Kites, Planes and Lizards.

Thursday 26th July

Break camp day, We have really enjoyed our stay at Radnor Golf CL it has been great weather and the facilities have been wonderful. So it is with a small amount of trepidation that we venture off on the half hour trek to our next camp site. This can be seen in that the owner allowed us to stay as long as we liked as no one was coming in to take our place. We took full advantage of this and did all our washing and cleaning duties. It was about 3pm before we were on our way.

Steven took us on his usual route down the narrowest roads he could find and un-fortunately it was shallots harvest day so, there was an never ending succession of tractors towing huge trailers-full of them coming against us. In the end we arrived safe and sound and we breathed a sigh of relief. On arrival the CL field was deserted. We were not really expecting this and as the gate to the field was open we continued in and picked the best spot for the van. 

Now it must be said, we knew we were coming to a basic site. There are no showers, no toilets and no electric hook up. But we really don’t mind this as we have all we need in the van. Not long after the farmer arrived jumped out of his tractor and came over and shook Kevin’s hand he had a leather clad grip of iron hand but was really friendly. Kevin asked him why there were no others on the site. He said that the site had only been in operation for 2 years and word probably not got around yet. In fact he then admitted that we were the very first on the site. Kevin asked him how much he wanted for the 3 day stay? He replied that it was advertised at £9 per night but he thought it was too much and how did £6 per night sound? We of course gratefully paid the £18 quick quick.

Well, at first we were a little worried about being on our own but that soon left us as we realized we were in our own little heaven. The views were great, we looked across the fields to Culdrose Airfield which is Navy base. Further on along the horizon is a wind farm and further on again are the huge communication dishes of Goonhilly Downs It was a lovely afternoon so up went the Bus shelter and we settled down to an ice cold Gin and Tonic.

Just us then.....

Cadac on the go

Friday 27 July

We are so excited about being on our own and being self sufficient that we decided to have a day doing absolutely nothing. It was bliss, the weather was perfect and we wasted the day in doing whatever we felt like. Kevin got his kites out (and broke one of them) and Petra got out her Kindle. The only other thing of note was that as we don’t have a TV we were playing Dominoes whilst the world watched the Olympic opening ceremony. 

Saturday 28 July

Today we went to Lizard Point. It is only 20 minutes away but first we went to Mullion to take Kev’s kite in for repair to Cornwall Kites.  Then as always down narrow roads we ventured straight to the National Trust car park (another £5 saved thank you very much) at Lizard Point. The car park is next to the impressive light house. After a fresh brewed cup of coffee we went on a nice walk (3.5 miles) along the coast in front of the light house and on to Marconi's hut which we could see in the distance. The views were fantastic, craggy cliffs and wild flowers. At one point we stopped to admire the view of the Lizard Point and saw three seals swimming in the sea below us. Soon after we  found ourselves climbing down steep paths into cuts in the rock it was very exciting and at times we found ourselves walking down tunnels of over growth. The sea was beautiful, crystal clear and calm. As we approached Marconi's hut the weather closed in and the wind freshened (rain) fortunately, we were on the end of it so only got spots and in light of the steep climb we had just negotiated cooling and refreshing.

By now it was lunch time and Petra had a bit of a surprise for Kevin. Ann’s Pasty shop is renowned for their quality and people have been known to travel miles and take whole trays away with them. We can understand why. These were no ordinary High Street ‘Cornish Pasty’ shop pasties, these were amazing. the pastry was dry and light and the inner succulent tasty and moist. Delicious. After a walk around the shops we went back to the van and whiled away a couple of hours watching the sea and people going by. 

2.30pm we went back to the Kite shop to pick up Kev’s kite and buy another one and a flag and a wind sock. Back to the camp site and spent the rest of the afternoon playing kites.

Another great day.