Heading into Cornwall

Wednesday 18th October

Diarist is starting to suffer with a cold - probably thanks to Merilyn. Therefore, todays entries will mainly be in point form, and the pictures will do the talking.

8.4am full English breakfast - except no baked beans.

10.45 heading up to Lynton

 

 11.15am on the wonderful coastal walk to Valley of the Rocks, and in half an hour reached Castle Rock. After lunch in Lynton we decided to drive up to Exmoor to experience the Moors and look for Exmoor ponies, but there are no photos because we saw nothing - there was an extremely thick fog, visibility down to less than 100m.                      After crawling down many narrow lanes we finally came down out of the fog and had afternoon tea at the National Trust Lodge at Watersmeet.

 

Thursday 19th October

 

On the road again heading into Cornwall. Learned about Clovelly, which is actually still in Devon,  as we were leaving the B&B and decided to call in. An extremely steep, narrow, cobbled street leads down to the port. No cars - in the past donkeys used to carry the goods made in town or produce from the Estate down to the port and materials for building etc, up from the port - donkeys are still there but now carry children. The locals all have home made, hand pulled sleds for transporting every day things. We had lunch half way up the hill on the way back - mainly so we could have a rest - the locals must be very fit with all that sled pulling.

 

 

 

Then the rain, and strong winds started. We still called in to Port Isaac (Port Winn in the Doc Martin series), put on all the wet weather gear, and battled the driving rain, just because we had to and could! Arrived in Marazion, near Penzance, quite late, and settled into a warm, cozy cabin where we will look after ourselves for two nights. Still very wet and windy, they keep talking on the news about a storm called 'Brian' which is going to hit the coast in a few more days - could become interesting. Unfortunately Bruce's cold has become heavier, but he is still upright and out there exploring.