A Cornish sojurn

Poldrimouth wreck

Lantic Beach

I've been visiting Du Maurier country.  I absolutely love Daphne du Maurier.   Her romanticism, her evocation of Cornwall, and her love of the sea. We went to stay in Polruan, a little village at the mouth of the Fowey estuary.  I could pop down for a swim in the river before breakfast, and explored the coastline all around.   We walked west from Fowey and came to Poldrimouth Cove, which was where Daphne swam - it was a short walk from her house at Menabilly.  There I swam around an old wreck which has been there for absolutely years. We also discovered Charlestown, a beautifully preserved old port; Anna and Ellie came down for the day and we walked along the coast to Porthpean where we had a swim. Finally, on the last day we discovered Lantic Beach, a wonderfully isolated and wild cove, where there was a terrific undertow.

Anna and Ellie at Porthpean

Secret tunnel

The amazing thing about the tide is it creates swimming places which appear and disappear almost by magic. In Cornwall, with friends, we swam in the bluest, clearest channel of water; an hour or two earlier or later and it wouldn't have been there. When you catch the right time, there is a great sense of the moment. As we waded into the beautiful lagoon the water got clearer and bluer, and the great walls of cliff loomed up either side. We dived and swam to our hearts' content. Sheer heaven. Watch the movie here!