No Covid restrictions, no crowds of Grockles. At last we did it and what a wonderful day
we had. A proper day at the seaside just like pensioners should. The sun shone and most
of us found our way to the lovely little village of Pentewan. Which felt like a real lived in
Cornish village.
Although in the 1980’s a third of the houses in the village were holiday let’s or holiday
homes so I guess there are many more now. In the past it had been a very busy harbour
with, first a horse drawn tramway then a narrow gauge steam railway bringing China Clay
from St Austell. There was a rolling stock of forty-two-wheeled wagons each able to carry
four to five tons. The workman got one penny a ton for loading it onto the ships.
A bit of a delayed start gave us time to enjoy coffee and cake at Netties - Little Bay Cafe. We were privileged to join in with her birthday celebrations. Even immortalised on her Facebook page. We set off at last. Up up up - Chat chat chat through the fields and woods with lovely views out to sea and surrounding countryside. On past the lost and found gardens, resisting the temptation to hop over the wall and join the paying visitors we went down down down through the woods to Mevagissy. Some of us spent a happy hour eating fish and chips and people watching while the more adventurous went on a boat trip. Wonderful! Then up up up and along the coast path back to Pentewan.
Aren’t we the lucky ones!
Stella
A bit of a delayed start gave us time to enjoy coffee and cake at Netties - Little Bay Cafe. We were privileged to join in with her birthday celebrations. Even immortalised on her Facebook page. We set off at last. Up up up - Chat chat chat through the fields and woods with lovely views out to sea and surrounding countryside. On past the lost and found gardens, resisting the temptation to hop over the wall and join the paying visitors we went down down down through the woods to Mevagissy. Some of us spent a happy hour eating fish and chips and people watching while the more adventurous went on a boat trip. Wonderful! Then up up up and along the coast path back to Pentewan.
Aren’t we the lucky ones!
Stella
