Cornwall

[nick crisp]

I moved to Cornwall back in 2008 & looking at these pictures I need to get out and explore it more!! as I'm only there weekends I can see it taking some time but thanks for the heads up about the church yard where there are graves from battle of Trafalgar.. that is defo on my hit list

Hmmm, been looking into this some more, and it seems I am  mistaken about the graves. I'll make no excuses for my mistake, just seems I got a bit confused (a common enough occurrence lately  :rolleyes ) with a couple of things my mum told me about. I've been Googling Rame Head and St. Germanus Church (not to be confused with the chapel itself out on the headland). Looking through Mum's photo albums, I have found several photos of such tombstones, but alas, they are located in Gibraltar! So, either Mum got muddled up when telling me about it, or (more likely) I have since got it mixed up myself, so thought I'd better get it in here before anyone goes dashing off to look for what isn't there - sorry!


Will amend my original post too.


Rame Head still well worth the visit if you haven't before - I'd especially recommend at sunset. You get a handful of people there, but it seems most tourists don't know about it.


http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/c...chapel.htm


http://www.chct.info/histories/rame-st-germanus/


As to good roads, there were a few I enjoyed, but I don't really consider Cornwall as the best riding destination; that is, I wouldn't head there purely for riding the roads. It certainly can't compete with Wales in that regard, but then, few places in the UK can.


The A30 route from Land's End to Penzance was a good stretch.
The road down from the A390 to St. Mawes is good.
From the A390 at East Taphouse, take the turn off for Looe - that was a fun bit.
The A390 itself has a couple of nice bits here and there, as does the A388 from Launceston to Callington.
I also enjoyed some of the smaller roads. From Hessenford to Seaton through the woods was enjoyable, but not a fast road.
The road that goes down to Lizard Point, past RNAS Culdrose, had some good bits.
I also enjoyed the coast road from St. Ives to Land's End, but is very narrow in places, often bumpy, single track for most of it's length. Had to stop to allow a confrontation between a coach and cars coming upon each other with little room to manoeuvre to sort itself at one point. The road is quite open though, in the sense that you are between moorland and the sea, with some good views, and it winds up and down and around - keeps you focussed despite the slow speed you need to take most of it with.