A Week By The Sea

Dress - Primark

So if you follow me on twitter - quick plug @cloudbelle25 - you will know that I have been in Cornwall for the week with my family. Specifically we stayed in The Lizard, a small village which marks the most southerly point in the UK.

Snapshot of my wardrobe for the week

Day 1 - first morning we headed out on a walk to The Lizard Point which has some truly stunning views and with the help of a far more knowledgeable couple than us we even saw some seals. The cliff edge, whilst slightly off putting with a strong wind and the waves crashing beneath you, did provide some perfect photo opportunities.

Dress - New Look

Jacket - H&M

Bag - Primark

Shoes - Black Converse

Day 2 - after a fairly long drive praying that the sun would break through the ominous clouds, we parked up at Carbis Bay and caught the train to the idyllic, picture perfect harbour town of St Ives. A complete tourist trap, there are amazing restaurants and cafes as well a whole host of art galleries. 

The best millionaire shortbread ever!

Sea Food Cafe

If you are in the mood for something fishy - in a good way - then head to the Sea Food Cafe on the main high street. This really modern and sophisticated restaurant, without the price tag serves the best mussels I have ever had! For a touch of art and interior design appreciation check out The Whistlefish Gallery which is on the sea front and is the dream for those with slight shabby chic obsessions like myself!

Day 3 - time for the beach! One of the best parts about Cornwall is that you are never to far from the beach, which for me is a complete result. For me a day at the beach contains a few staples: a good book, sunglasses and ice cream! Ice cream is just another thing that Cornwall does best, you cannot understand the joy of ice cream until you have tried the deliciousness that is Cornish ice cream.

What better place than the beach to take a few selfies!

Top - Zara

Dress - Primark

Sunglasses - COW Vintage

 

Day 4 - This was a chill day with another Cornish delight, cream teas! As a lover of all things tea related, when scones, jam and clotted cream are added to the equation it can only mean good things. And though I fear this post may have become slightly food heavy, we then headed out to the pub for an incredible dinner and may or may not have had a couple of pints of Rattlers Cider - Cornwall seriously know how to do cider well!

Playsuit -  Primark

Day 5 - our last full day I will call our day of culture. We began by driving to Penzance to visit St Michael's Mount, a beautiful castle on an island. The historian in me and the little girl who always dreamed of being a princess in a castle both appreciated this trip.

St Michael's Mount

Then for probably my favourite part of the whole holiday, we drove up the cliff edge - rather Mum than me, it has to be said - and collected our tickets for The Producers which we saw at The Minack Theatre. This is a must if you are visiting Cornwall, The Minack is a theatre set into the side of a cliff with the most stunning views over Porthcurno Bay. Whilst the seats are rather uncomfortable, to say the very least, the show was great, a musical comedy about the backstage of a Broadway production in the 1950s. I think more than the play itself the experience of the Minack makes the visit worth it.

That sea, that sky - Cornwall looking very Caribbean if you ask me!

And that pretty much sums it up, my week in Cornwall. I love it in Cornwall, and it is definitely somewhere I can see myself revisiting for years to come. I hope you guys enjoyed this post and are having an amazing summer too, until next time, B xx