All Things Considered

Cornish Cove
Posted by Kate Sullivan

On Friday, I caught up with Simon at St. Jude's Gallery as he was busy hanging prints for this month's exhibition, 'Impressed 2 - A Celebration of British Printmaking'. We have all been away in various
parts of the British Isles over August and September but are all now back in Norfolk. Unlike Simon and Angie, we don't leave Norfolk very often but
our long awaited two week holiday in Devon and Cornwall was just
perfect. I'd never been to the South West before and have totally
fallen in love with it, especially Cornwall.

The beaches,
coves and enchanting fishing villages, like everyone had told me, were
charming and very much enhanced by the perfect, cloudless blue skies.
Having seen numerous postcards for sale of a stunning unknown beach to
us, National Trust owned, Kynance Cove near the Lizard, we decided we must head there.

We
arrived there late in the afternoon, just as both the tide and crowds
were ebbing away. We had a cuppa at the award winning environmentally
sound cafe, thought about the prospect of renting the cottage next door
and marvelled at the quality and ecological design of the public
facilities on this cliff top spot. The tiles on the cafe are half slate
and half solar slate. The buildings walls have been insulated with wool
and the new toilets have their own flush system. They call it
'biobubble', which I quote is 'a self-contained, fully biological and
ultraviolet treatment system for treating sewage and café waste, to
ensure high quality water standards for beach users'.

It's an amazing spot, the walk to the beach on the buggy/wheelchair
path took us 15 minutes but one that is full of excitement and
anticipation. When we arrived on the main beach, the tide had receded
enough for us to wade around the headland to a be on a white sandy
beach with turquoise waters and fabulous smugglers caves. It honestly
felt like some where far more remote and tropical than Cornwall and if
the perfect weather was always guaranteed, I think we would never leave
Britain again.

Posted by Kate Sullivan on September 23rd, 2007