DAY 1 - CORNWALL Holiday

21st April 2009

We left Mossley about 7am today and headed SE toward Cornwall. It's a 6 hour drive and we stopped a few times on the way down too but it turned out to be a great day! We went through the county of Devon and we stopped first at a small village called Moretonhamstead near Dartmoor. Just walked around and took some pics. Charming little place! Then on Dartmoor Ken took me to the Miniature Pony Centre, a place I had found on the net that I wanted to see. We ate lunch there (Cornish Pasties) and spent a couple of hours enjoying the animals. Then we headed on over Dartmoor enjoying the scenery and stopping at an ancient clapper bridge (hundreds of years old). It was so pretty there! Also I got to see some wild ponies on Dartmoor and that was fun! Took us about 2 more hours from Dartmoor to get to The Lizard Peninsula in southern Cornwall and to Ruan Minor, the tiny village where our B&B was there. That evening we walked 10 minutes from the B&B, down to the ancient fishing village of Cadgwith Cove, and had a delicious supper at the Cadgwith Inn restaurant. It was a fun day but boy, were we pooped by bedtime. smile

As always, just click on the first thumbnail and then click Next to go to each photo. You can do a slideshow but ya might not have time to read all I write under SOME of the photos.

Hope you enjoy your day with us.
~ Janie & Ken

village of Moretonhamstead in Devon (Dartmoor area)	parish church at Moretonhamstead, Devon	thatched roof home in Moretonhamstead, Devon	OLD Alms houses
village of Moretonhamstead, Devon	Moretonhamstead, Devon	post office	butcher shop
At The Miniature Pony Centre on Dartmoor - petting a pregnant donkey - a bunch of pregnant donkeys! LOL	another pregnant donkey	miniature pony with her baby	miniature pony with her baby
Janie petting one of the pigmy goats at the animal centre	petting another goat	another pony with her newborn
This little baby goat was so cute!!!!	a chipmunk		Cock a doodle doo, he said!!! LOL
pretty white ducks	some goat kids	a robin	unusual chicken - notice the feet
We had our Cornish Pasties there at one of those picnic tables, nice view of the many miniature ponies!	This little baby pony was scratching his behind! LOL	pretty white ponies	This little fellow was so friendly, he followed me all around after we made friends. :)
This one was so sweet too!	getting a stroke from Ken	beautiful ponies	sheep on Dartmoor
I love these Whiteface Dartmoor lambs, so sweet....and to think we eat lamb! Oh my!	Whiteface Dartmoor Sheep & their babies, so sweet!!!	Dartmoor, Devon	driving thru Dartmoor
Postbridge village shop & tearoom near an ancient clapper bridge.	Ancient clapper bridge & newer bridge at Postbridge on Dartmoor, Devon.	Old bridge at Postbrige village on Dartmoor.	Ancient clapper bridge at tiny village of Postbridge on Dartmoor.
Dartmoor Prison - high security prison!	Dartmoor	Dartmoor	on Dartmoor in Devon
Wild ponies on Dartmoor - had to stop and take pics!	the B&B where we stayed in Cornwall, called The New Thatch	our room in the B&B - very comfortable bed	our room in the B&B
bathroom in B&B - really nice shower	another view of bathroom	Here's another view of the B&B - it was so nice, would recommend it to anyone - The New Thatch B&B, Cornwall	trail behind our B&B going down to Cadgwith Cove (10 min walk)
walking to Cadgwith Cove	entering Cadgwith Cove village	fishing village of Cadgwith Cove	entrance to Cadgwith Cove Inn
The Cadgwith Cove Inn where we ate supper	fishing boats at Cadgwith Cove	Cadgwith Cove	Janie roaming around the cove
	Walking around Cadgwith Cove village - so many lovely thatched cottage in this village!	some people coming in after being out in a boat	Cadgwith Cove
Cadgwith Cove village - I loved that little pink thatched roof cottage!	Janie eating her lobster thermadore, veggies & boiled potatoes - a delicious meal - best we had of the whole holiday! BOY! DO I look tired!! LOL Was a LONG day!	Menu they had that night - we both got lobster thermadore and it was wonderful!!!	sticky toffee pudding with ice cream - one of my fave British desserts!!