This was the most relaxed week we have had in a long time. Coverack is a small village in Cornwall; on the Lizard peninsula. It’s quite the trek from where we live so we broke up the journey on the way with a couple of nights in the Cotswolds, however, we still got caught in holiday traffic and it ended up being about a six-hour drive. Not the one. But it really was worth it. Coverack is the perfect place to retreat to if you want to do an awful lot of nothing and switch off.
A few little postcards from our week:
We arrived to quiet, the sea gently lapping and fish & chips. What better way to start a holiday?!
The sea was always a crisp, clear blue and we spent plenty of time meandering between cafes with the horizon as our view. There was plenty of people watching; our favourite pass time was watching people learning to paddle board and kids and their dogs jumping off the harbour wall. Not sure who was having the most fun!
The one day we decided to venture out of Coverack was when we walked a small stretch of the South West Coast path. The views were stunning but in hindsight, this may have been a slight error; turns out we’d accidentally picked a particularly difficult bit which wasn’t a great combination with my ever-expanding belly. We did 6 miles, decided walking back wasn’t going to happen and called a taxi. And I got a few mad looks for scrambling over rocks with my bump. Still, great views!
Oh I do love British holiday food. Shout out to Archie’s Loft who did great pizzas, ice cream and scones. The ice cream in particular was very good, with the flavours changing everyday and always just being a little bit different (there was a ‘cream tea’ flavour with chunks of scones and real jam!).
Did you even go to Cornwall if you didn’t have a Cornish pasty? Should you ever go to Coverack, stop by Elizabeth’s cottage; she will make you a homemade pasty right there in her kitchen! You need to drop by the day before to pre-order.
My favourite morning – we headed to the beach first thing because that’s when the tide was out. We intended to go for a swim but there seemed to be a lot of jelly fish hanging about so instead we paddled, stretched out in the sun on the picnic blanket as the tide came up to tickle our toes and then had take-away sausage baps for breakfast.
Our lovely cottage was tucked behind the houses on the front so we didn’t have a view (unless you stuck your head out the skylight and craned your neck) but the front was so close that we took our drinks down to one of the benches so we could enjoy them with a view of the sea.
On our final night, we popped out after dark to see the little village lit up and the lights reflecting in the water. So peaceful!
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