Easter long weekend came around faster than I expected but thankfully there were spare seats in a friend’s hire car and I hopped on the bandwagon as we headed on my first long weekend road trip down to the south west coast of the UK to Cornwall.
Good Friday and Easter Saturday were filled by day with scones with jam and Cornish clotted cream, fish and chips, a Cornish pasty and Cornish ice cream. The nights saw the threat of flying drink trays thrown by the renowned bucks and hens' weekends of Newquay. Searching the streets we discovered £2 Jagerbombs at the Belushi's backpacker bar, which turned out to be a winner. Its sticky floors proved to be a rather nice atmosphere to be spending our vacation.
Our trip continued through to the coast of St Ives, as we sought cover from the rains in the town's amusement parlour on the two penny machines. Again it was perfect weather for a Cornish ice cream or two.
Next stop was Penzance on Sunday, for the pirates. Slightly disappointing but the town was a good base to get to St Michael's Mount which we approached during low tide across the beach.
We also sought out a lo
cal craft and food market. Arriving an hour before closing time were excused of the exorbitant £3 entry fare. Afterwards, we went for a drive down to Land's End - the most western point of the UK, just so we could check that one off the list too.On our drive home on Easter Monday, in free-flowing traffic towards London, we balanced off our tour with a visit to the giant biomes of the Eden Project. With 'Mediterranean' and 'Rainforest' environments in the giant greenhouses, a bit of cover from the weather in the artificial climates completed a most successful road trip!
Item 65: Cornwall? CHECK!
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