Jim & Happy : Cornwall camping continued

There was only one really wet day (and night) – so that day we drove to Bodinnick and sat in the pub for a cider (or two) for the afternoon. One wall in the pub was a massive rock and the pub had been built around it. Reluctantly we ventured out of the pub into the rain and drove back to the campsite where we spent the night in the living room dome of the tent listening to the howling wind and rain playing Bananagrams (similar to Scrabble). Our tent was very comfortable and having hot water bottles to cuddle each night was a luxury.

Whilst camping we made two day trips – one day to Looe and Polperro and another to Fowey, all three being fishing villages.

In Looe we sat on the harbour wall and ate pasties whilst watching tourists crabbing off the harbour wall. It is an iconic Cornish holiday activity. You pay for a bucket, bait, crabline and net. Place the bait on the end of the crabline, lower into the water, the crab latches on, reel it up and pop them into your bucket. Silly crabs, there was no shortage of them in people’s buckets. When you’ve had enough you throw the crabs back into the water below. Odd, but families love it. There are t-shirts with "Caught crabs in Cornwall" for sale in all the village shops.

After Looe we drove to Polperro, another cute fishing village. From Polperro Jim and I walked back along coastline to our campsite. It was a 1.5hr walk with 4 very steep climbs. Jim says ‘this is like hiking in Nepal’. You can just imagine him can’t you. I was told it was flat all the way – shows you shouldn’t trust everything you’re told.

Our second day trip to Fowey started at Bodinnick (remember our rainy day outing) where we parked the car and caught the ferry over to Fowey and wandered around the village. Enjoyed a yummy fresh lunch at Pinky Murphy’s followed by another cream tea (remember the weight we both lost in India, well!!!!!!!).

It has been difficult to write blogs because I normally pick photos and write a story around the photos but because the scenery here is so spectacular (and Jim is taking so many photos with the new camera) I am having trouble picking a few photos for each blog. Week after next when we are in our housesit (for three weeks) Jim will load all our photos onto a photo sharing site, then I can attach the link to a folder for each blog to share all our photos for that event.