Hello, how are you all doing? All good I hope!
We have just returned from a lovely scenic holiday in Cornwall.
We stayed in a cottage in a village called Callington, which is East Cornwall. The cottage was once 3 miners cottages that had been made into one cottage and had cute little windows (it had normal windows too!)
The Cottage was down a tiny driveway, with the owners living in another cottage next to ours. We arrived to see buzzards circling and one landed in the tree right next to where we were standing. We were welcomed by the owners Bill, Eileen and their friendly German shepherd, Ben. They showed us to Rosemary Cottage and went through a few bits of information that we needed to know and then left us to make ourselves at home. We were delighted to find some fresh warm scones, Jam and clotted cream in the kitchen for us and after being told the Cornish way of preparing a scone (Jam first, in case you didn’t know!) by Bill, I quickly jam and creamed 4 scones for us to eat before we did anything else, mmmmmmmmm so tasty!
The cottage had 2 bedrooms, bathroom, small kitchen, living room (complete with board games) and dining room, with doors that opened out onto a patio area. We booked the cottage through a company called Toad Hall Cottages, that I had found online. The booking procedure was very quick and easy to do. A few days before we were due to stay in Cornwall, Toad Hall Cottages sent me a list of places to visit and events near where we were staying for the week we were there, which I’ve not had from other companies and thought was a very nice touch. I will definitely use them again for future bookings and holidays.
The following day (Sunday), Craig discovered that on the opposite side of the road was a country park called Kit Hill, that we decided to explore. As the name suggests it is a hill and a very big hill at that and with it being a very hot day, it was tough going, but oh so worth it as the views on the way up and from the top were absolutely stunning.
The country park is set over 400 acres of heathland, with 19th century disused mines and quarries. On our way up the hill we found this quarry filled with water and it reminded me of something you would find abroad and we half expected to see a crocodile moving slowly through the water!
It looked very welcoming after climbing the hill in the beating sun, we sat on the rocks and watched a couple of dogs fetching their ball from the water.
On the way round we stopped at a place called Louis’s tearoom and got a drink and some lunch. I didn’t realise how long we were going to be out for so didn’t bring any drinks and only a cereal bar each! Sitting out on the veranda of the tearoom, eating our lunch and overlooking the valley was very relaxing, before setting off again back to the cottage. Overall a very nice start to our holiday.
I will be writing another post soon about other places that we visited while we were in Cornwall, so be sure to check back soon.