Helston 4

Later this week we drove to Perranporth, yet another seaside holiday village on the Cornish coast and did the 4 hour return walk to Holywell which is on the way to Newquay. It was low tide and I think it has the widest beach of any I have seen when the tide is out - a long way to walk for a swim but because it WAS low tide we were able to do half the walk along the beach, an easier walk than the path through the sand dunes. The beaches here are always very colourful with stripey windbreaks, mallets for hammering them in and tents being almost mandatory for a day on the beach!

Perranporth popular end & quiet end above

Holywell beach is also wide with a fresh water stream running into it on a sweeping curve - we didn't go into the little settlement but ate our lunch on the beach before doing the return trip. We had a little time to fill in before watching Dan trial in Truro for the Under 16 Cornwall County rugby team so we popped into our favourite Truro Pub for a quick beer beforehand. We love the atmosphere of the character-filled old Pub with its dark low beams, coasters on the ceilings, large beer barrels, the free peanuts in their shells and all the husks lying on the floor.

The Truro pub

Dan played well in his trial so we think he has a good chance of being selected!

Our time at Faye & Pauls is quickly coming to an end as we leave for London and then the far north tomorrow so yesterday we did all the things special to Cornwall that we haven't yet done this time! This started with a Cornish cream tea at beautiful Kynance Cove where we did a little walk along the coastal path before and after, a Cornish Pasty for a late lunch with this being followed by a Spingo beer at The Blue Anchor in Helston which has been brewing beers for 600 years! and comes up on the internet as the top tourist attraction in Helston. There are always some characters in there who love chatting to you! (Apart from the presence of some old ghosts who can apparently chat at times too!)

Cream T? ....Y not!

Some rain today and a cooling of the air so I think the long English summer is coming to an end.