Short Hop Home

Another sunny morning for the last day of our holiday and after breakfast we walked down the road to the harbour at Newton Ferrers. It was a lovely walk and the view was breathtaking ...


Harbour photos ...



There is a ferry across to Noss Mayo ...

We returned via the footpath/quiet road so Hamish could run free and he met another Westie called Magnus ...

There were some really pretty cottages ...

and looking down to the river it was such a lovely colour ...

We arrived back at the Dolphin where we'd eaten the night before ...

and then it was a steep hill up to the church ...

before reaching the campsite. After saying our farewells we got on the road for the short hop to Cornwall. We crossed the Tamar in brilliant sunshine ...

and made the decision to stop at Trago Mills for a quick shop and pasty lunch. The best laid plans!! The weather ahead was looking decidedly unfriendly ...

and at the end of the Dobwalls by-pass we found the A38 was closed so we had to take the A390 to St Austell. Each time we passed a road that went down to the A38 there were police there and road closed signs. The traffic was horrendous - very slow and nose to tail. We were pretty fed up by now so decided to keep going and stop at St Austell Tesco and have a sandwich! While there we ate to the accompaniment of thunder, lightning and rain hammering down! Lovely! My last photo of our holiday shows what we had just driven through ...

Portreath of course was looking great when we got home and I ended the day with a lovely Pilates class with Mel and the rest of the girls. It's good to be back in Cornwall - just wish I hadn't brought a rotten cold back with me!