This is part two of our mini break to Cornwall, be sure to read part one to find out what what we got up to on our first day.
Wanting to pack as much in as possible in our mini break to Cornwall we opted for a rather early start to our last day leaving our Airbnb pre 7am meant that we were able to get ahead. We got the train to Liskeard, where we left the station (bear with me I know) and walked about 15 minutes down a exceedingly steep hill to what can only be described as one of the quietest train stations in England; Coombe junction Holt had less than 30 passengers last year – Yes you read that right I didn’t miss a zero, officially the least used station in Cornwall – so we decided to add two more to the tally for this year.
It was a great fun way of breaking up some of the time on the train and getting in extra Cornwall sights arriving into Looe just before 9 am.
Looe would have to wait until lunchtime for our attention as we were on the move straight away, to Talland Bay. It is most definitely not easy to get from Looe to Talland Bay it took a bus and a rather arduous walk however the effort is most definitely rewarded. Talland Bay is one of those tucked away destinations in Cornwall that is the ultimate nourishment for the soul.
Its Jurassic coastline is both still and violent in its effect on you. It’s dark, it’s moody it’s a world away from the Golden Sands of Carbis Bay – but it’s Cornwall perhaps at its finest, most raw. The coastal path from Talland Bay to Polperro is robust and challenging to put it politely but again rewarding at every twist, turn and summit that you reach.
Time wasn’t on our side and which meant unfortunately a quick pub pitstop was all we could spare in Polperro before we headed back to Looe.
You can’t come to Cornwall without having a Cornish pasty I think there is a law somewhere that says so but where to go, for everybody has their favourite. We were recommended to try Sarah‘s Pasty Shop in Looe – we held out right until the end to go; we joined the queue, we waited, we ordered a traditional Cornish pasty and steak and stilton we then proceeded to stand in the street and have what can only be described as an out of body Cornish experience; our only regret? not buying more to bring back with us, Sarah‘s pasties are the undisputed best Cornish pasty you could ever wish for and I would happily travel all the way back to Cornwall just to taste one all over again.
Quick train back to Liskeard to join the high-speed line and our Cornwall mini break adventure was over as we headed to Exeter for a final night where we stayed at the City Gate Hotel – review coming soon.
I’ll be honest Cornwall before this trip seemed very far away, a lot of effort for not that much promise of sun. I’d even joked previously ‘any further west and I’ll be in New York’. This mini break was about finding the not so obvious and perhaps the obvious and seeing how you can make your own ‘just for you’. Cornwall it’s a destination that works for you, that speaks to you, that delights you that excites you, that fills your cup… and that’s exactly what our wonderful mini break in Cornwall did.
