LAST DAY in CORNWALL

Taking it easy on a summer Saturday in Cornwall, soaking up the rays, feeling the ground beneath my happy feet again. This is what it's about. It's the only way to really see the world and slow it down.
A movie-worthy day spent walking a 4.5m loop along the coast from West Pentire to Holywell Bay and back. Following the guide book in the correct written direction would have been a better choice, but we didn't so we had a few wrong turns and  figuring out to do. But we made it no worse for wear. The hardest part was dune walking; sand is always one step forward two steps back. 

Too bad the tide wasn't out at Holywell, I was hoping to see the wide expanse of sand ending with The Chick, the twin rocks just out to sea.

I finally got my pasty in Truro, some shopping, a peek at the Cathedral, tea on the patio under the umbrella and that's all she wrote for Cornwall. Next stop.... Castle Combe, Wiltshire. 

Stick with me! 

Slowing Life Down a Bit

Leaving West Pentire Near St Agnes

Linda Making Moves

Thrift

Jolly Joke Beach

Coming into Holywell

Holywell Bay and The Chick

Isn't This a Cute Ice Cream Sign?

I Can't Help Myself

Oh Yum!

Did you know....  a pasty should be shaped like a 'D' and crimped on one side, not on the top. Its ingredients should include beef, swede (a turnip), potato and onion, with a light seasoning of salt and pepper, keeping a chunky texture. The pasty has been a documented part of the British diet since the 13C when it was eaten by the wealthy upper classes and royalty. The fillings were varied and rich; venison, beef, lamb and seafood like eels, flavored with rich gravies and fruits. It wasn’t until the 17th and 18th centuries that the pasty was adopted by miners and farm workers in Cornwall as a means for providing themselves with easy, tasty and sustaining meals while they worked. There was a divider inside , also made of pastry crust. One side was the main meat meal, the other the dessert of jam or currants. You ate from one end to the other.

The crimped crust was not supposed to be eaten, it served as a holder A miners hands were dirty and often had arsenic on them, a by product of tin. Holding the edge by the crust enabled them to eat their lunch without contaminating themselves. This has been disputed, arguing that miners ate their pasties wrapped in muslin or paper bags so that they could enjoy every last bit.
 A Cornish wife would mark her husband’s pasty with his initials so that if he saved some of his pasty for an afternoon break, he could distinguish his from his colleagues. It was also so that the miner could leave part of his pasty and the crust to the “Knockers”. The Knockers are mischievous “little people”, or sprites, who live in the mines and were believed to cause havoc and misfortune unless they were bribed with small amounts of food. The initials carved into the pasties made sure that those miners who left their crusts for the “Knockers” could be determined from those who didn’t.

I just think they're GOOD! 

Truro Cathedral

Goodbye Cornwall!