Day 04 - Land's End to Barnstaple

What an exciting trip today!

I started out in Hayle and went to Boots Chemist  to buy some tissues for this snotty nose and to get a credit on the adaptor I bought in Weymouth that didn’t work. (I think I blew it.. LOL!)

From Hayle I travelled down to Marazion to see St Michael'sMount.  Parking was a problem, because there is no stopping anywhere.. and no free parking to be found.  I did however stop at a hotel in the “Residents Only” spaces and take a few pics.

After that I went on to Penzance and took a look around.  I didn’t find any pirates, but I did see a ship flying the Jolly Roger.. so perhaps the pirates were in a pub somewhere?  ("The Dolphin" looked deserted.. :-D)

I drove on to Mousehole (pronounced Mau-zil) and what a pretty little place that is.  Very narrow streets! 

The GPS was kind enough to lead me to Land’s End through some roads that were barely wide enough for a car.

On the way, I saw something that made my hair stand on end!  Do you remember the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds"?   ... I had to stop for these pictures!

When I got to Land's End.. they wanted SIX POUNDS entrance fee!  JEEZUS!  Talk about robbery!  So I refused to pay and went and stopped in the coach parking and took a few pictures of the visitors centre with the zoom lens.  Oh well..  I have been there now.

St Ives was the next destination and off I went (along narrow little farm roads) only to have to wait for a whole herd of cows to come past.  The cows were in no hurry and kept sniffing at the car.

I then stopped in at Europcar at the Newquay Airport to try and arrange another car, but they had nothing in the class, so they phoned Heathrow and allowed me to make arrangements to collect a new car on Thursday morning.

It was a long but very scenic drive all the way up to Barnstaple.  I stopped for diesel along the way and also grabbed a coffee to help stay awake.

The Premier Inn at Barnstaple is very nice and the Table Table Restaurant attached to it was wonderful. (a welcome change after the crap service at Brewers Fayre last night) .   I had the 2 course special at £9.99 for which I chose Chicken Goujons as a starter followed by Hand Battered Fish and Chips with Mushy Peas as a main.

I had a pint of Otter Bitter (which comes from Devon).  It was a little insipid and lacked body for my taste.

OK!  That’s all for tonight folks!  I am going to turn in for the night and make an early start to my long trip to Oxford tomorrow.