So since the last travel blog, Covid hit. What a bummer!! I booked to go to Berlin in April 2020 but it got cancelled being mid pandemic. So here we are, a little while on since the last travel post, in Cornwall!

I love Cornwall. It’s one of my fave places in the UK and with some amazing recommendations from some people I know, instead of setting off to the airport, I found myself loading my car and setting off on a eight hour car journey from the South East Coast, to the South West Coast. I arrived in Cornwall late afternoon and headed straight to the beach, before my accommodation. First up, I headed to Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth. It was so calming, it was so nice to be near a different beach.. I’m so near the beach anyway where I live, but there is something so incredible about the beaches in Cornwall that fill my with so much shalom and joy. I headed to Gylly Beach Cafe, which was recommended to me, to grab a drink and hangout for a while and after about an hour or so, I headed to get some dinner, dumped my bag at my hotel and headed down to Carbis Bay (my fave beach ever!) to watch the sunset. Carbis Bay will forever be one of my faves, its super sandy, not too commercialised yet, and feels lie it goes on forever. I watered down to the far end where there is loads of rocks and just sat taking in the moment watching the sunset before going for a wander right by the sea to take in the salty breeze. Once it started getting dark I headed back up the hill (it was a proper hill!) to my car and headed back to my hotel for the night.

Day 2 was really time to get going, I got up and had some breakfast, then took myself to the shop to grab some fruit for snacking through the day whilst exploring. I took myself paddle boarding at Port Isaac for the morning which was great fun. I met some other guys out paddle boarding at the same time and we decided to head out to some of the hidden coves together to take some pics. It was so beautiful and the sea was so still and calm, it allowed for us to see right under the water and really explore. I spent around 4 hours out paddle boarding before making my way back to land to head out in the afternoon. I spent the afternoon and early evening exploring St Ives which was beautiful, although, given that it was a warm Summer evening in the middle of August, also very, very busy. I ended up getting fish and chips and sitting down by the harbour eating, again, soaking up the final rays of sun and watching the world pass by beside me. People watching it one of my fave things to do so I spent hours just chilled here, until it started to get dark and headed back.

The weather was a bit unpredictable on the morning of Day 3, so I took a slow drive out towards Lands End. I thought I’d make the morning of the adventure before the downpour of rain but I didn’t quite. I was absolutely soaked within a matter of minutes so I thought about just making the most of it. I wandered around, took some photos (the typical touristy thing to do!) and grabbed a coffee, before deciding that my clothes were too wet to be comfortable in, so headed back to my car and put a towel round meet start drying off. It didn’t kill the experience but it certainly reminded me that even in the Summer, British weather is extremely unpredictable. After a try off back at the hotel, I headed back out, back to Falmouth to catchup with an old friend who I hadn’t seen since he moved down here. It was lovely to catchup, we had a walk around the harbour, grabbed a couple of drinks at a bar and had a much needed catchup. I then headed into Truro for dinner, I ventured to The Old Grammar School, which was one of best recommendations from someone I know, it served the most amazing tapas. One thing I love whilst solo adventuring is sitting in restaurants, bars, cafés, etc, people watching and letting the world pass by beside me. I was also really making the most of being near the coat (a different coast to normal) so after dinner I headed to Loe Beach just to listen to the waves. It was super quiet at this time of night and the sun was setting so perfectly that I made the most incredible spot to sit and reflect before heading back to my accommodation for the evening.

Day 4 the weather was improving, it was a little cloudy but it was also dry, which was good enough for me, so I headed to Kynance Cove, which was stunning. This seemed like a bit of a tourist hotspot but it was nice enough to find some space to be with myself and my book, allowing the world to pass me by and going for the occasional paddle in the ocean. I treated myself to some proper Cornish ice cream on the way to my next stop which was lush, and headed kayaking around Lizard Point in the afternoon. Sea kayaking is one of my fave things to do, it is far more exhilarating than your normal kayaking in a lake and provides an extra layer of excitement to the adventure. However, I wasn’t one to venture out too far kayaking in the sea on my own so I joined a group tour where we paddled round to a small island from Lizard Point where we stopped to take in the views grab a drink and a snack, take some snaps and then kayaked back round to shore. Overall it was probably around a three hour experience and I’m so glad I did it with a group, it’s not my normal style but it meant that we could kayak through some of the rocks in the sea where the current is a little faster and buoyant, with safety of instructors to guide, which was a really cool experience too. Back to land to dry off and a chilled evening watching a film was on order.

My info day in Cornwall meant packing up in the morning, finding some breakfast and then working out my final plan for the day before the long journey home. I headed to Perranporth Beach for a swim as when I came to Cornwall before, a few years back, there was a super cool surf bar on the beach that I went to and I was interested to know if it was still there and it was still as quirky as I remember. It was. I spent the morning in the baking sunshine (it was proper tanning weather!) taking some photos of the beautiful rocks on the beach and went in for a swim, before grabbing an ice cream and some snacks for the journey home. Perranporth will always be a firm fave although it has been quite commercialised now, it will always have a place in my heart, I think more so for the general scenery, especially the rocks! They are stunning. Anyway, it’s drive time now, from the South West Coast, back to the South East Coast.

Smile and see you on the next adventure! Mads xxx