Polperro, Cornwall (Part 1)

Well here we are at Polperro and leaving the car park.The walk to the harbour is not too steep but it is long with a varying gradient

It's a pretty walk with lots of interest on the way including many eating places

We are walking down a valley with hills on both sides

Keep on

down to the end of the road!

Cornish Pasties are popular

 The pastry holds a meal of meat, potatoes and vegetables and were the original 'carry-out meal' for the men to take to work

They say you don't go to Cornwall without having a Pastie but we did not 

For those unable to, or not wanting to walk, these trams were available for £2 both ways

However, while we can we walk

still a way to go

a number of rivers run between the houses towards the sea

we pass Little Laney and there are lot more of these in the town

and eventually come to the Inner Harbour, (the Outer Harbour further on)

The tide is out but we will be here all day so we will certainly see the high tide late this afternoon

This is a most interesting and picturesque place and I have many more pictures to come

It is an old Smugglers town and you will see why later

today is is a fishing harbour

Port Isaac (and Doc Martin!), Cornwall

We had a really lovely week in Cornwall and were blessed with such warm and sunny weather

Everywhere we visited entailed lots of walking up and down steep cliffs from the car parks to the coves, often for about three quarters of a mile as there is just not enough space for tourists to park

Shuttle buses, trams and taxis were available but we chose to walk both ways on all our visits

I have decided to post on Port Isaac first as so many of my blogging buddies love the TV series Doc Martin and this is where the outdoor shots are filmed

The old school seen here is no longer a school but a restaurant so the internal filming is done elsewhere 

It is where we chose to have lunch

before spending some hours wandering around

 Dr. Ellingham's home and surgery

We will be wondering around and taking photos as I go so a bit random

The beach and slipway where lots happen in the film

Roscarrock Hill leading up to the Doc's house 

Looking across to the other side from the hill

Well here I am outside the Doc's house complete with dustbin on the steps

This is the hill we regularly see him run down to various emergencies

A kind Canadian offered to take a photo of Alan and I, 

how could we refuse

There were quite a lot of Americans here

The film's Pharmacy

 a gift shop in real life 

The white house with the steps leading down to the beach

is where Al Large and Son run a restaurant in the garden

and just to show that this is a real live fishing village some fishermen have arrived with a catch of crabs

and the Fisheries authorities are waiting to measure the crabs to see if they are the legal size for being caught

and lastly Louisa's home

I do hope you enjoyed your visit

it's time to plod back up the hill now