A Cornish Guide to a Girl on Holiday - Day One

[byslantedlight]

And I'm awaaaaaaay! I finished my work last night, slept in this morning, had a leisurely getting-myself-sorted-out kind of morning, including phoning my mum who's currently a very-happy-grandma-for-the-second-time. It only took me three hours to drive down too - that's practically a day trip, that is... but I have three nights around Cornwall - hurrah! And it's not raining yet... *g*

I got to Penzance before check-in time, so drive down to see what was what... and ended up going through, and found myself in Mousehole, which was looking perfectly pretty, so I parked up and went for a wander... *g* I love the wildflowers everywhere, like these nasturtiums-by-the-sea! Cornwall is so pretty in the spring...

If you click through you can read that story - the oldest house in Mousehole, 1300s, involved in defending Mousehole against the Spanish in the 1500s!

I sat by the harbour and had an ice cream (of course - but they'd run out of Turkish Delight - waaah! The quest continues!)

And then I wandered back to the carpark along the rocky shoreline.

And off on a quest to find the YHA! Which I'd already tried to do once, and come to a bollarded dead end (literally, that's not me swearing *g*) So this time I went to where I thought I'd seen a sign, rather than following the directions I had, and sure enough, up a wee road clustered around with snowdrops (gosh, still?), there it was. And what I'd forgotten?

That it was so inexpensive here, that I'd booked myself a private room! I'm sharing the rest of the time, which is usually nice, cos of meeting people, but I'll appreciate my own peace and quiet for the first night, I think... *g* And I have a bell! Well, if I stretch out the window... *g* I wonder who it'd summon if I rang it...? *g*

I was a very good girl and brought my Riverford Recipe leftovers (an aubergine thingie that was very nice - I swear I'll post properly about these) and then, having been cooped up in the car for three hours, and at my desk for many months, I went for a stroll down towards town...

...out of the snowdropped YHA, past fields of flowers and banks of bluebells...

... past waterfalls...

...and colour-bounded streams...

...past old old pubs (The Pirate - 1674)...

...and buttercupped meadows (and that tree was just glowing in the sunshine, as you see!)

Past magical steps... imagine going home up them, every night...

(or perhaps home isn't where they lead... *g*)

And finally I came out at Wherry - by the Aldi, and a wee stoney beach with an outpipe. Oh well! *g*

But there was a view over to St Michael's Mount, and chaps fishing, so it wasn't all bad.

The back up... and up... and up... to my wee home for the night. One of the few areas with wifi (oh, but what good, fast wifi!) happened to be this one, so... *g*

Bliss - I can be online, on my computer, and not doing work! Hello lovely lj! *g*

And while I'm here - I've been meaning to have a boast about this for ages. Look what gorgeousness I have for a phone case!

See the lads! D'you remember I won a prize at Christmas for a caption context in Dialj? Well I'd been lucky enough to draw milomaus for one of my ProsFandomCard people too, and so already received her lovely Pros-y Christmas treats - and what did she do? Made me this phone case instead! Every time I look at it I think how clever she was to have stitched the lads so that they look so beautifully themselves... *g* And it fits my phone perfectly!

Right - have now rambled my way through a glass of wine, and should perhaps take myself upstairs and towards my bed... I just hope the mattress isn't as hard as YHA mattresses usually are - my only complaint about YHA! If I'm ever a millionaire, I shall donate soft mattresses for every YHA bed in the UK...

Comments

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Your pics are sooo pretty! All the flowers and the green, how wonderful!
And to imagine that I might see all the places in just a few weeks, too!

Go you for finishing work and going on holiday. For finding the YHA and for icecream and wine and relaxing days!

I'm so glad you like the phone case and even more that it fits!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The pics can't help but be pretty, cos it's so pretty here! And I nearly forgot that I was spoilering you for your holiday! *g* Oh, it'll be lovely for you - and I bet it won't rain! It's raining this morning - rats - though it's supposed to clear a bit in a few hours, so I'll try and do dry things until then. Trouble is, there's a stone circle nearby that I want to see...

And yeay the phone case, it's my favourite ever!

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

OK, feeling very strange now as I grew up where you are now. Not in the YHA *g* but on the estate across the A30. The A30 wasn't there when I was a kid (it ran through the town) so Rose Hill, which is the other side of the woods where you are, is where I played. I also spent rather a lot of time in Mousehole so you photos are making me feel rather homesick!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh wow - I must have all but walked through your old estate! Rose Hill is beautiful too - you lucky thing!

[etain-antrim.livejournal.com]

Have a wonderful time and enjoy! It looks so lovely!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Cornwall is so pretty - and hopefully rather beautiful in another way when it rains, which it's doing now!

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

Good lord, that looks utterly gorgeous! Have a WONDERFUL vacation, m'dear!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh it is, Cornwall is so pretty... and hopefully it'll be just as magnificent in the rain, which is what's happening now - eep! And thank you! *g*

[ali15son.livejournal.com]

these are beautiful photos and i hope you are enjoying your stay in cornwall..please enjoy the rest of it .

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's raining this morning, but never mind - it's just to have days and days without work (well, four days... *g*)

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

What an absolutely gorgeous place! It looks almost magical. It's no wonder you picked it for holiday ( and, of course, because of its other qualities. *g*)

And I love your phone case. The silhouette effect is great, the Lads together, holding hands.

[gvenanne.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful flowery place! Must be great for walking with so many corners on the way: rocky shoreline and harbour, very old houses and pubs, waterfalls and fairy stairs. I appreciate so many photos, really feels so good to look at them! Nice setting for a girl on holiday :)
I even liked the view of your computer in the pub... Maybe it enjoys your holiday too! You know, to meet unfamiliar WiFi nets, and fast ones, to sit on unfamiliar tables and browse familiar sites leisurely *g*

And this case for the phone is absolutely fabulous! The line of stitching is just so right, even with a fleeting glance the lads are recognizable... more than that, I at once thought it were them even before reading. You are the lucky one!

Wow, so many flowers...

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

...past old old pubs (The Pirate - 1674)...

See? I was going to say "pirates?", and then I thought better of it - but you did! You did! You did see pirates!

But there was a view over to St Michael's Mount, and chaps fishing, so it wasn't all bad.

Is that *the* Mont St. Michel? Cool beans!
(It's on the list of to-dos, although I once flew very very high over it, so you could see a speck in the water...)

And the Penzance Tourist Board should thank you because now I want to go. And I'm sure I'm not alone. ;-D

[freetraveller15.livejournal.com]

Wonderful pics! I love Cornwall so much, have been there seven or eight times, in spring, summer and autumn. Every time breathtaking scenery, rocky or sandy coves to write poems about, wonderful flowers, pretty harbours, good food... oh I could go on.
Where is exactly the waterfall and the flower-surrounded stream you captured? So beautiful.
And, talk about coincidence, I've been reading Alexandra's Summer's End story for the past few days. Almost reached the end (it's a novel-length story). I'm picturing the lads roaming around St Michael Mount, Penzance and so on and your pics are a great visual aid *g*

Enjoy your holiday, unwind and relax. You're in the right place ;)

Paola

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Pretty Cornwall! old graves and old pubs - magic