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| Leaving Wales |
We tore ourselves away from the delightful Laugharne to move further south to Cornwall. Distances don’t seem to be great but it takes much longer than you think – traffic, detours, etc. The end result was that we arrived in our next overnight spot, Ilfracombe in North Devon, just on twilight. In this area there are a number of villages with
Combe in their names - in Welsh that means a steep or narrow valley. And they were!
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| Ilfracombe, Hele Valley and Combe Martin |
Ilfracombe is gorgeous and we were glad we had booked a couple of nights. It is set in a deep valley on the coast and was beautifully quiet.
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| The arrow marks Ilfracombe with Hele Valley next door |
We spent a day driving around the area before heading south again the following day into Cornwall.
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| I have never seen so many cabins being transported - nor as many roadworks! |
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| Boscastle - a fishing port and village on the north Cornwall coast |
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| Padstow |
We visited Padstow to see Rick Stein’s restaurant and cooking school - but sadly it could only be on a drive past. Man, oh man! it is impossible to park anywhere in these ‘villages’ and at the moment, it seems sooo busy but maybe with 60-odd million people on a wee island state it is always like this. Again we felt thankful for our wide brown land! And yes of course we’ve eaten Cornish pasties - so many variations, but I'm hanging out for some non-pub fish and chips. However moving on …..
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