Surprise! Surprise! Today we awoke to RAIN!!!! Not only was it raining but we had NO hot water for the shower!!! What a start!!! Shower was solved by showering in another room! By the time we left the hotel, the rain had diminished to a fine mist. We started off on our Cornwall adventure expecting the worse! The guys at the hotel thought we were crazy thinking we might cover the 130 odd miles in one day!!!
Our first stop was Paigton where Jo was amazed to see rows and rows of change shed with their brightly painted doors. Then on to Totness across the River Dart and on to Plymouth. We then drove to the most southerly point in England – Lizard Point or The Lizard. By the time we arrived, the sun was shining and it was the most fantastic day. Blue skies, blue water! Unbelievable!!! Again Jo drew the short straw and had the one lane road with NOOOO passing lane. How hairy was it??? Verrrrry! She reckons she reversed well.
We then drove to Mount St Michaels but the tide was just coming in so we did not have enough time to walk across the causeway to the castle and mosastry. On then to Lands End. Last time Jan was there it was almost dark so it was fantastic to see it on such a wonderful day. The cliffs were spectacular and the Atlantic was calm and vividly blue.
We drove back to Mousehole. By this time it was 7 PM so went searching for a room. Found accommodation at The Old Coastguard Inn where we got a wonderful room overlooking Mounts Bay and we could see Mount St Michaels to the left and Lands End Light to the right. Food and Wine were both excellent.
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