Coves, Beaches & Pasties, Cornwall Part III

On our third day in Cornwall we explored the entire north coast. Yep, the whole thing. From St Ives to Bude.  Even though it was a long day, it was entirely worth the effort given the views we had.  Add in a few extra stops along the way for scenic loveliness, our itinerary looked something like this - St Ives, Carbis Bay, Portreath, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Perranporth, Holywell, Newquay, Padstow and Rock, with the Bedruthan steps squeezed in too.

I won't say too much more because the pictures really do all the talking.

An obligatory pasty stop was made along the way for a late breakfast!

 

 

And this beautiful spot of the earth is where we stopped for lunch. We just grabbed ourselves some goodies from the supermarket and had a picnic, and we even both went for a swim.

In love with my Triangl swimwear!

We made the quickest of quick stop offs at the Bedruthan Steps, just enough time for me to jump out of the car and take a selfie!

Now you know those times when iMaps tells you a road exists but then it doesn't really? Well, that's what happened here.

Pasty Land, Cornwall Part II

Our first proper day in Cornwall saw us driving around the entire western peninsula, and stop at just about every cove along the way.  Luckily the weather was once again beautiful, time for shorts and bathers.

We happened to drive past the tiny parish of Pendeen, where there was a pasty festival. Yes! Obviously we stopped, and lined up with hordes of other people to snag ourselves one of the delicious pasties for sale (in the church no less), a scone, and then sit in the graveyard along with everyone else, whilst enjoying said goodies.  Sitting in the graveyard was a bit strange, I won't lie, but it was what everyone else was doing so hey, who were we to change things.

After the pasty extravaganza we headed along the coast to Land's End, stopping several times along the way at various coves and and towns.  Although Land's End is a bit of a tourist hotstop, it nonetheless is quite cute, and so long as you don't expect to spend too much time there you won't be disappointed.  We decided to have a quick cider before heading on, because that's just how we roll.

Now check out the drink level/horizon in this.  Photographic genius.

Below is probably one of the most picturesque, traditional English countryside views I've ever come across.

We finished the day at St Michael's Mount, although we didn't make the crossing due to high tide.  So instead we had a picnic at the beach, not a bad trade off in my opinion!

Oh I lie, we finished the day in St Ives with this beauty at Moomaid ice cream!

Oh alright, that's a lie too.  We then had a drink at the Sloop Inn, one of the oldest inns in England dating back to 1312, where I had a cider with no bubbles.  Very strange.

Hvar Hvar Hvar Hvar

Hands down one of my favourite places in the world is the island of Hvar along the Dalmatian coast in southern Croatia.  It's fun, sunny, boozy and the water is simply stunning.  This being my second visit to the island I knew roughly where to go and what to see, and had a great old time here!

We walked along the coastline and stopped at every available swimming spot on the way.  Every single one.  It was amazing!  The crystal clear, blue waters of the Mediterranean (in this part of the world) need to be seen to be believed.  So here goes...

 

 The day started with Chewy slicing up an orange cave man style, with a sharp little stone.  He was very proud of himself for this feat of manhood.

One of my favourite pictures.  This incredibly cute dog followed her owner into the ocean with a massive leap, and continued to frolick in the water for some time after!

 

The above 4 pictures were all taken at Hula Hula Bar along the waterfront.  Tasty cocktails and all sorts of other drinks.  I highly recommend the strawberry something (I genuinely cannot remember what it was) which was icy cold, refreshing and deeelish...the perfect drink at 3pm.

 

Catching some last rays in the evening sunlight.

Hvar, I love you and I would pretty please like to come back every summer.  We met some truly lovely and very very fun people at the hostel, which led to a night of debauchery, booziness and lots of fun.  If you're looking for good bars head to Kiva just along the main strip.  It's sweaty and hot, but has a killer dancefloor, great tunes, and the revellers spill out onto the street because the bar gets to full.  And after that you can either take a boat to a nightclub called Carpe Diem, or party in a club in an old fortress.  You really can't lose.