Charlestown
With the day starting dry we took the opportunity and decided to go walking along the Cornish Coast Path starting out from Charlestown and heading east.
walking
A grey day in Newquay
It may have been raining but Jeremy and I had a great day in Newquay walking along the cliff tops. As with all good walking days it included an English Breakfast – this one was the “Small” from Donna’s Cafe by the station.
honestly she listed this on her menu as the “Small All Day Breakfast”
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We finished off the day watching a couple videos in the car, eating salami, crackers, tinned pears, homemade Cornish chocolate fudge and drinking Chai tea – but not all at once.
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Falmouth… later
The rain did easy up, so we went for a shorter walk than we planned around to town and harbour, which did include sitting by the harbour eating a Cornish Pasty.
More Peak District
We got the tents down this morning and managed to eat our breakfast outside before the rain came along.
Today’s plan was to get some photos and a coffee before heading home. We got the tea, coffee and Derbyshire Oatcakes with bacon at Stocks Cafe, Chapel-en-le-Frith. I’d recommend a visit there to anyone.
Why Stocks Cafe? Here is the answer.
We moved on from there to Blue John Cavern and Edale.
There was a living roof on the Visitor Centre in Edale.
The Kinder Trespass started from Edale in 1932.
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From near Blue John Cavern
This morning we left the car in the car park for Blue John Cavern and walked a short way to find a great spot to get some photos from.
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Peak District
As the weather was not great, rather than walk in the hills we thought we would go to Bakewell and follow a short section of a walk Diana had sent me. She had watched a television program where Tony Robinson had been walking in the Peak District and exploring the history of the area. Diana had sent me a PDF, she had got from the show website – so we had a plan.
First stop was Bakewell.
We fled from the tourists and walked up to All Saints Church – where we had an excellent tea and home made cake. (Well Richard had coffee!)
Ratatosk – from the Anglo-Saxon Cross in the churchyard.
Then we moved onto Ashford-in-the-Water – where like Branston there is a Sheepwash.
Sheepwash Bridge
Following lunch by the river we walked up to the Magpie Mine – but using mainly footpaths rather than the suggested road route.
Magpie Mine
Back at the campsite the evening was nice enough to cook and eat outside.
Neist Point
I walked out to Neist Point and the lighthouse. It is pretty remote for Skye – not many houses, lots of sheep and seagulls and the best 3G I have had on this side of the island!
Once down on the rocks taking photographs, I spent an hour or so watching 7 or 8 basking sharks feeding. Some getting reasonably near to the cliffs where I was standing.
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I have some video of the sharks that I will upload later.