We went to Pendennis Point this afternoon, which is a small peninsula just outside Falmouth.

We viewed the docks and town first:

And then went for a walk around the castle moat, which is quite extensive.

We then stopped at the point itself, with some lovely views of the estuary.

We then had a walk along the main ‘tourist’ street in Falmouth; nothing exceptional but the harbour was nice.

Then after some shopping, time for a cup of tea at the cottage!

This morning, we visited Glendurgan Garden, which is quite close to the cottage, but a fairly long drive over slow, hilly, narrow, windy roads.

Unlike a lot of National Trust properties these days, it isn’t dog friendly, so I took Rocco to the beach for a swim while Tina viewed the garden.

I then left Tina and Rocco at the café, and walked around the gardens.

The path led down to a small village and beach, not far from where I was earlier.

Then the climb back up!

An enjoyable morning in the sunshine.

We stopped briefly at Mullion Cove, but it had a dog ban and an expensive car park about a mile away, so headed to Poldu Cove.

This was also dog unfriendly, but nice to look at from above.

We then parked on a cliff above Church Cove, and Rocco and I walked down to Dollar Cove so that he could cool down in the sea.

He was much happier playing in the waves this time!

On the way back, we found a deep river for him to rinse off in, so we returned with a clean but wet dog.

After lunch, Rocco and I needed some more exercise, so we followed the coast path east to Housel Bay.

More dramatic scenery. I had hoped to visit the Lizard Wireless Station, but it wasn’t open.

Instead, we chilled out on a small outcrop in the sunshine.

and returned by a shorter inland route.

A lovely sunny start to the day today, and we explored a new route for the morning walk.

Later on, I saw a path through the woods that wasn’t shown on the map. It had the look of a local ‘dog walkers’ path, and then a dog walker arrived and we walked around this circular path – obviously part of an estate at some time.

Gunwalloe is on the coast only a few miles south of Penrose, but it was quite a long drive due to the roads winding around the hills.

One of coves had a dog ban, but the other, more interesting one, was dog friendly.

Tina looked at a small church there (electoral roll of 6 people), then Rocco and I then climbed a small outcrop with lovely views.

A nice spot.

Another National Trust place, but woods and seashore rather than a posh house!

First off, a morning coffee!

We then followed a good path through woods and fields down to the seashore.

Rocco had obviously never seen the sea before…

But did have a bit of a paddle. Behind a sand bar was a freshwater lake, and we took the opportunity to wash him – necessary because he’d rolled in a cow pat earlier.

We then climbed back up and followed a path around the lake (“The Loe”) back to the car, grabbing various geocaches along the way.

A nice 5 mile walk!