Beautiful Cornwall

We stayed in a cute n' cosy cottage called The Gingerbread House (right), by the sea in sleepy St. Mawes over New Year's.  To get there Rob had leant me his car - what a nice guy!  He also later became our local guide on New Year's Eve as he was back home in Cornwall visiting his ma and pa.

We had a very pleasant drive down from London, taking the scenic route as provide by AA Route Planner (http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp) and taking in the sights of Stonehenge along the way (a lucky bonus, even if it was the safari park method of staying in the car, viewing from the road).  It wasn't until we got near St. Mawes that we noticed the directions were asking us to "Cross the river Fal"... bit late in the game to be noticing such details, but it was only one line of many in the directions!  Luckily the car ferry was still running at the time - another half-hour and we'd have had to swim (or drive back round the long way).  The ferry costs about £4 one way, £6 return.  Here is a nice bird's eye view of it: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=st.+mawes&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=10.909632,34.628906&ie=UTF8&ll=50.216723,-5.026524&spn=0.002907,0.008454&t=k&z=18&om=1