What do you think of this itinerary?
Feb 23rd, 2015, 10:40 AM
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What do you think of this itinerary?
I hotels booked (they can all be cancelled without penalty)
Sat 13th June: arrive Newquay airport 18.05. Pick up car at airport and drive to Padstow at The London Inn for 2 nights. It doesn't have a very good report on Tripadvisor but this is generally due to noise from the bar and I will bring ear plugs.
Sun 14th Jun: Padstow and Port Isaac.
Mon 15th Jun: drive to Fowey via The Lost Gardens of Heligan check into Safe Harbour Inn and explore Fowey.
Tues 16th Jun: Looe and Polperro plus nice villages along the the way.
Wed 17th Jun: Drive to Falmouth via mevegissey and book into The Lerryn B&B.
Thur 18th June Drive or train to St Ives?
Fri 19th June: Drive to Mousehole and around the coast stopping at villages.
Sat 20th Jun: Drive to Truro in morning and park in Park & Ride, visit Cathedral and Georgian area. Drive to airport for 18.30 flight to Belfast.
What do you think? Is this doable and what am I missing?
Thank you
Sat 13th June: arrive Newquay airport 18.05. Pick up car at airport and drive to Padstow at The London Inn for 2 nights. It doesn't have a very good report on Tripadvisor but this is generally due to noise from the bar and I will bring ear plugs.
Sun 14th Jun: Padstow and Port Isaac.
Mon 15th Jun: drive to Fowey via The Lost Gardens of Heligan check into Safe Harbour Inn and explore Fowey.
Tues 16th Jun: Looe and Polperro plus nice villages along the the way.
Wed 17th Jun: Drive to Falmouth via mevegissey and book into The Lerryn B&B.
Thur 18th June Drive or train to St Ives?
Fri 19th June: Drive to Mousehole and around the coast stopping at villages.
Sat 20th Jun: Drive to Truro in morning and park in Park & Ride, visit Cathedral and Georgian area. Drive to airport for 18.30 flight to Belfast.
What do you think? Is this doable and what am I missing?
Thank you
Feb 23rd, 2015, 12:06 PM
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Seems very doable -- you don't have any long drives at all.
Maybe annhig will spot something you're missing.
(Only thing is it might have been better to include 'Cornwall' in your title since plain old 'itinerary' could be about anywhere from Dover to Shetland to Wales . . .)
Maybe annhig will spot something you're missing.
(Only thing is it might have been better to include 'Cornwall' in your title since plain old 'itinerary' could be about anywhere from Dover to Shetland to Wales . . .)
Feb 23rd, 2015, 01:55 PM
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Hi Nina,
My main comment is that you seem to be dodging around a bit, going from west to East -padstow and Port isaac to Fowey, then east to west back to Falmouth, then further west to St Ives, and back east again to Truro.
this means that you are doing a lot of one-night stands, which isn't a very restful way of seeing anywhere, let alone Cornwall, and will mean that you miss quite a lot of what the places you stay in have to offer.
I would suggest something more like this
13/6 - arrive Newquay. pick up car, drive to Padstow - 2 nights. [could you not find somewhere nicer than the London Inn? - there must be a decent B&B somewhere!]
15/6 - drive to St Ives. stay one night. I don't like one-night stands but in this case it's no distance from Padstow so you will be able to enjoy St Ives for most of the day, then have the lovely drive from ST Ives to the south coast the next day.
16/6 - drive to Falmouth via Porthcurno [for the Minack theatre - the position and gardens are well worth seeing] then Mousehole - stay 2 nights. do boat trip to St Mawes to Trelissick or go to Trebah and/or Glendurgan gardens on free day [very nice walk along the Helford from Glendurgan to Helford passage where there is an excellent pub overlooking the water]
18/6 - drive to Fowey via Lost gardens and Mevagissey. do the Hall walk on the free day or go to Looe and Polperro
20/6 - drive to Truro. spend day there [if you get bored, go to Eden project.] Get to Newquay at about 17.30 for flight home.
hope this helps!
