10th April 2010 - Trip to Cornwall to try my new bike

Weather forecast was good for weekend so decided to try my new bike out.
We had always said we would like to go on the camel trail.


We did not leave until Saturday, giving me time on Friday night to surf the internet and look for a pub stopover not too far from the Camel Trail.


We headed off to Padstow at 12 noon on Saturday and arrived at the Halfway House in St Jiidgey (http://www.halfwayhouse-stjidgey.co.uk//) but the field they use for campers was soggy however they said we could park at the front, the pitch fee would be £7.50 but this would be waived if we ate in the pub.


We agreed to come back later and booked a table in the restaurant.


We asked the way to the Camel Trail and the landlady drew a map of somewhere we could go with a small camper and your own bikes.


We drove down some narrow winding roads and found ourselves at Old Town Quay.

Lovely spot and camel trail was above, we cycled to Padstow, we did not stop as we had been to Padstow previously so we cycled back to the camper, boiled up the kettle for a brew which we took up on the Camel Trail to admire the view.



We decided to take a look at Padstow Touring Park, (http://www.padstowtouringpark.co.uk//) another site I had found on the internet. It looked good and we ended up booking a pitch for Spring bank holiday after being told may day bank holiday weekend is very busy in Padstow as it is Obby Oss Festival in Padstow.


When we arrived back at the Halfway House we changed and went across for dinner. We had a lovely meal, a couple of glasses of wine and retired to bed.


We were told that breakfast would be served between 8 and 9 in the morning if we wanted it.