Twas a wild night last night and the rain just kept coming, in the end I decided to put the roof down when we went to bed and that indeed was a good call. It has been very cold in the van during the last few nights after we have settled down and turned the heating off, so I was quite surprised at how the van retained its warmth with the roof closed – lesson learned!
The rain continued in earnest until about 2pm so we binge watched Shetland before heading off to St Mawes. The pause in the rain was brief and as we parked up the heavens opened again though this time it was short lived and was mostly dry as we wandered around St Mawes.
The first beach we encountered was the rather seaweed strewn Idle Rocks beach….
The small harbour has a small sandy beach….
Heading towards the castle we came upon Tavern Beach also very weedy….
The town itself is very well maintained and the seafront dominated by pretty fishermen’s cottages, a smattering of galleries and gift shops, several up market hotels and thriving pubs and of course countless holiday lets. The castle is very small and sits proudly on the headland looking out to Falmouth and the open sea…..
Just beyond the castle is Castle Cove by far the prettiest beach….
Beyond the Idle Rocks beach lies Summers Beach….
Less weedy so we went down for a play before the rain started again….
A pleasant wander and respite from an otherwise dull day – do you think the weather needs reminding that it is the 1st of May tomorrow?
Freedom Bird 