Cornwall Trip - Day 10
Spend most of the day exploring and walking around Truro: Cathedral, Crown Court, Victoria Gardens, The Leats, Town centre, Lemon Street, Lander monument. Truro is a lively and attractive city, and I am fascinated by all the running water. As well as the harbour, the three rivers, and the leats, many of the main streets have granite gutters with water flowing along them.
Collect bag from the hotel and walk up to Truro Station. It is about a mile, and uphill all the way - and Truro's irregular granite paving doesn't help with my trolley bag.
Since it is getting close to sunset, I walk down to cliff-top promenade via the newly refurbished Gyllyngdune Gardens, and along towards Pendennis. Then across to the docks and along the main street as far as the Prince of Wales Pier. Walk back to the docks for an early dinner at Rick Stein's Fish & Chips. Chose the Earlybird menu (available 5pm - 6pm) for £9.95: Battered scallops (just two, but pretty tasty), followed by battered hake and chips (two fillets - very good, but more chips than I could eat), accompanied by a glass of Stein's semillon sauvignon blanc. Then off to sample a couple of nearby quayside pubs:
The 'Front
Custom House Quay
CAMRA South West Region Pub of the Year 2011. Great location and unrivalled selection of beer, but pretty basic interior.
Bay's Best (Bay Brewery, Paington)
The Chain Locker
Quay Street
Very cosy, traditional 17th century pub right on the quayside. Open fire (gas - not real, but very realistic). Busier than most of the other pubs seemed to be, but comfortable and a good atmosphere.
Sharp's Doom Bar
Spend most of the day exploring and walking around Truro: Cathedral, Crown Court, Victoria Gardens, The Leats, Town centre, Lemon Street, Lander monument. Truro is a lively and attractive city, and I am fascinated by all the running water. As well as the harbour, the three rivers, and the leats, many of the main streets have granite gutters with water flowing along them.
Collect bag from the hotel and walk up to Truro Station. It is about a mile, and uphill all the way - and Truro's irregular granite paving doesn't help with my trolley bag.
- 15:20 First Great Western train: Truro to Falmouth Town - arr. 15:42 (off-peak single £3.60)
Since it is getting close to sunset, I walk down to cliff-top promenade via the newly refurbished Gyllyngdune Gardens, and along towards Pendennis. Then across to the docks and along the main street as far as the Prince of Wales Pier. Walk back to the docks for an early dinner at Rick Stein's Fish & Chips. Chose the Earlybird menu (available 5pm - 6pm) for £9.95: Battered scallops (just two, but pretty tasty), followed by battered hake and chips (two fillets - very good, but more chips than I could eat), accompanied by a glass of Stein's semillon sauvignon blanc. Then off to sample a couple of nearby quayside pubs:
The 'Front
Custom House Quay
CAMRA South West Region Pub of the Year 2011. Great location and unrivalled selection of beer, but pretty basic interior.
Bay's Best (Bay Brewery, Paington)
The Chain Locker
Quay Street
Very cosy, traditional 17th century pub right on the quayside. Open fire (gas - not real, but very realistic). Busier than most of the other pubs seemed to be, but comfortable and a good atmosphere.
Sharp's Doom Bar
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