Thursday was the start of our long-awaited trip to Cornwall. Stace grew up taking family trips to the gorgeous county on England's southwestern coast, and he was excited to show Cora and Violet.
Stace and the girls and I got on the road around 9:30 in the morning, and we were in Cornwall less than two hours later - Stace was shocked, since it used to be an all-day drive.
We stopped in Bodmin, and then Fowey, where we had our packed lunch on the harbor wall. A crafty seagull enjoyed part of Violet's lunch - he grabbed her sandwich right out of her hand!
We then moved to Charlestown, where these photos are from. See the girls far below me, on the sand?
They walked around to the other side of the stone wall, to explore the rock pools uncovered by the low tide. See them down there?
Stace and I made our way down to join them.
Cornwall's rugged coast is beautiful.
The girls are on the right side of the photo. Cora was absolutely in her element, climbing mountains and exploring caves.
Charlestown's 18th century harbor is basically untouched from how it looked in the 1800s, and it was used in filming the recent Poldark adaptation.
After Charlestown, we drove to St. Austell, to visit the brewery that made my favorite ale back on my 2001 trip. St. Austell's Cornish Cream was dark and smooth and creamy, and for several years after 2001, Stace and I made a point to look for it.
We found out (sadly) that the brewery stopped making it at least 10 years ago, but our time at the bar and visitors' center was still well worth it. We learned about the brewing process, the history of the brewery (which was founded in 1851), and enjoyed a half of St. Austell's new dark beer.
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