We've not been to Godrevy Park Club Campsite site for a while, so decided to start our Cornwall 'adventure' with four nights at one of our favourite sites.
We travelled on Wednesday and set up in an area of the site we've not previously visited - a lovely pitch backing onto fields. In the afternoon we had a short walk to the Sunset Surf Cafe for a drink before returning to site.
After our long walk the previous day, we had an easier day on Friday as we were both tired. We tried to find a footpath towards the Red River for the following day's walk but it was very overgrown so changed our mind and walked to the Godrevy Cafe for a drink before returning to site for a lazy afternoon.
On Saturday we walked from site to Tehidy Country Park. The first part of the walk was along country lanes until we reached the Red River Walk to the Country Park. We walked a couple of tracks which were so pretty as there were still a lot of bluebells in the woods. After a pot of tea at the Tehidy Country Park Cafe we walked back along the coast path. There was a lot of sea mist which didn't clear all day so it was cool all day, which was good as the walk was almost 16 miles.
On Sunday we travelled to Treamble Valley Club Campsite - this is a lovely site set in a valley with public footpaths crossing the site - and no mobile phone signal! We were both feeling tired after the long walk the previous day so after setting up and walking to the site entrance (where there is a phone signal) to let our families know we had arrived, we stayed on site for the afternoon and sat outside Zeb reading our books.
Monday was a cloudy but warm day so we walked to Perranporth via the dunes and then back to the site across the golf course. It was another long walk but very enjoyable
We would normally have had an easier day on Tuesday after our long walk the previous day, but as rain was forecast for the following day we decided to walk to Crantock Bay. It's a lovely walk that we did last year and we knew we would be able to stop for a drink at the Bowgie Inn at West Pentire, above Crantock Bay.
As forecast, we had torrential rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning so we stayed on site all day. The rain eased in the afternoon so we had a couple of short walks around the site and tidied Zeb ready to move to our final site.
On Thursday we travelled to our final Cornish site - Tregurrian Camping and Caravanning Club Site. After setting up on site we had a short walk to Watergate Bay and a drink at The Beach Hut before walking back to Zeb to plan our walks for the next few days.
Pitch 23 Tregurrian
On Friday we caught to the bus to Porthcatho Bay and walked back to Tregurrian along the coast path. In places the walk was quite challenging, but we were able to take our time as the weather was gloriously warm and sunny.
We had more fine weather on Saturday so caught the bus to Newquay and walked to East Pentire to look back across the estuary towards West Pentire where we had walked a few days earlier. After eating our lunch at Fistral Beach we walked back along the coast path to the site.
On Sunday we had a lovely sunny start to the day and walked from the site to St Mawgan as we wanted to visit The Japanese Garden. The gardens were beautiful and we enjoyed our visit before walking back towards Mawgan Porth. We stopped for a drink at the Off The Path Cafe, by which time the sun had disappeared behind clouds and it started to get a lot cooler. There were a few spots of rain when we reached Mawgan Porth and it began to get very windy to we headed back along the coast path to the site. Our timing was perfect as we had just got back to Zeb as the torrential rain started.
Japanese Garden
Monday was our day to travel back home and start to plan for our next adventure in The Lake District.
We had previously visited all three sites and enjoyed our visits this time. We're planning a month in Cornwall next year and these may be sites we'll visit again as there is so much more walking for us to do from each site.
4-16 May 2022
