Following much discussion and careful scrutinizing of bus timetables, we both decided that Thursday was to be a day of trying to see as much of the rest of Cornwall as we could possibly fit in seeing as it was our last day there. After some careful planning on my part, we decided a course of action which entailed catching the 515 bus from outside the park to Penzance, spending a few hours there and then catching the Cornish Explorer for a ride that would travel through Treen, Porthcumo, Sennen Cove, St Just, Lands End, and then make its way to St Ives, where we would be able to then catch a bus back to the park.
Our Greyhound bus to Penzance, the 515 turned out to be one of those buses that goes all around the estates and back again, and a journey that had we been going straight to Penzance would have probably taken us a quarter of the time ended up taking over two hours or more. Eventually we arrived in Penzance. The weather was overcast and grey again, and in a similar vein to St Ives I ended up feeling a little bit disappointed. We walked around the harbour and then journeyed up to the shopping area. Despite eyeing up some interesting sounding pub venues for our lunch, we were to finally end up in Wetherspoons of all places. I was not feeling very well, I felt cold and tired and was ready for the journey back to be honest, but I forced myself to troop around the shops and front for Kerri’s sake. We eventually returned to the bus station in time to catch the 14.35pm 300 Cornwall Explorer.
This is an open topped double decker run by First bus, but we didn’t dare brave travelling on the top! One of the other passengers insisted on having a window wide open and I just couldn’t seem to get warm at all. Finally they got off the bus and the open window could be closed. The weather had definitely cooled drastically from how it had been the rest of the week.
However, it was an enjoyable ride along the small winding roads of Cornwall. Every time that another vehicle was travelling in the other direction and met up with us, they had to reverse back until they could find a wider area so that our bus could get past. All of the roads that we travelled along were lined with wild flowers of every description, bluebells, foxgloves, poppies, lupins, it was all so beautiful, and had the weather been kinder and had I not felt so cold and unwell, I would have absolutely adored the whole journey and we would have definitely travelled on top! Eventually we arrived in St Ives where we caught the 547 back to our park.
We had our case to pack on our return to the van, and following that we enjoyed a restful last night watching TV and relaxing ready for the journey home tomorrow. Enjoy the photos we took whilst in Penzance, they show how dismal the weather was but strangely enough, Kerri managed to take one of me looking as if I’m having a whale of a time standing on the rocky front.
TG
From where i am sitting it looks like a very successful holiday and the photos are lovely. Have a good journey back home and I hope you are both refreshed and reinvigorated.
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