13th June 2016 Daily Blog from Cornwall Day 1. Lizard Point.

Good morning. I’m currently sitting in a small lodge in The Crown Inn just outside Helston in Cornwall. We’re on holiday for a week here and I thought it might be an idea to try and get out a little daily post about the area. Yesterday we went to Lizard Point.

The weather didn't start great.

We started the walk from Predennack which is a farm with a National Trust car park, suggested donation 50p. From here we walked across Lower Predennack Downs and The Lizard Nature reserve into Lizard. As you can see it was very wet when we set off.

Lizard, has the those shops that sell nothing you would ever need.

The sun was out by the time we got to Lizard though. Not much in Lizard itself unless you’re hungry. We carried on down to the lighthouse. It’s £3.50 each to go in but we have Chuck with us so we couldn’t. Not that I felt the need to spend £7 looking at a big lightbulb.

I can see the big light bulb from here.

Lizard Point itself is beautiful. It has a lot of little tat shops selling tat but these are ramshackle enough to be in keeping with the character of the place. There is an old lifeboat station down on the beach. The fauna is almost iridescent. It is quite spectacular.

The most southerly point of mainland Britain. Obviously requires tat shops.

We walked back along the coast path. The cliff views are stunning. The path is initially quite upsy-downsy but it flattens out again. There is another car park at Kyance Cove if you don’t want such a long walk. I didn’t clock the prices tough.

The cliffs on the walk back.

There’s a delightful little beach and café down at the cove. But be aware there’s no dogs allowed so please boycott it. Also there is a lot of aircraft noise from the nearby airfields at Predennack and Culdrose.

Cornwall's beaches are totally racist against dogs.

Tomorrow we’re off to Falmouth. Hopefully I can give you another report but I am relying on Cornish internet so no promises. Until then.