Spent a stellar week with the family in Falmouth, Cornwall got back Friday afternoon. We stayed in a town-centre AirBnB which was a bit quirky but in a brilliant location being only a 5 minute stroll from the high-street. On a random note, whilst strolling along said high-street I noticed the above plaque on one of the buildings, it commemorates the landing of Charles Darwin in the town at the end of his pivotal voyage on the Beagle in 1836, an interesting detail. One of the other attractions of Falmouth as a place to stay (for me) is the craft beer scene.
Ever since star brewers Verdant set up their brewery in the town several craft beer bars and restaurants featuring their products have sprung up attracting fans from far and wide, Verdant themselves even have a tap-room slash tapas bar in the town centre which is excellent. Falmouth was also a good place to be based for day trips out to various Cornish attractions, like St. Ives, Padstow, Port Isaac and beauty spots along the coast such as Harlyn Bay (see below) where the kids did some surfing while the adults popped over to nearby Padstow for some lunch! We certainly made the most of what was a fairly rainy week.
Another beer related discovery was the Padstow Brewing Company who have a tasting room in Padstow town centre, not a bad selection of ales, I sampled a few of their core beers and grabbed a couple of more exotic cans to bring home to share with friends.
All in all a fun and relaxing seven days, not looking forward to work next week though.
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