Then on to Boscastle where the B&B was situated. We parked down by the habour and ambled around the harbour and stores etc, and stumbling apon our B&B. A beautiful stone building with a lovely sunny conservatory where the breakfast was served.
*Valency B&B*
*Boscastle*
After checking into the B&B we realised that unexpectantly we still had the whole afternoon, so off we went to explore Tintagel castle (well was remains of it) We decided that lunch was def needed so brought fancy sandwiches and drinks from a deli in the town of Tintagel and then after walking the wrong way and landing up on the opposite headland to the castle (where there was a seriously kitch camelot hotel.) But we got a great view from there ...
Finally we make it round, down and then up to the castle entrance (what was left of it) paid to wander around and got a book telling us what we were looking at and the history etc etc ...mostly it just told us that everything basically was built and then "the cliffgave way and ut fell into the sea below" But it was a really beautiful and was really great way to spend the afternoon in the glorious sunshine.
*View from the entrance gate to the village*
*Ancient latrine...ie. toilet where you basically hang your ass over the cliff*
*Upper courtyard - half has fallen off the cliff*
*The view from the Upper courtyard*
* The steep climb up to the main castle*
*The main castle headland*
* Walls in the main hall*
*View from our lunch spot*
After all the walking up and down stairs and hills we thought we deserved a cornish vanilla ice cream and a nap back at the B&B!!! So once back at the B&B at 5:30 pm we literally PASSED OUT, waking up only the throttle the alram clock in the room going off at 7pm and then at 4am when Callums phone alarm went off again (due to the previous mornings wake up time) and then finally woke up at 8am, VERY well rested - LOL.
So after another full english breakfast (yummy!) we headed off to The Eden Project - which is basically huge biodomes with plants everywhere representing different regions in the world. There was even a South African region (of course - I mean Fynbos and all) It a nice sunny day again and inside the domes it was nice and HOT. It was really interesting and pretty and I was so happy with all the tulips everywhere cause it is spring :)
*The Biomes* *Inside*
*Lots and lots and lots of tulips :) *
After wandering around there we landed up in the nearby Charlestown down by the harbour. It is a very small old town that has been featured in loads of movies cause it looks the same as it was about 100 years ago !
*Charlestown harbour..yes this is actually a harbour at high tide*
*Callum sitting on the Harbour wall*
Dinner was had at a very quaint place called the Jamacia Inn which was named after a novel about pirates as cornwall was full of them thanks to all the coves. And there were plagues everywhere with historical things ...like so and so died on this spot - lol - got to love the bloody english history ! Then we drove home over Bodmin moor and at one stage had to beware of horses, sheep, cows and planes according to the sign postings and then realised that the road was going through a airport with landing strips complete with grazing animals!
*Airstrip*
* horse on the airstrip*
*Sunset over Boscastle*
* Callum driving the insanely narrown cornwall lanes with special cornish hedges (dry stone walling disguised by hedge foliage)
And thus we end of another great day by literally passing out early at the B&B.
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