My main comment is that you seem to be dodging around a bit, going from west to East -padstow and Port isaac to Fowey, then east to west back to Falmouth, then further west to St Ives, and back east again to Truro.
this means that you are doing a lot of one-night stands, which isn't a very restful way of seeing anywhere, let alone Cornwall, and will mean that you miss quite a lot of what the places you stay in have to offer.
I would suggest something more like this
13/6 - arrive Newquay. pick up car, drive to Padstow - 2 nights. [could you not find somewhere nicer than the London Inn? - there must be a decent B&B somewhere!]
15/6 - drive to St Ives. stay one night. I don't like one-night stands but in this case it's no distance from Padstow so you will be able to enjoy St Ives for most of the day, then have the lovely drive from ST Ives to the south coast the next day.
16/6 - drive to Falmouth via Porthcurno [for the Minack theatre - the position and gardens are well worth seeing] then Mousehole - stay 2 nights. do boat trip to St Mawes to Trelissick or go to Trebah and/or Glendurgan gardens on free day [very nice walk along the Helford from Glendurgan to Helford passage where there is an excellent pub overlooking the water]
18/6 - drive to Fowey via Lost gardens and Mevagissey. do the Hall walk on the free day or go to Looe and Polperro
20/6 - drive to Truro. spend day there [if you get bored, go to Eden project.] Get to Newquay at about 17.30 for flight home.
hope this helps!
Feb 23rd, 2015, 02:30 PM
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jj - that's not how I understood it - would you really stay in Falmouth and use it as a base for day trips to St Ives on one day and Mousehole the next? Even worse than one-night stands as you'd be driving back and forth over the same roads on consecutive days.
Penzance would make a better base for that part of the trip if that's what Nina wants to do.
Penzance would make a better base for that part of the trip if that's what Nina wants to do.
Feb 23rd, 2015, 02:47 PM
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No -- I wouldn't. But I was just commenting re >>this means that you are doing a lot of one-night stands, <<
I <i>think</i> they are basing in three different places to see all of Cornwall . . . but no, I personally wouldn't base in Falmouth.
In fact -- I personally wouldn't pack and move, but would mostly do day trips from a single base (or at most two)
Maybe we need Nina to clear things up
I <i>think</i> they are basing in three different places to see all of Cornwall . . . but no, I personally wouldn't base in Falmouth.
In fact -- I personally wouldn't pack and move, but would mostly do day trips from a single base (or at most two)
Maybe we need Nina to clear things up
Feb 24th, 2015, 11:55 AM
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Thank you both for your review
I would like to say in Padstow for a couple of nights. it is close to the airport and i am a fan of both Rick Stein and Doc Martin and Port Isaac is nearby.
As for the rest, I have 7 days and will have a car, ideally i would like to spend my time in one spot and day trip. However as Padstow is non negotiable I am now looking at one other town/village that would be central for what I really want to do. Annhig, I have cancelled the London Inn and found other B&Bs in the area which are not on Trivago!!
1. Mousehole; my mum's favourite and she passed away last year so this is a must.
2 The Lost Gardens of Heligan - not interest in 'The Eden Project'
3. Truro Cathedral.
4. The tin Mines (I am old enough to remember Poldark)
I love history but also adore picturesque towns and villages and St Ives and Falmouth look good but are there better.
Can you please help me with my itinerary, seeing all my musts but staying in only 2 places.
Thank you,
Nina
I would like to say in Padstow for a couple of nights. it is close to the airport and i am a fan of both Rick Stein and Doc Martin and Port Isaac is nearby.
As for the rest, I have 7 days and will have a car, ideally i would like to spend my time in one spot and day trip. However as Padstow is non negotiable I am now looking at one other town/village that would be central for what I really want to do. Annhig, I have cancelled the London Inn and found other B&Bs in the area which are not on Trivago!!
