After the success of last year’s anniversary trip to Cornwall, we thought we’d try and repeat it this year with a few variations…

We stayed just outside Mevagissey on the south coast (as opposed to the north coast) this time in a cottage called Casma with an amazing view of the sea.  There were some beautiful sunrises across the harbour to watch when we were there.   Like last year, we spent most of our time walking on the south west coast path.  The path’s around Mevagissey were quite narrow and wet and hard walking but the walking improved a bit further afield.

The first day we were there it was rather wet and misty – we set off from the cottage (which was right on the coast path) to Dodman Point. Another day we walked along the coast path to Fowey from Parr Sands which was a very Olaf friendly beach.  A different walk started a Charlestown which was very proud to be one of the key filming locations of Poldark.  This was the start for us of watching the series as it had been with the show Doc Martin when we went to Port Issac the year before!

Another good visit was stopping in at Caerhays Castle for a cream tea and walk around the coast path and grounds there. I wasn’t sure if I’d put my cream and jam on in the right order for Cornwall or if I’d done it the Devon way though!  On our anniversary we went to the Lost Gardens of Heligan which is really worth a visit.  The grounds are extensive and the paths are good so we had a good walk around – there is a good shop and cafe there too… Although we opted to have our lunch in the adjacent farm shop which was very tasty and encouraged us to make a few purchases from the shop too!

Our last day before setting off for home, we ventured a bit further afield to the North Coast and the old mine workings around St. Agnes.  These were really neat to see… especially Wheal Coates and the beaches were nice for dogs to play on too!

It was another very successful trip down to Cornwall that the 3 of us enjoyed.  Here are some pictures from our time there!