Cornwall - a trip down memory lane at St Ives, Lands End and St Michaels Mount

Today was a trip down memory lane for me as I visited St Ives and Lands End with Vica 11 years ago and visited St Michaels Mount and Lands End with Janet and Rae 15 years ago. I strangely remembered them all so clearly. We started with St Ives and had a scarily narrow drive through the streets to the harbour car park (£2 for 2 hours parking). St Ives was packed with people and I think back to 15 years ago in the summer and how packed it was. We even got a pasty from the same shop and ate on the beach. I had a non-traditional Cornish pasty - thai chicken curry. Today was a gloriously sunny and sweaty day...in October! We even had a paddle. It must be a national greyhound in St Ives Day because we saw 5 and 4 whippets in the space of 2 hours so had lots of pit stops to say hello to the Greyhounds. Owning a greyhound is like being a coach driver, we all wave to each other.

Next we ventured around the coast road to Lands End and Ali and I had low expectations. £5 to park is a bit steep and must be worth a fortune in summer. Ali often worked from Lands End and I remember the Disney-esque look of Lands End but we were both super surprised. It was gloriously quiet and peaceful. October is the time to visit Lands End. We walked through the commercial bit to the sign and the first and last shop. On route we decided upon our next visit - Scotland to take a picture of Penny and Sailor in front of the John O;Groats sign.

On we ventured to Marazion (£2 to park) and walked along the beach to join the causeway to St Michaels Mount but alas it was still under water. So we waited until we could cross with dry feet. However, it meant that Sailor and Penny had lots of cuddles with tourists which they like. We walked around the harbour and memories flooded back from 15 years ago and sitting on the wall with Janet and Rae. I also remember legging it back through the water because the tide was coming in.

What a beautiful day of sunshine and warmth, without the crowds of a Cornish summer.