Let’s face it if you are in Cornwall you have to visit “Lands’ End” after all this is where you see numerous signs boasting last Pub, last Petrol etc. Or is it? Apparently when most of Cornwall’s roads were narrow tracks barely wide enough for two cars to pass let alone the numerous tractors, this was the case. Not so much now though, the better roads have bought all the conveniences we love, which means more tourism and more development.
That development is very evident at Lands End this is the most westerly part of England. A windswept craggy toe stretching out into the sea! To get there you have to go through some hoops starting with £5 minimum for parking (no discount on the daily rate here). Then there is the amusement part… fun for all the family, 3D Adventures, swashbuckling pirates and more……. for a tidy price of course!
All we wanted to do was stand at the End of the World (for some people it may as well be) and get a photograph with that famous signpost! Oh yes you have to pay for that too…….. although you do get it specially customised to show your home city.
The good news is that just up the coast is The Lizard, this little village is the most southerly part of England and provides what to me has been spoilt at Lands End. You do pay for parking, much more reasonable though and you can park up in the village and hike through. You run a gamut of a few little shops selling Cornish Cream Teas, Ice-cream and souvenir’s made from the indigenous rocks……… all very cute, quaint & delicious!
The Lizard is everything you would expect, craggy cliffs descending into the sea with a offshore line of water carved islands as testament to the seas power. You can walk down to a sheltered bay its fishing boats, bristle with lobster pots, as does the old lifeboat ramp! Peering down at the old concrete building and its descending ramp it didn’t take a huge stretch of the imagination to add a howling wind, mountainous seas and the brave souls who risked their lives to save their fellow man.
For a true taste of the End of the World visit The Lizard and see this land in all its beauty!
