Tues, Apr 28th

Today we decided to head out a little further than St Ives. Although we again had to go to St Ives as we were going to head along the coastline southwest of us. The scenery along the way is always breathtaking to me. Whether it's the rugged cliffs, sand beaches and coves, hills and crags with cows, horses and sheep, or just the isolated farms and small villages all with buildings made from local slate and granite surrounded by gorse and heather, the place is so mesmerizing to me.

We stopped along the way for several photo opportunities. Once was at an old disused tin mine, another to get some photos of cows just chilling out. All the time we drove at about 30-40mph as the two lane roads with slate/granite hedges either side of us had only passing places just in case a car (or usually a tractor or plant vehicle) was coming the other way.

We arrived at out destination, Lands End, just as the heavens opened. Not at all what we had planned. Before we left Hertford Dawn saw that it was to rain a lot this week. We were just hoping the forecasters had it wrong. Thankfully the rain ceased as quick as it had began and in no time there was glorious sun. We grabbed a bite to eat as we took it in turns to head out towards the cliff end and stand at England's Lands End and look out to Longship's Lighthouse and the Atlantic. It was hard to believe that it had been 11 years since we came here to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary. Less hard to believe is that we had to pay £3 to park the car otherwise we wouldn't have been able to see the incredible clifftop views.

From Lands End we headed east along the southern end of the peninsula to Penzance. This was a flying visit. Last time we walked to St Michael's Mount. This time we wanted to find a fresh fish stall so we could get some fish for dinner. We were in luck. I founds Stevenson's and picked up some plaice. Then it was back to Hayle and the chalet.

All the time Tiny was as good as gold. She got in and out of her carrier and wandered around the car when we parked. But usually she just rested in her carrier.

Dinner as you can imagine was plaice, which was excellent. I did it pan fried with some veggies. Again I went for a walk on the beach and took more photos. Dawn relaxed by reading a newspaper and the Cornish factoid book she picked up at Lands End. However, I wasn't finished with the camera when I got back to the chalet. Tonight we finally had a sunset to boast about. So I was outside taking dozens of photos just so I could get the right one for our photo album.