Today from Porthcothan to Newquay, not very interesting section to be honest…
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Paul …we looked at sleepy hollow a while back im sure it said no pets only service dogs .
You taking yours …looks a nice stay…
They charge a pet supplement now, so all good. We always holiday with the dogs, there’s not much we want to do on holiday (walks, pubs, fuck-all) that you can’t do with dogs as well 
Be our first time exploring the area, so very much looking-forward to it.
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Are you doing a full walk through of the trail or a section? Looks like a very nice hike 
Just a section at a time when we (me and brother)can both fit it around family/work
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You’ve been unlucky with the weather although the temperatures in the mid 30s of a week or two back might’ve been a struggle.
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Penultimate day, Perranporth to Porthtowan. Lovely sun but not much wind. St Agnes was lovely and a bit more interesting coastline with the old Mines. Quite a short and easier stretch than expected.
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I’m coming to the end of our holiday in the Netherlands. It’s really nice here, but tremendously expensive: beer and wine is cheap, but everything else is expensive, often eye-wateringly so.
And “nice” is the right word - things are efficient and effective but largely without character. We’re staying in a national park, but really all that means is that it’s been fenced off and has different rules for development, as far as I can tell. So many farms and houses that we see are lovely, well looked after and, well, nice. The standard of living is really high.
The cities are clean, tidy, spacious and, well, nice. Public transport works, bikes work and the roads are immaculate. There’s not much beauty, but loads of quality crafting and engineering.
The only thing that’s annoyed me is the cost, really. Museums and visitor attractions are routinely €20 per person, and that might be fine for the Van Gogh but somewhat objectionable for a local fishing museum, especially when adult prices often start at age 11. You’ve dropped €100 parking and getting in. We’d expect to do comedy museums most days, often 2-3 if we’re feeling energetic, but we’ve had to limit that. Eating out is also expensive and not great re quality or choice.
I’ve also never had so much really shit coffee. That I’ve paid for, in a café. Even bean to cup machines seem to be a rare luxury, often it’s just some random button that the person presses that immediately dispenses unpleasant brown slurry, and costs €3. In fact, the only two places I had great coffee were both at climbing gyms!
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Roads are immaculate in NL. It makes me giggle because you can tell the precise moment you cross the border into Belgium. That’s my substantial contribution to the discourse.
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Currently enjoying a week doing fuck all. So much in fact I’ve booked another for next month.
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We had a really good few days in Rotterdam in 2019, but obviously the experience was very different. Two of us, public transport, mostly hanging around the docks (oo-er) and drinking craft beer, which they’ve definitely sussed.
I seem to remember getting charged €80 for two (or perhaps three) large whiskies at the hotel bar and rapidly resolving not to repeat that particular manoeuvre. But the craft beer, street food pricing was on a par with London. Yes, that’s not great, but not a surprise.
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Yeah Belgium is really very French in comparison, it’s quite chaotic and characterful.
I was impressed with myself for finding out about the low emission zone in Antwerp and registering in advance. No credit for this has been awarded by any family member.
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