The third day was an especially sunny and nice day and we decided to do more cycling. I had read all about the Camel trail at Padstow
http://www.padstowlive.com/things-to-do/the-camel-trail
While I was in the local library helping S and A borrow books i came upon a holiday book on Cornwall. It was really good and helped me with good ideas for all the days. I guess i really missed that in Zurich - being able to go into a local library and get books in a language to understand. Its really good for the girls too. In the school library in Zurich the girls could borrow 5 books a week and S used to get through them pretty fast. Here in her school library she is only borrowing 2 a week and after 2 days she has nothing new to read. I guess i should take S once a week to the local library but right now it's in a 3 week pattern.
We drove to Wadebridge and parked our car there. Then we rode the bikes along the Camel estuary upto Padstow.
http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/The_Camel_Trail_-_Padstow_to_Wadebridge-Cycle-Route-243.html
It was a beautiful ride with the river alongside us and finally opening out into the sea. We had plenty of breaks along the way- it was the first time the girls were cycling such a long distance (it was 8 km each way) but they were pretty good about it. We had lunch at a lovely italian restaurant in Padstow. The hubby and I had carried only 30 pounds between us since we left our wallets and phones back in the car so we had to share a pizza while the girls had their kids meals. A good way to save on calories. Energised after the margarita pizzas the girls were ready for the 8 km back to Wadebridge.
We reached back in the middle of the afternoon and decided to explore the Tintagel castle which is close to Padstow
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/tintagel-castle/
It is the ruins of a castle, where legends claim King Arthur lived. Its location is breathtaking- on top of a cliff overlooking the sea on all sides. There is a cave below the castle where they have carved the face of the Merlin the wizard on the rock face and the girls were thrilled to hear that a wizard used to perform magic in the cave. It was a steep climb to the top of Tintagel castle but the girls and activities to do -they were given a map with things to find at each place (such as statues, hidden tunnels etc) and were happily climbing up and looking around.
View from Merlin's cave at Tintagel
View from the top of Tintagel Castle
We were quite exhausted after all the cycling and climbing and collapsed into a beer garden on the way back from the Tintagel castle to our car park. The beer garden had a lovely playground and grass area where the girls could run around and play noisily while we enjoyed our beer in the sun. There were horses and sheep grazing in the meadow next to the garden and it was as close to perfect as could be...
We had dinner at an Indian restaurant 'Asha' back in Falmouth. It turned out to be a Bangladeshi restaurant and the food was not that great but we were too hungry and tired to be fussy.
http://www.padstowlive.com/things-to-do/the-camel-trail
While I was in the local library helping S and A borrow books i came upon a holiday book on Cornwall. It was really good and helped me with good ideas for all the days. I guess i really missed that in Zurich - being able to go into a local library and get books in a language to understand. Its really good for the girls too. In the school library in Zurich the girls could borrow 5 books a week and S used to get through them pretty fast. Here in her school library she is only borrowing 2 a week and after 2 days she has nothing new to read. I guess i should take S once a week to the local library but right now it's in a 3 week pattern.
We drove to Wadebridge and parked our car there. Then we rode the bikes along the Camel estuary upto Padstow.
http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/The_Camel_Trail_-_Padstow_to_Wadebridge-Cycle-Route-243.html
It was a beautiful ride with the river alongside us and finally opening out into the sea. We had plenty of breaks along the way- it was the first time the girls were cycling such a long distance (it was 8 km each way) but they were pretty good about it. We had lunch at a lovely italian restaurant in Padstow. The hubby and I had carried only 30 pounds between us since we left our wallets and phones back in the car so we had to share a pizza while the girls had their kids meals. A good way to save on calories. Energised after the margarita pizzas the girls were ready for the 8 km back to Wadebridge.
We reached back in the middle of the afternoon and decided to explore the Tintagel castle which is close to Padstow
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/tintagel-castle/
It is the ruins of a castle, where legends claim King Arthur lived. Its location is breathtaking- on top of a cliff overlooking the sea on all sides. There is a cave below the castle where they have carved the face of the Merlin the wizard on the rock face and the girls were thrilled to hear that a wizard used to perform magic in the cave. It was a steep climb to the top of Tintagel castle but the girls and activities to do -they were given a map with things to find at each place (such as statues, hidden tunnels etc) and were happily climbing up and looking around.
View from Merlin's cave at Tintagel
View from the top of Tintagel Castle
We were quite exhausted after all the cycling and climbing and collapsed into a beer garden on the way back from the Tintagel castle to our car park. The beer garden had a lovely playground and grass area where the girls could run around and play noisily while we enjoyed our beer in the sun. There were horses and sheep grazing in the meadow next to the garden and it was as close to perfect as could be...
We had dinner at an Indian restaurant 'Asha' back in Falmouth. It turned out to be a Bangladeshi restaurant and the food was not that great but we were too hungry and tired to be fussy.
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