LOOE.....

Friday 13th July

Having spent a lovely time with Carol and Warwick we stocked up Campy with supplies and set off for what is in effect our first venture with our new van.  Predictably, the weather was awful and it rained on and off all the way to Looe. We climbed and climbed in Campy along the way we saw some very picturesque countryside and villages. At lunch time we were reached the summit and decided to stop for lunch. A super spot and we shared our time with a small heard of wild Ponies.

We arrived at our campsite about 2.30pm and set about setting up the Awning. This was the first time we have set it up in anger and we had forgotten all the practice sessions we had in the garden. Then it was lovely dry and sunny. Today was wet miserable and dull. We had a quick shower to prove who was in charge but two hours later we were completely finished all our tasks and were happily sitting on the chairs in the Awning. We are assured it gets better with practice. Mind you we did wonder why no one else had put their awnings up. The owner came and told us that the previous day the previous person on the same spot as ours had their awning collapse whilst they were out and they came back to a pile of sopping wet tent and all their stuff under it.

This is what we look like and we must have done ok as it was still standing the next day. For some reason we both slept very well indeed last night and didn't wake till 08.20hrs un heard of in our house..... we thought we would take a walk into Looe in the morning on a promise of 'Fish 'n' Chips for lunch and set off at about 11.00am. Goodness only knows what went wrong but we found ourselves back at the van for lunch. We followed the signs to Looe but came face to face with a major A road and no pavements. Decided that discretion was the better than valour and made a hasty retreat. Having had lunch and consulting the map (note to self) we headed off in the opposite direction to the morning. The distance on the map looked nothing and we were confident we would be there in no time. Turns out we are used to the Pathfinder maps and our new maps are Landranger.....(another note to self) Anyway an hour and a half later and a lot of huffing and puffing up and down dale we finally walked into Looe. We took some pictures, so here they are

First sight of the sea

? couldn't resist it!

Thankfully our toilet block is better than this......

Looe island from Millendreath Bay, Looe is just around the corner but we had to scale the North side of the Eiger to get to get to it....

Petra with ....you know who!

Petra with ice cream...well it would be rude not too.