I always wanted to go to the region Cornwall in the south-west of England, which finally I managed to visit in 2010.
Driving from Coventry to Newquay and beyond was a great fun in itself. During my stay in Cornwall me and my husband visited St Ives and Newquay, but we stayed in Plymouth.I know that there are many more places worth visiting in the region, but it is always better to see something rather than nothing.
St Ives is a small town with amazing harbour and picturesque boats, blue water, beautiful blue sky and nice clouds. And the weather was great at least for a walk around the harbour.
It was the first time I saw the coast of England and it was impressive. I didn't feel like I was in England at all. I would rather say it was definitely a different country - maybe France. The town achieved the award "Best UK Seaside Town" in both 2010 and 2011.
There is one thing you should watch out while in St Ives or Newquay - seagulls. They can be really dangerous. I will tell you a story which I witnessed in St Ives. There was an old man sitting on the bench next to ours and he was eating an ice cream. Out of the blue there was a kind of a noise. Nobody knew exactly what happened as it lasted maybe three seconds. Will you believe that a seagull grabbed the man's ice cream together with the cone? Even the man didn't know what had happened. It was the first time I was eating my ice cream as fast as I could. Looking around and expecting seagulls from every directions made me feel like I was taking part in the Hitchcock's film "The Birds".
In the Newquay zoo there was a notice saying:"Don't feed the seagulls". I found it quite amusing after this accident with the ice cream and my opinion is as follows: You don't have to feed seagulls, they will feed themselves when they feel like doing that.
Newquay is a great pardise for surfers probably because of great waves and it is something natural to see people (especially young ones) wearing wet suits in the streets of the town. There is a sandy beach, but quite wet, not like in Poland. It was nice to walk along the beach and play with the waves like a little girl:-).
In Newquay we also visited a local zoo, but there are not too many animals so I was not impressed too much.
It was a great trip and it's great that the weather was good:))
Driving from Coventry to Newquay and beyond was a great fun in itself. During my stay in Cornwall me and my husband visited St Ives and Newquay, but we stayed in Plymouth.I know that there are many more places worth visiting in the region, but it is always better to see something rather than nothing.
St Ives is a small town with amazing harbour and picturesque boats, blue water, beautiful blue sky and nice clouds. And the weather was great at least for a walk around the harbour.
It was the first time I saw the coast of England and it was impressive. I didn't feel like I was in England at all. I would rather say it was definitely a different country - maybe France. The town achieved the award "Best UK Seaside Town" in both 2010 and 2011.
There is one thing you should watch out while in St Ives or Newquay - seagulls. They can be really dangerous. I will tell you a story which I witnessed in St Ives. There was an old man sitting on the bench next to ours and he was eating an ice cream. Out of the blue there was a kind of a noise. Nobody knew exactly what happened as it lasted maybe three seconds. Will you believe that a seagull grabbed the man's ice cream together with the cone? Even the man didn't know what had happened. It was the first time I was eating my ice cream as fast as I could. Looking around and expecting seagulls from every directions made me feel like I was taking part in the Hitchcock's film "The Birds".
In the Newquay zoo there was a notice saying:"Don't feed the seagulls". I found it quite amusing after this accident with the ice cream and my opinion is as follows: You don't have to feed seagulls, they will feed themselves when they feel like doing that.
Newquay is a great pardise for surfers probably because of great waves and it is something natural to see people (especially young ones) wearing wet suits in the streets of the town. There is a sandy beach, but quite wet, not like in Poland. It was nice to walk along the beach and play with the waves like a little girl:-).
In Newquay we also visited a local zoo, but there are not too many animals so I was not impressed too much.
It was a great trip and it's great that the weather was good:))
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