Cornwall – Page 14 – Clive's Blog

Falmouth

31 October 2012 / Camping, Photography / camping, Cornwall, England, Photos 2012, tea

Once Jeremy was up we decided to spend a wet day in Truro, however the car parks were full – so we we t to Falmouth.

We found an excellent old fashioned department store, to shelter in whilst the rain was at its heaviest. Trago stocked everything, it had electric guitars, to kitchen stuff, furniture to shower stalls, to Christmas stuff to cosmetics – it really defies description. We bought some drysacks for backpacking, some beakers with snap on lids that fit neatly inside our Ti mugs and a small zippered pouch for tea bags, sugar etc.

With the day getting darker and wetter we decided to go back to the campsite for a triple bill of DVDs.

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Veryan Campsite pt4

31 October 2012 / Camping, Outdoor Gear, Travel / camping, coffee, Cornwall, Crusader Cook Set, England, outdoor gear

Morning coffee before Jeremy gets up -boiled up in my Crusader Cookset but using my Vargo Ti meths burner as it is cleaner than solid fuel tablets. Even though we have an MSR Pocket Rocket gas stove with us the meths burner still gets a lot of use, especially when we need to boil water for both of us – and we are not in a hurry. It also is a good second burner when cooking – again best for boiling water. The down side is it takes a bit longer to boil the water compared to the MSR stove.

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Mevagissey

30 October 2012 / Camping, Photography, Travel / camping, Cornwall, England, tea

Another good weather day following a night of on and off showers.

Mevagissey is great place to visit, even with all it’s tourist shops it is still a working fishing village, with character. It also has free attractions, something rare in Cornwall, a really good museum and an aquarium.

One thing to remember though is that the streets are one car wide so park in the first car park (on the left) you come to, it is only a couple of hundred metres to walk to the village and it is better than trying to drive on Mevagissey streets.

Back at the campsite we had tea and cinnamon doughnuts whilst sitting outside watching the sunset.

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Another Cornish Sunset

29 October 2012 / Camping, Photography, Travel / camping, Cornwall, England, IT Support for Lincolnshire, Octagon Technology, Photos 2012

Another Cornish sunset from the Camping and Caravan Club site at Veryan – and another picture of my tent.

It is now a very nice evening, it is dark, and there is no wind and it is not cold either. We are sitting outside having made some hot drinks, Jeremy is reading and I am blogging with a candle for extra light.

Diana is out this evening at Business Club promoting Octagon’s Disaster Recovery Seminar whilst we watch the sunset.

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Helston

29 October 2012 / Camping, Photography / camping, Cornwall, England, Photos 2012

Plenty of autumn colours and a brooding sky.

Seven swans a-swimming – and before the comments are made, I know it is a duck, look over the wall!

We decide to get lunch in a cafe as the weather was showery, I had a “half” Full English and Jeremy had a pasty – I think they must have much bigger plates for the “full” breakfast. Next time I’ll order the soup with half a sandwich.

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Veryan Campsite pt3

29 October 2012 / Camping, Photography, Travel / camping, Cornwall, England, Photos 2012, tea

It rained hard overnight – no leaks in either tent, but lots of flapping nylon and loud, beating rain. I had tea in my tent early, as I forgot to turn off the 6.30am work alarm but by the time Jeremy was getting up the sun had come out and we had breakfast outside.