Holywell Bay and Crantock Beach

On Friday, 17th July I ventured up and across country towards Newquay to explore Holywell Bay and Crantock Beach. It was a very windy day. I don't know if that's a north coast thing or just the weather that day but everywhere you looked there were windbreakers.

Holywell Bay

I liked it well enough and had my picnic lunch here but in the end the wind got the better of me and I drove a couple of miles up the road to Crantock Beach. What an amazing beach. A massive open space with sand and sea equipment for hire and then, as your eyes roam, the vista changes and there's a river before you and then you take in the amazing beachside properties and then up towards the ice-cream kiosk and windbreak city once again.

After reading my kindle for a while I walked up the beach inland and crossed the river using the footbridge (at high tide there's a ferry boat) and climbed many steps to the top for a wonderful view of the beach from the cafe. Unfortunately I'd left my phone behind so no pictures. One of the beachside properties in particular was amazing. It spanned the entire cliffside from top to bottom with wooden steps zigzagging up it and at intervals there were sitting out areas or glassed rooms or tended beds and then at the top what looked to be a spectacular house.

As the wind got up I took shelter and finished the afternoon safe and snug in the dunes.

Love from the Lizard Girl