Life: remaining Cornwall adventures

We had such a wonderful time in Cornwall. Although we spent a couple of days on the beach, we also explored the area on foot as both Martin and I love walking.

We went on a 10 mile coastal walk to Land's End. It was a real shame that we had decided beforehand to eat there as Land's End really is just a tourist trap and isn't as beautiful as we hoped it would be.

However, en-route the scenery was gorgeous - lovely bubbling streams feeding into the sea with big rocky cliffs complete with caves.

On another day we visited the Polgoon Vineyard. We were taken on a tour of the vineyards and this was followed by an all important wine and cider tasting. We both particularly enjoyed their cider so we bought a whole crate of it!

We also visited St Michael's Mount which is so picturesque. St Michael's Mount is a castle built on an island which is very close to the coastal village of Marazion. There's a path linking the island to Marazion which is only accessible at low tide. We timed it so that the tide was in the middle of going out so we had to wade through a few inches of water to access the island which was great fun.

We sat and ate our lunch in the gardens and I had an impromptu little nap. We vowed to return every time we visit Cornwall in the future.

We also hired a couple of bikes and cycled to Mousehole pronounced Mouzzle. Mousehole is a little fishing village complete with tiny narrow streets and fishermen's cottages.

There's also a lovely natural pool in the rocks where the water gets changed on a daily basis as the tide goes in and out.

A visit to Cornwall wouldn't be complete without a yummy Cornish pastie (or several, actually).

I love being in places like Cornwall as everyone's so lovely and trusting. There are honesty boxes everywhere with local produce like home made jams and flowers. We bought a lovely jar of plum jam.

We had such a wonderfully relaxing week - a lovely change from manic London.

Where do you like to go to get away from it all?