Newquay and Padstow

We woke up Saturday to another dreary weather forecast, but got up and out to explore Newquay before the rains came.

The children again loved playing on the water's edge, exploring caves and getting their feet and legs wet.

Above Cora is a footbridge to an awesome house on the rocky hill over her head. She enjoyed sitting and contemplating the crashing waves.

Newquay is a busy place, a surf town filled with shops, eateries and nightclubs. This area reminded me of the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. If the weather and surf had been better, Stace and Dean might have rented wetsuits and boards.

Pasty shops were everywhere! Cora loves pasties, and had one every time we were out at a meal time.

We then drove around to Padstow, where we met up with Sue and Gord, who came in to spend the day with us. Sadly, the rain was upon us, and we didn't even manage to take one photo of our time together (huddling within raincoats and umbrellas).

Sue, Jen and I stayed in the shops, while the men and children unsuccessfully tried out the crab lines. They succeeded mostly in getting very wet.

Sue and Gord decided to make the long and wet drive back to Somerset, while we and Dean and Jen went back to the hotel. We booked a table at the adjacent restaurant, and finished our Saturday night there. Stace enjoyed a St. Austell beer, naturally.