Cornwall is in the southwest corner of England and is kind of hard to travel through because it is mostly small narrow roads (what else is new). We drove along the north shore from Boscastle (loved climbing the rocks along the harbour) to Tintagel (King Arthur's castle ruins) to Port Isaac (setting for, you guessed it, another BBC production - Doc Martin). Along the way we got stuck on a single track that climbed at 30 degrees (no kidding) so we backed out and found ourselves on the most incredible beach we'd ever seen called Trebarwith Strand. The rock formations were unbelievable and so were the waves.
On the south coast St. Michael's Mount is England's answer to France's Mont St. Michel with a causeway that is only accessible at low tide. On the other side of Penzance we found a very, very cute fishing village called Mousehole (who picks these names?) where I learned once again to never drive into a one lane town.
We stayed in a wonderful Airbnb with Jan in Plymouth, on the edge of Cornwall, which is where every famous explorer and the Pilgrims set sail from. We drove over Dartmoor National Park on our way to Southampton and discovered what a beautiful moorland it was with wide open spaces and lots of wild horses. Our final seaside stop was Southampton south of London, another incredible harbour city, and then our driving days came to an end as we dropped our car off at Heathrow. What a magical ride it was!
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