1. Mousehole; my mum's favourite and she passed away last year so this is a must.
2 The Lost Gardens of Heligan - not interest in 'The Eden Project'
3. Truro Cathedral.
4. The tin Mines (I am old enough to remember Poldark)
I love history but also adore picturesque towns and villages and St Ives and Falmouth look good but are there better.
Can you please help me with my itinerary, seeing all my musts but staying in only 2 places.
Thank you,
Nina
Mar 2nd, 2015, 12:48 AM
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As We're also thinking of visiting this area in June I'd like to know why you think Falmouth ia not a good base. AS we usually prefer places which are not too small and quiet and have shops and restaurants I thought Falmouth would be a good base. I'd be grateful if you could explain and give what you think is a good alternative given what we prefer. we want one base for Cornwall for 3-4 nights as would also like to visit other places in south England.
Mar 2nd, 2015, 06:52 AM
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r1955, I assume you are asking this question to annhig and not me but i have changed my plans and I am now going to stay in a small 1 room cottage just outside Falmouth for 1 week and day trip from there. I think annhig mentioned Falmouth as she thought I was doing a one night there and using it as a base to travel to St Ives and Mousehole (that wasn't my intension as I had originally intended to spend 3 days but I do understand what she means).
bilboburgler, you helped me greatly with my Puglia trip - thank you, the spy hole sounds great and as I am an early riser, will have a car, I will make sure I get there early.
I still intend visiting Padstow and Port Isaac, The Lost Gardens, Mevagissey and Looe, St Ives and travel around the south cost visiting Mousehole and hopefully a Tin Mine Museum (looking into that) and Truro Cathedral (big fan of Phillip Stopford and Truro choir recorded Lully, Lulla, Lullay")
Looking at Google Maps I think Falmouth looks like a good base for one week.
bilboburgler, you helped me greatly with my Puglia trip - thank you, the spy hole sounds great and as I am an early riser, will have a car, I will make sure I get there early.
I still intend visiting Padstow and Port Isaac, The Lost Gardens, Mevagissey and Looe, St Ives and travel around the south cost visiting Mousehole and hopefully a Tin Mine Museum (looking into that) and Truro Cathedral (big fan of Phillip Stopford and Truro choir recorded Lully, Lulla, Lullay")
Looking at Google Maps I think Falmouth looks like a good base for one week.
Mar 2nd, 2015, 01:32 PM
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nina - i think that that's a great plan. so long as you plan well [Padstow and Port Isaac, and possibly St Ives one day, the Lost gardens, Mevagissey and possibly Looe on another, etc] you should be fine; you'll have plenty of daylight to play with in June, so that won't be a problem, and the restaurants in Falmouth open reasonably late that time of year if you wanted to eat when you got back.
Sorry i didn't understand your original plans properly, but even so, i think that this will be just as good, if not better.
The best mining museum IMO is at Geevor on the north coast, [it is preserved just as it was when the last shift finished and went home, and you can go down an elizabethan mine if you like] though the exhibitions at Heartlands and the nearby National trust mining heritage sites are good too.
as for Truro Cathedral, you're right that the choir is very special and under its current director getting better all the time. the link below takes you to the current schedule; you should be able to see the June schedule pretty soon.
http://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/spe...ial-events.php
let mw know if there's anything else i can help with!
Sorry i didn't understand your original plans properly, but even so, i think that this will be just as good, if not better.
The best mining museum IMO is at Geevor on the north coast, [it is preserved just as it was when the last shift finished and went home, and you can go down an elizabethan mine if you like] though the exhibitions at Heartlands and the nearby National trust mining heritage sites are good too.
as for Truro Cathedral, you're right that the choir is very special and under its current director getting better all the time. the link below takes you to the current schedule; you should be able to see the June schedule pretty soon.
http://www.trurocathedral.org.uk/spe...ial-events.php
let mw know if there's anything else i can help with!
Mar 2nd, 2015, 11:34 PM
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Nina, thanks.
If you try to go to St Ives on a sunny summer's day you may find getting a car park is difficult, what my local family tell me is you park up at a station one or two down the line (often the middle of nowhere) and catch the train into town for a few £s.
