Sunday 23rd The Cornish Coast

Today we did a circuit of western Cornwall, starting off with Falmouth which is a port township facing the English Channel and therefore a popular port for ship repairs. The inner port however, suffers from the rise and fall of the tides which vary hugely during the day, the small boats in the harbour were all grounded, waiting for the tide to come back in.
Then it was across country through Helston to Penzance. On the way we thought we would have a look at St Michaels Mount, but so did everybody else in England so we couldn't find anywhere to park so had to be satisfied with passing glimpses.
Penzance is a twin city of Bendigo, but we couldn't find any reference to the connection. They suffer from great variation in tides here too!
The coast road from here appeared more interesting than the main roads so we continued around through Mousehole (pron. Moozle). By this time the sun was shining and it was a beautiful sight. The road continued and became the typical narrow country road, with which we have now become used to.
The next stop was Lands End which is one of those things you have to do. There are the usual tourist traps leading up to the Point and we succumbed to having our photo taken in front of the sign post showing how far from home we are. Although the sun was out, so too was the wind, it played havoc with my hair (???). However, it was great to be there.
Continuing around the coast, we had a look at St Just. A bit further out, Glen said to pull into a side road so she could take a photo, I continued down that road and it became the narrowest we have been on, bushes brushing both sides of the car, thank goodness we didn't meet any other vehicles.
Further around the coast was St Ives and were lucky enough to get a carpark on the Esplanade so decided to have tea there. We like St Ives, it seems to have its own micro climate and is very pleasant. This time the tide was in and was different to see the harbour from the last time we were here.
Tomorrow we head northwest and will leave Cornwall for Somerset, and have enjoyed our time here. Like everything you could spend days exploring each town or village, but we have had a good overview of the area.