Driving North Cornwall • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

driving North Cornwall is definitely the best way to get because you can visit small towns, the countryside, save a lot of time and also get less expensive accommodations probably in a pub which is an inn. In the evening you can go downstairs to the pub and have a drink and maybe strike up a conversation with somebody interesting. The “interesting“ part of it is pretty certain since the person you would be talking to has very different experiences and can give you some very good information where to visit and want to see.

Port Isaac

this is a cute little poor town, a little difficult to navigate in town so you should park up above a little bit and just come down and walk around. Actually it’s almost impossible to drive in the town and one of the photos below you will see why. And many of the roads don’t allow you to drive unless you’re local or you’re making a delivery or have a business there.

Beautiful countryside Driving North Cornwall — Beautiful countryside

Wide road in Port Isaac Driving North Cornwall — This is one of the wider roads going into town which is really just a small port.

Dr. Martin Driving North Cornwall — This fellow mentioned here is actually from a television show while I thought it was the fellow who started the shoe company which later I learned was started in Germany.

Narrow streets Driving North Cornwall — This is how narrow the streets at the port are

Old buildings Driving North Cornwall — Beautiful old buildings

At the bay Bill Smale — At the bay looking up at the businesses on the hill

The bay Bill Smale — This is the port and the Bay and you could see some of the businesses and houses on the hills

Old school Bill Smale — This old building used to be the school but I’m sure there aren’t enough students here now to keep the school running

A view Bill Smale — A view from up above

Padstow

Nice port Bill Smale — This is another fun port to visit though it seems to be very typical, not like Port Isaac which is very small and unusual

An international restaurant — An idea of an international restaurant. But don’t be fooled. It’s really all England food

Rowing club — This is the rowing club in town

Port side view — Of view from the other side of the port

St. Ives

this is a little town on the ocean you really must’ve visited if you’re in Cornwall. I was thinking to spend a little bit more time here but there was so much more to see and I thought sometime I could come back and spend a week just relaxing in this little town. It reminded me of Carmel California where I used to live but very different. In the tourist season I am told that there are so many tourists it takes a long time to walk down any little Street, this place is so popular. So I recommend coming in the off-season, relaxing and talking to the people running the shops. They are very nice and easy to share a conversation with.

House on the hill — A large house on the hill which might not be used as a house anymore but I did not check that out

Narrow streets — These streets you need to walk and not try to drive your car. There are parking lots in various places

Guinness 00 — This looks like a real Guinness but look at the photo below

Good Guinness — Hey no alcohol Guinness which many people have said taste exactly the same as the alcoholic version however I found some taste difference which I think everybody could notice. But it is a very good tasting beer, much closer to the alcohol version than many of the zero alcohol beers

Celtic Cross memorial — Most towns have World War I and World War II memorials. In Cornwall they often use the Celtic cross

The golden lion — I had the Guinness at the pub on the left

Broad Street — This doesn’t really look like a very broad street.

Tintagel Castle

this is another place you really need to visit. It has a castle on a large rock and a sub castle on this side. The views are really fantastic and it’s well worth spending a couple hours here but also sometime in the local town. I found the food at the King Arthur pub to be very tasty

I didn’t expect to find the original Olive Garden in this small town

Countryside Church — A church in the countryside

Interesting colors — This view is not so captivating but I just found the array of colors interesting

Walking area — The map of the Castle area. It’s good to spend some time here and walk around

King Arthur’s Castle — Was this King Arthur’s castle?

Hotel on the hill — This old mansion on the hill is now a hotel

Castle walkway — The bridge to the castle on the rock

Hotel view — Here’s a view from the opposite side of the hotel

King Arthur pub — This is a family owned pub and seems to have very good food

Good food — I hate peas and I am not fond of french fries (chips) but these french fries were very fresh and tasty and the seafood basket was well prepared and very nice

Ice cream — And of course after lunch you need to have cherry ice cream on top of latte coffee

Bill and Ted’s adventure — This is where a Bill and Ted started their great adventure

Sexy license plate — Quite a license plate

Parking machine — Sort of a typical parking lot. But this one has a camera when you pull in which will take a photo and identify your car and the time you came in so you need to do nothing until you leave because the clock starts ticking once you drive in. When you’re leaving you go to the machine, and put your license number and a calculates how much you have to pay. Pretty interesting

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