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Cornwall 2018

16th to 18th June

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Days 1-3 - Mevagissey & St Michael's Mount

   

  
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Jump to Cornwall 2018 - Part 2 - Penzance & Padstow

After a tortuous 10+ hour journey down to Mevagissey we are finally able to enjoy a long weekend with Dave, Jon & Nic...

Enjoying the fantastic view from the top of Jon & Nic's garden...
 
 
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Miche & Nic...
 
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Looking up from the harbour...
 
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A wander along the beach to Pentewan...
 
Beach 1

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Miche and Nic...

Beach 2

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Dave and a mackerel...

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A visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan for a wander and to watch a dubiously judged waggiest tail dog show.
 
We did also see this fine beast...


Turkey

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Iris...
 
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Up in the canopy...
 
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After leaving Mevagissey we headed to Penzance, the location for lower sixth form geography field trips for years.

While Demelza's Roller Disco may have been and gone, the Admiral Benbow was still going 33 years on.
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Admiral Benbow

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Nearby St Michael's Mount...

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Causeway...
 
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Views from the mount...
 
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Harbour...

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Gardens...

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Man rides lion...
 
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Taking in the history...
 
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On the ramparts...
 
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Fancy glass...

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Looking up from the gardens...

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Dave on a bed of flowers...
 
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Fibonacci in nature...
 
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Admiring the view...

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Back to the harbour and the Sun had made an entrance...

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Now with bollard...
 
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