A lot of driving on the penultimate day, starting of at Wheal Peevor. This is a site of an old mine, which could be seen from the guest house across the hills. It is a few miles south of Redruth. Most of the buildings are semi derelict as you would expect. It is not a pay attraction, though there are very good information panels around the site. The site also gives the impression of being a nature reserve as well.
From there we then drove to just outside Newquay to visit Trerice House. This Elizabethan house is set within some amazing countryside. The house itself is National Trust run, and as you would expect is well looked after. The boys were able to dress up in soldiers garb of the period. The gardens too were good to look at, and included a lawn version of the Cornish version of skittles.
A drive back down, past Wheal Peevor to Godrevey was my choice, the others wanted to go back to Fistral Beach. They let me off, when we spotted that the seals were on their secluded beach there. There must have been over 20 adults and at least 3 pups. A truly amazing sight.
The last day saw a long drive home, including yet another visit to the Eden Project on the way. We also stopped in a totally forgettable village on the Devon border, to try to find a beach. Tide was in, but pleasant enough. Can not remember where this was though, and would not hurry back, so it's probably just as well.
In case anyone is interested, the places we chose to eat in the evenings were:
Hayle - Pizza Patio x3
Redruth - Inn For All Seasons x2
Hayle - Dan's Plaice x1
Redruth - Morrish Fish & Chip Restaurant
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