Porteath Bee Centre didn't look much from the outside. There was a good reason for this! Entering the centre took us straight to the gift shop, which was stocked with the usual array of booze, food and cheap gifts that are available in any gift shop in Cornwall. There were, however, some locally made honey and beeswax products too. The £2.50 admission fee was reasonable enough and allowed us to ascend into the exhibition upstairs. We entered the exhibition room ...

We arrived in Falmouth in the morning and after locating the most important things (pasty and ice-cream shops) we proceeded straight into the Maritime museum. The entry fee included a look around on the 'Dawn-Treader' a replica of 'The Matthew,' (sailed by John Cabot) with the addition of a dragon figurehead and tail to resemble the ship from the upcoming Narnia film 'Voyage of the Dawn-Treader.' The museum itself was an interesting look into sea-faring from it's...

A short walk from the car park to the entrance, then to the gatehouse, Lanhydrock was already looking quite spectacular. Then we went into the house, access to which is pretty much unrestricted. Food preparation rooms alone accounted for more square footage than most houses we've been in! Full of interesting bits and pieces, more paintings than we've had hot dinners (this week) and plenty of interesting facts about the family who lived their and their relationshi...

We finally arrived at St. Mabyn holiday park at about 3:30, all pitched and settled in just in time to have a less than inspiring dinner in the form of Pot Noodles, crisps, flapjacks and caramel shortcakes! After a good ten minutes of boiling the kettle on the stove, we decided it may be beneficial to get an electric kettle. After realising that we'd need a power unit which we then hired from the shop, we managed to plug in a phone charger. One mildly embarrassin...