Travel to Cornwall, England, in 3D

Cornwall is the place we go to for surfing in England, but if you're going to camp there during the school holidays make sure you book your camp site long in advance...

...Unfortunately we didn't, and phoned about ten camp sites before we found something suitable for my wife and me: Newperran Holiday Park, at Newquay.  Like many others, it's a family camp site, so they didn't have rowdy teenagers getting drunk and playing music late into the night.  The shower facilities were good and one can have a cooked breakfast.

At the harbour in Padstow we went on a speed boat ride.  It's £6 per adult to go bouncing around in the swells for about twenty minutes, and certainly worth doing; no booking - a spontaneous bit of fun.  Padstow's also a good place to try out Cornish Ice-cream and buy surf clothing souvenirs.  Also, don't forget to buy a real Cornish pasty while you're in Cornwall.

Our next trip was through St. Ives to the south-western tip of England, Land's End.  A great place for its scenery and probably a nice place for a walk.  You'll see many signs for cream tea.  We stopped at a nursery for a popular clotted cream tea on the way back (Yummy :))

Perranporth has a big, sandy beach and lots of shops.  Parking can be a bit of a mission on a sunny holiday, so you may have to drive around a bit before finding it.  Then you can head to a surf shop, hire a board and walk to the beach.  

Newquay has a very busy surf spot.  We didn't go there on this particular trip, though.  Just be sure that you know what a rip is, where the rips are, and what to do if you get pulled into one.  You don't want to be like me, out in the rough sea heading towards the rocks and having to be towed back to shore by a muscular, tanned life guard, with sun bleached hair... or maybe you do?

Next we headed out to the Eden project, which has some large domes including an indoor tropical forest.  At £23.50 per person it is quite expensive, but if you don't mind, then it's worth seeing.  It is hot inside the tropical dome, as they have to keep it to a certain temperature for the plants.  The Eden project also has a long zip wire, but you should book in advance if you want to do that.

On our way home towards London we took the scenic route and stopped next to a little hill where we went for a stroll.  I was quite surprised to see the sheep roaming around freely, without being fenced in, and even more surprised at the horses that were not phased by our presence.

Stephen Oberauer
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