Cornish Cove

On Friday, I caught up with Simon at St. Jude's Gallery as he was busy hanging prints for this month's exhibition, 'Impressed 2 - A Celebration of British Printmaking'. We have all been away in various parts of the British Isles over August and September but are all now back in Norfolk. Unlike Simon and Angie, we don't leave Norfolk very often but our long awaited two week holiday in Devon and Cornwall was just perfect. I'd never been to the South West before and have totally fallen in love with it, especially Cornwall.

The beaches, coves and enchanting fishing villages, like everyone had told me, were charming and very much enhanced by the perfect, cloudless blue skies. Having seen numerous postcards for sale of a stunning unknown beach to us, National Trust owned, Kynance Cove near the Lizard, we decided we must head there.

We arrived there late in the afternoon, just as both the tide and crowds were ebbing away. We had a cuppa at the award winning environmentally sound cafe, thought about the prospect of renting the cottage next door and marvelled at the quality and ecological design of the public facilities on this cliff top spot. The tiles on the cafe are half slate and half solar slate. The buildings walls have been insulated with wool and the new toilets have their own flush system. They call it 'biobubble', which I quote is 'a self-contained, fully biological and ultraviolet treatment system for treating sewage and café waste, to ensure high quality water standards for beach users'.

It's an amazing spot, the walk to the beach on the buggy/wheelchair path took us 15 minutes but one that is full of excitement and anticipation. When we arrived on the main beach, the tide had receded enough for us to wade around the headland to a be on a white sandy beach with turquoise waters and fabulous smugglers caves. It honestly felt like some where far more remote and tropical than Cornwall and if the perfect weather was always guaranteed, I think we would never leave Britain again.