Cornwall~areas to visit

[Deb P]

I went to Holywell Bay as a child and never forgot the sand dunes and rock pools; revisited 2 years ago, preparing to have memories shattered......it hasn't changed much!

Parked in a little NT carpark, walked over the dunes, walked the small river into the sea......sand in sandwiches, down cossie, windburn...nothing much had changed!! ;D My kids loved it too, fancy liking something mum recommended! ::)

[Deb P]

[honeybee]

Thanks so much for all of the input, ideas, views and links, it is more than i could have wished for, only thing is i will need a month never mind a week  ;D
I am going to have a great google with all of the feed back that ive had.
Thankyou all so much for the response xx

Ace that looks a great place to stay, they even have tvs and ensuites by the looks of it...and its all inclusive? What more could you wish for !  :P  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

If you like walking, Bodmin Moor is worth a visit, or cliff walking in many areas. It's easy to escape the crowds, just go somewhere you have to walk! There are loads of gardens, and most are worth a visit.

[honeybee]

Well here I am again, just bumping this thread from last year  ;D

So after all of your very useful and well appreciated tips and advice, we had a fantastic holiday in ......
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Jamaica  ;D  ;D  ;D

Would definitely recommend it, it was amazing ~ anyway' about seven weeks after coming home from that trip we went to Devon for a week staying in a lovely little fishermans cottage in Brixham.
As I said previously we have not been to Devon/Cornwall for donkeys, well 22 years I think as the exotic locations always draw me.....anyway had such a brill time in Devon that we have now finally booked this years holiday ..........in Cornwall  ;D .....well better late than never  ;)

We have booked a little grade two listed building in Port Isaac, looks lovely so ive been re-reading all of your threads for top tips  8)

[manicscousers]

when are you going, honeybee ?..we're going in august to a site near eden..weather's going to be brill  ;D

[honeybee]

We are going in June manic, so will miss you, shame, might have been nice to meet up  :)

What area are you staying?

Been doing massive research and being big foodies, its either a trip to Ricks or a trip to Jamies, not sure which yet....mind you, if hubby had his own way it would be a trip to the chippy  :D

[manicscousers]

break away eden holidays is the name of the place we booked with, lovely little site, bit inland but we always travel to beaches anyway and we'll be doing the eden trip again..always go in the evening, much too hot to go into the canopy during the day.
Rick's restaurant seems a little too rich for me, don't know about Jamie's apart from the stunning views there  ;D
we always go to bedruthan steps when we;re up that way..beautiful place and a nice home made cafe there , national trust as well
maybe next time  :)

[gardening-gal]

ooooh I love cornwall, I miss it when I'm not there.
We often stay near kennack sands its a lovely beach with good rock pools.  I love the quiet areas.
  Nearby you have kynance cove which is stunning but very steep to get down to.  Then there is roskillys ice cream yummmmmm which is in St Keverne, you can see the cows being milked and its lovely to walk round.
There is also Goonhilly satellite earth station. 
Cadgwith is a great little fishing village but personally my husband will do the driving roung there, very steep and windy to scary for me.
  Praa sands is a nice beach between The Lizard and Penzance.
  Past Penzance you have got Mousehole and Lamorna, the cafe at Lamorna is fab they do great food, and I always visit Lamorna Pottery.
  The minack theatre is stunning this year we are going to try and get to see a play.
If you are a member of the national trust its brilliant, you have loads of gardens to visit and free parking at some beaches.
Trengwainton, Trelissick, Glendurgan, Trerice, Lanhydrock.
I love Cornwall can you tell  ;D have a great time.

[manicscousers]

when are you going, gardening-gal and where ?

[dtw]

If you're going to the far end, follow the coast road from Penzance, through Newlyn, onto Mousehole, Sennen, Land's End and then onto St.Ives.

My Mum lives in Truro, I'm going down there on friday.  :D

[manicscousers]

green with envy  ;D dtw

[Mr Smith]

Over the years I have  worked down in Cornwall without a problem, finally last year we went down to Truro on the Falmouth road with our caravan for ten days, things went fine untill one day we went in a pub just round the corner from Truro Cathedral and this moaning Cornish git did nothing but moan about tourist sorry mate its us that keep the county afloat, so this year they can stuff it and its back to the Isle -of- wight, I felt like smacking him :)

[betula]

I love St Ives,it is busy and bustling.For more peace Sennen is great.We rented a house there once right next to the sea.We hope to go back one year.You need a strong nerve to drive round the lanes.

Helston is nice.Vist Frenchmans creek the place after which Daphne du Maurier named her novel.

[gardening-gal]

manicscousers   We are going down for two weeks in August (hopefully the weather won't be too bad) and we are going to be camping right next to kennack sands on the Lizard.  We just can't afford the caravans etc at that time of year so we are trying out the camping option.

[manicscousers]

we used to go camping every year, I love it, just limited mobility now, can't get up and down off the floor  ;D
we're going with my sister, her daughter and my grandson and got quite a good deal..
I love Kennack sands, we went when my daughter was 7, she's 30 now..we're down there from 16th to 30th august..gotta go then as Lesley's a teacher..have a wonderful time, if you go to kynance cove, give it my love, wonderful place..no chance of getting down there now .. ;D
and the weather's going to be wonderful, I've ordered it  ;D

[gardening-gal]

Thanks for ordering the good weather ;D
Just for those that feel like they are missing cornwall (I AM)
This is on the lizard
This is at porthleven, I forgot to say they make great pasties at the bakery there.
and this is kennack sands.
This is the devils frying pan in cadgwith
and the minack theatre at Porthcurno

[manicscousers]

some of ours
first, st ives bay caravan site beach
second is bude beach

[manicscousers]

p.s, ray says stop promoting it, it's mad getting down there
used to go to bedruthan steps, before the steps, climbed down a rope then scramble..mad  ;D

[gardening-gal]

LOL okay I'll stop promoting it. ;D If the traffic is really bad this year you can blame me :D

[honeybee]

Thanks for all the great advice and fab pics. I will be taking lots of scribbled notes with me  ;D

Sorry for the delay in replying but my laptop decided to give up and die and no amount of articificial respiration would revive it....so my lovely hubby has been shopping and returned with a replacement, he knows its worth it just to keep me quiet  :D