Bob loves Mr B’s

30th October 2008
Each year when Bob goes down to Hayle in Cornwall he has to visit Mr B’s – for Bob this actually means multiple visits, no matter how cold the weather gets.

Bob loves Mr B's - he thinks it's the best place to be.

Mr B’s has to be the best place to buy hand made (or any other way of making it) ice cream in Cornwall.   There are always so many delicious flavours to choose from (and they’re all handmade by the folks at Mr B’s).  And for those who find it hard to decide, you could have a selection of flavours.  You can have cones or a sundae and there’s a choice of toppings as well. The best thing is that the ice-cream contains bits of the flavour.   So if you choose a strawberry ice-cream, they’ll be bits of strawberries in it and if you choose a turkish delight one, you’ll have small bits of turkish delight in it.

Unfortunately this place does have to close (thankfully not when Bob visits though).  So over the winter months you won’t be able to visit, but they do open for a week at Christmas, so you can take home a tub of your favourite flavour and i’m sure it’ll make a great dessert for after christmas dinner.

Glendurgan Garden

29th October 2008

Glendurgan Gardens are a great way to spend an afternoon.  This is a garden where you wander down trails through stands of English deciduous trees such as oak, lime,sycamore and beech; then into a semitropical zone with its exotic palms, tree ferns and sun lit clearings with exotic ponds.

Even the foxes that guarded the gardens couldn't scare Bob.

You can leave the gardens and head into the cove where discoveries can be made (althoughRob did find that some of the creatures in the rockpools might have thought he was food).  When done down in the cove you can head back up, making sure you that as you stroll through the lush growth you have at go at getting through Glendurgan’s maze of laurel, which was planted in 1833.

Also along the way you’ll find the Giant’s Stride. Great fun for all ages.

it was a long way down

Loe Pool

26th October 2008

A great way to spend the afternoon when you can’t decide if you fancy a walk by the sea or near a lake.

The beach which is a shingle one – seperates the sea and lake like a natural dam.

The freshwater lake entices a huge quantity of birds and is home to several species of fish.

If the day is a stormy one – don’t be put off, the waves are amazing to look at.

bob at loe pool

A round trip starting and ending at Sennens cove

25th October

A lovely walk made even more special by the amazing views of seals.  Starting in Sennens Cove, inland then back out towards Nanjizel and along the coastal path to Lands End eventually ending up back at Sennens cove

The parents returned to their pup

There are a few ways to reach Nanjizel but they do require walking.
The quickest and easiest way is to walkalong the coast path from Land’s End. Another route starts at the car park at Porthgwarra and I’ve read that it’s about the same distance.

so many places to go, but sometimes home is best

Lands End is a very commercialised area. There’s plenty to do there, but you do need to pay for everything. You can have your photo taken next to the famous Land’s End signpost (although Rob was a little bit sneaky, after all he knows exactly where his town is anyway).

If your feeling in need of a drink or something to eat then you could visit the First and Last House.