We leave at 9 to visit Kynance Cove, one of the most beautiful beaches we’ve ever visited. The crystal-clear turquoise water, dramatic rock formations, and stunning coastal views make it feel like a hidden paradise.
The parking fills up quickly when we arrive at 9:30. It’s a scenic walk down offering panoramic views. Luckily it’s low tide , so we can explore the caves, rock pools, and sandy beach.
We can stay much longer than two years ago, when we left after a short sea dip as Zeno was eating the sand. Now, the kids make friends with Belgian siblings, and they built a big sand castle and create turns in the streams.
As it’s low tide we have set ourselves up on the part of the beach which faces two bays at once, so we have double the choice. The sea is just perfect, high waves at a 10 second interval, refreshing but not cold, and it’s not too crowded yet. Tim goes snorkeling in the colder deeper bay to spot some giant sea plants, Olga prefers to be carried by the waves and enjoy the views of the larger bay.
At 12, the sun gets too strong for us and we walk back up to our car. The parking is full now, a family must be extremely happy we leave so “early”, and our parking spot becomes available.
We eat some peanutbutter sandwiches on the way to Pendennis castle. It’s a artillery fort from 1540 to protect against French and Spanish invasions.
It’s extremely hot (29 degrees) and the sun is burning, but Tim visits the castle and the kids play games and eat an icecream.
Just as we want to leave to woman operating the play stall sees us, although we have finished playing she has all kinds of new stamps and books we can collect. The kids fill in there new gotten books and we do some extra games just to tick some extra boxes.
On the way back we visit Glendurgan garden. Three valleys join into one within this garden, where the plants and trees grow on steep hills. It’s too hot to walk all the way to the beach, and we also skip the school room and apple shed. At the heart of the garden is the historic maze, we cannot resist and go in. It takes us 20 minutes running through the cherry laurel to find the middle, and we cheat finding our way back out. Being lost for 20 minutes is enough.
We drive back to the camping and arrive just in time to accept a puddle pool from the neighboors who are leaving. The kids play, we eat dinner, Olga goes for a final swim. We found a quick walk to the beach now, only 10 minutes. We do some backups to free up Olga’s phone and read our books.
