One of the most stunning sight surrounding the Cornish Coastline is the Mullion Cove nestling in southern region of Cornwall. However the road leading to the cove is not easily accessible by coach full of tourists from middle England! Our brave coach driver received applaud each time he drove through one extremely narrow lane of the Mullion Cove village! Old Cornish villages are not built for coaches and I wonder when the village will ban big tourist coaches driving through its narrow lanes ?
Few days of autumn season were spent walking around the Cove while witnessing sunrise and sunset each day. The visit to the Tate Gallery of St. Ives and a little town of Porthleven (I stayed there for few months in 2005) were places taking me deep down the memory lanes of my past life. During this short stay in Cornwall, I even managed to walk to St Michael on the Mount! Luckily on the day of our trip to the Mount the tide was low, the sky was blue and the sea seemed very clear and calm.
Finally, I was lucky enough to meet up with an old friend who took me further afield to another deserted cove at St. Agnes via a visit to Truro’s old cathedral and lunch at
Charlotte Tea House. A unique place on the second floor of the building where one has to walk through old bookshop to get to the seating area of the Charlotte tea house.
Will I ever want to return to the stunning place called Mullion Cove by coach again?
Nope!
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The return journey home, a surprise pit stop at the Jamaica Inn , Bolventor, Launceston. The commercialisation of the book ( of the same name) by Daphne Du Maurier seems to have made someone extremely wealthy! One can view Du Maurier’s museum at a fee , purchase gifts in a massive gift shop, eat at an excellent restaurant and stay overnight in an accommodation for a price!
