A medieval castle accessed by a tidal causeway. The weather was still really average but the tide was out so we were able to walk out to the island. We didn’t go into the castle as we had the drive back to London with a detour to Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast.
As we arrived to Durdle Door the weather had done a 180 and the sun was in full force! We went down and touched the Atlantic Ocean, I snapped some photos then we made the long drive back to London. Weekend over.
