Despite the forecast for rain today, it was the nicest day ever - no wind, with sun shining through the clouds. It was a great day to walk around the town.
Mike led us on a walk out along the estuary of the Camel River to where it meets the ocean.
Across on the other shore is the town of Rock where the royals (Princes William and Harry specifically) are reputed to vacation.
This is the first stile I've seen in Cornwall - much handier than vaulting over a fence.
After our walk, Gill and Mike treated us to a great lunch at a small cafe.
Sheryle and I had a Cornish pasty filled with steak and Stilton cheese - yum!
We hated to say goodbye, but we did have to get going - but not before getting a group photo at the Metropole Hotel where Mike and Gill are staying -
We headed back to Portreath via Truro so that we could find where we were going to drop off our rental car on Saturday morning - Truro is a pretty good size city, and we don't want to wander around lost and miss our train to London. The Avis office was easy to find, and they said they'd call a taxi for us - ordinarily they'd take us to the station, but Saturdays are really busy and they won't be able to do that.
While it did rain briefly this afternoon, we arrived back in Portreath to an absolutely beautiful evening - clear sky and calm wind. It doesn't get any better than this!
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