I did this a couple of years back and it worked, the place was heaving but we strolled into town happy as larry.
If you try to go to St Ives on a sunny summer's day you may find getting a car park is difficult, what my local family tell me is you park up at a station one or two down the line (often the middle of nowhere) and catch the train into town for a few £s.
I did this a couple of years back and it worked, the place was heaving but we strolled into town happy as larry.
Mar 3rd, 2015, 01:44 AM
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bilboburglar, is that the Park & Ride that you are talking about in St Ives?
Annhig, thank you for the link, I will keep checking when June is released but looks like a concert in Truro Cathedral is also on the cards. Geevor is exactly what I am looking for and I assume I could combine it with Mousehole and a trip around the coast. I googled it but I would have called it south west coast - south of St Ives Have I found the right place??
I will probably get back to you nearer the time but next time will remember to put Cornwall in the title.
Thank you all,
Nina
Annhig, thank you for the link, I will keep checking when June is released but looks like a concert in Truro Cathedral is also on the cards. Geevor is exactly what I am looking for and I assume I could combine it with Mousehole and a trip around the coast. I googled it but I would have called it south west coast - south of St Ives Have I found the right place??
I will probably get back to you nearer the time but next time will remember to put Cornwall in the title.
Thank you all,
Nina
Mar 3rd, 2015, 02:29 AM
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yes, you can get the train to St Ives from St Erth [parking by the station I think] or from another station on the main line and change there.
you could even do Falmouth to Truro, Truro to St Erth, St Erth to St Ives and then reverse that to go home to Falmouth.
There is also park and ride at Lelant:
http://www.carfreedaysout.com/stives.html
[Lelant is not very far from St Erth station so there's not much in it].
you could even do Falmouth to Truro, Truro to St Erth, St Erth to St Ives and then reverse that to go home to Falmouth.
There is also park and ride at Lelant:
http://www.carfreedaysout.com/stives.html
[Lelant is not very far from St Erth station so there's not much in it].
Mar 3rd, 2015, 02:52 AM
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sorry, r1955, I didn't see your query.
IMO Falmouth is an excellent base for 3-4 days - there is lots to do in the area, including a number of trips by boat which can be a lot of fun, lovely [and easy] walks, and some excellent restaurants.
Also a good theatre/cinema which might also have something showing or playing while you are there:
http://thepoly.org
IMO Falmouth is an excellent base for 3-4 days - there is lots to do in the area, including a number of trips by boat which can be a lot of fun, lovely [and easy] walks, and some excellent restaurants.
Also a good theatre/cinema which might also have something showing or playing while you are there:
http://thepoly.org
Mar 3rd, 2015, 08:14 AM
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r1955 - whether you choose Truro or Falmouth depends very much on what sort of place you are looking for.
Truro is a city [albeit a very small one] and has all the facilities you would expect - restaurants, a theatre, cinema - and is very well placed for visiting the rest of the county. OTOH it's mainly a business centre rather than a holiday resort and hasn't much in the way of charming accommodation within the city, though I believe that there are some nice B&Bs just outside.
Falmouth has all of the above, but is much more of a tourist town, and is right on the sea, and has a much bigger range of accommodation. It also gives you the option of taking a number of day trips by boat [possible from Truro but not so easy or varied]. but it's a bit out of the way so getting to the north coast or the far east/west of the county is going to take a bit longer.
Does that help?
Truro is a city [albeit a very small one] and has all the facilities you would expect - restaurants, a theatre, cinema - and is very well placed for visiting the rest of the county. OTOH it's mainly a business centre rather than a holiday resort and hasn't much in the way of charming accommodation within the city, though I believe that there are some nice B&Bs just outside.
Falmouth has all of the above, but is much more of a tourist town, and is right on the sea, and has a much bigger range of accommodation. It also gives you the option of taking a number of day trips by boat [possible from Truro but not so easy or varied]. but it's a bit out of the way so getting to the north coast or the far east/west of the county is going to take a bit longer.
Does that help?
