Devon and Cornwall day 21 - Home

Not much to say about today. We left Warrington about 10 and drove home. Roads were much clearer than Friday and we arrived home about 3pm.

Devon and Cornwall day 20 - Culcheth

We packed up and left the site in the morning. We'd booked a site just outside Warrington to stop half-way home, but the M5 and M6 were extremely slow and busy and it took much longer than we expected.

We stopped at Tesco in Worcester for petrol.

We finally arrived at the site near the village of Culcheth at about 6.30. We had grilled steak and vegetables for dinner then walked to the Culcheth Arms for a drink.

Devon and Cornwall day 19 - Bridgetown

In the morning we went for a "heritage walk" round Bridgetown, taking Amber with us. We saw the picturesque local cricket ground and the church in Exton.

After lunch in the van we left Amber and went for one of the walks from the instructions given out at the camp site.

It started off OK, but fell apart when the instructions said to ignore the direction signs and walk through a field filled with bracken. It was about 7 feet high, and shared the field with gorse and brambles.

By back-tracking and ignoring a "no right of way" sign we managed to pick up the path again, some of it was really nice by the river Exe.

We got back to the campervan early afternoon and sat in the sun for a while, then started to pack up and take the awning down.

Dinner was in the Badger's Holt - Shirley had rump steak which was not good (not charged for), Scott had Hunter's Chicken which was fine. Ice cream sundaes to follow.

Devon and Cornwall day 18 - Exmoor

We took Amber to the nearest vet in Dulverton to get more antibiotics, and had a walk round the village, it was spitting rain.

Then we drove to a car park near Dunkery Beacon and left Amber while we went for a walk, up the the Beacon and then down through a gorge. The rain mostly stayed off.

We then went to the village of Winsford and had a short walk round.

After this we decided to go to Tarr Steps, the largest clapper bridge, where we had a walk up and down the river then a pint in the Tarr Farm Inn.

We went back to the site and took Amber for a walk up to the weir, then had dinner of curried sweet potato and spinach.

Devon and Cornwall day 17 - Lydford Gorge and Exmoor

We left the site in the morning and drove to Asda in Bodmin for supplies. Then we drove on to Lydford and had a walk in Lydford Gorge. We took Amber which wasn't a great idea, Scott had to carry her down some steep steps.

We then drove on to the next site, Exe Valley in Bridgetown. Exmoor. We set up and then went to the nearby pub the Badger's Holt for a pint, before going back for dinner - grilled salmon and vegetables.

Devon and Cornwall day 16 - St Ives

It was showery rain this morning. We left Amber in the campervan and walked to Godolphin house, a National Trust property about 2 miles away. We had a look round the house and gardens.

We walked back to the site for lunch, then drove to St Ives. The car park we were aiming for meant we had to drive through busy, narrow streets which wasn't a great idea. Eventually we found a space near the Tate St Ives. We had a walk round the town, beaches and harbour.

We had a cream tea there - pretty much the same as a Devon cream tea really. Then we walked round The Island (a peninsula) and back to Porthmeor beach where the van was.

We then drove to Godrevy Point so Amber could get a walk, and looked at the lighthouse there.

We wanted to get a meal at the Red River pub but all the tables were booked, so we had a pint and went for fish and chips in Camborne.

We got back to the site just before the rain started, and managed to take the awning down dry.

Devon and Cornwall day 15 - Loe Bar and St Michael's Mount

It was raining heavily in the morning, but stopped about 9.30 and was quite sunny for the rest of the day. We drove to Porthleven and walked to Loe Bar, a sand bar separating Loe Pool (a freshwater lake) from the sea.

We walked all the way round Loe Pool, it was a lovely 6 mile walk mostly through the trees.

We had lunch in the van and then drove to Marazion, where they charged us £8 to park the van in the car park! There we walked across the causeway to St Michael's Mount.

It's run by the National Trust so our membership got us in and we saw the house, church etc.

Back in Marazion we had an ice cream as we watched the tide come back in and cover the causeway.

We then drove to Prussia Cove to try a short walk with Amber but she didn't get very far. After a quick drink at the Falmouth Packet Inn which closed at 7, we went back to the site and had tuna and pasta for dinner.

Devon and Cornwall day 14 - walk St Just to Morvah

Today we parked the campervan at a farm in Morvah, and caught the local service bus to St Just. It was an open-topped bus.

From St Just we walked down to the coastal path and headed north. The landscape and views were spectacular, with loads of old mine workings.

We intended to visit the Levant Mine run by the National Trust, but found it was closed on a Saturday. We passed the Pendeen Lighthouse, the most westerly lighthouse in Britain apparently.

It was sunny and windy all day. We ended up at Potheras Cove.

We drove to Pendeen for ice cream, then on to a quiet car park so Amber could get out to stretch her legs - she was walking a little more every day.

We went to Tesco in Penzance for supplies, then back to site where we had pork and paprika for dinner.

Devon and Cornwall day 13 - Sennen Cove, Lands End and Minack Theatre

We gave Amber a bit more physiotherapy, encouraging her to walk round the camp site. She'd been off her food so at the moment she is being spoon-fed Pedigree Chum!

We drove to Sennen Cove, left Amber in the campervan and headed south on the South West Coast Path.

Only about a couple of miles away is Lands End, where there were lots of tourists and tourist attractions.

We left the crowds behind and walked on to Nanjizal beach (which didn't have any sand on it - a regular occurrence apparently). We saw a seal swimming in the bay. This is where we had our lunch.

We walked back across the peninsula to the campervan and went for a stroll along Sennen Cove watching the surfers. It was sunny but with quite a strong wind.

We then drove to the Minack theatre and paid our entrance fee so we could go in and have a look around.

Later we drove to Mousehole where we had fun negotiating some narrow streets. After a short walk we had a pint in the Ship Inn.

We went back to the site then and had dinner, mushroom and courgette curry.