Weekend by the Seaside 20th-22nd June

As Liz's Mum was in Cornwell for a week, we decided to go there to keep her company just for the weekend and then bring her back to London where she is staying for the next 3 weeks. So on Friday night we bundled up our mini backpacks and headed off to Victoria Station to catch the 11:45pm train to Truro. Not the best nights sleep we've ever had but we were so buggered from staying awake just to catch it that we were snoozing within 10mins of the train departing. Next thing you know, it's 7am and we've arrived! First order of the day, coffee and a full enlish breakfast at the B & B Mrs Jucha had booked for us all. We were staying in a little village called Falmouth which was a half hour drive from where the train dropped us. So picturesque, our view from our window overlooked the harbour, but we were mostly excited about the mattresses that didn't have springs poking into your back unlike our bed back in London!! So after our hearty breakfast we hopped in the car and headed to a place call The Eden Project which have these massive bioms (look like giant golf balls from the road) that have had forests built into them. All of the plants, trees and flowers are native from many different countries. In the sub tropic biom it felt just like being at home and I never thought I would get so excited to see a bottle brush flower!! The whole place though was about sustainablilty and there were other things that were interesting but I won't bore you with it all :)

Next stop was a fishing village called Looe, we even had to catch a barge across this inlet to get to it. It had cobbled streets and tiny shops, it was just so damn cute! Plus we had a conrish pasty which is a must down in that area. Not bad for potato, meat and pastry.

On the Sunday we went to a beach near where we were staying to see if the water feels different in the Atlantic Ocean...so it looks the same but my god it was freakin' cold!! Anyone watching us would have been able to tell we were tourist as we were jumping up and down laughing trying to make our toes warm again! After that we drove to St Ives which was really beautiful but as it was so busy and there is really no where to park we just looked and then headed into the next village called Hayles where we were able to have a huge white sandy beach practically to ourselves. After a bit there it was time to head back towards our train at Bodmin. But by this time we were pretty hungry and needed a decent meal to tye us over for the 4 long boring hours back to London. So we went to the only place that served food all day on a Sunday which was the Bodmin Jail. Had a roast dinner which was bloody huge but delicious then on to the train it was.