The weather has packed up but we still enjoyed the little English seaside towns of Lyme Regis (very cute!) and Torquay. Our next night was at Slapton Sands but on the way we were surprised when the GPS told us that in 2.3 kms to board ferry!!! Surely not France already!!Around the corner was the ferry across the Dart River. The village of Slapton was typical of the 
small villages in this area - spot the man rethatching the roof!
small villages in this area - spot the man rethatching the roof!Plymouth was our next stop before spending 3 nights (R&R but was also Bank Holiday weekend)at St Agnes on the Cornwall coast. This was is a meadow and cost 3pounds per night.
The next day we drove to a park & ride and caught the train to St Ives - the weather was sunny and St Ives is a gorgeous holiday town without the cheapness of Brighton.
Drove on to Penzance which was slightly disappointing after St Ives and back to our meadow in St Agnes.
The village was celebrating "The Bolster Festival". The Bolster was a giant who terrorised the town which was saved by a maiden called Agnes - a long story. As part of the festival we joined a parade to climb Beacon Hill where there was a bonfire.
Next day we decided to stay put and ride our bikes around the village and coastline including an old tin mine - Wheal Coates.
We arrived at Chapel Porth Beach where a pageant telling the Bolster story was performed.
We are now on our way back to Portsmouth. Today we visited Clovelly in North Devon (on Claire's suggestion).
This village is only accessible by walking down steep cobblestone streets. It is a fishing village but also set up for tourists - very cute!
By the way Genuine Cornish Pasties are great!!!
I remember going to Clovelly with Mum and Dad! It was a lovely little town. Enjoy your travels!
ReplyDeleteEnjoying your pix etc. Interesting about Slapton Sands - I spent 6 months there during WW2. It was a mass of barbed wire and mines!!
ReplyDeleteIt is good to trace your journey Don and Val. It brings back memories of one or two of the places I have passed through...e.g Lloret da Mar. We were working in London and after a grey winter decided we needed a beach holiday for Easter. After studying all the brochures we finally selected a location and headed for Spain - Lloret da Mar! It rained, while London had beautiful weather .. the best easter weather since 1949! All good fun though, my only visit to Spain ever but this was really a British holiday experience. A John Bull Pub and Fish and Chips available and plenty of whinging. We had a day visit to Barcelona, sangria and paella, and we were let loose in a Wine cellar for a couple of hours - all you could drink.. a very funny bus trip home to the hotel... but the rain didn't stop.
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