Bodmin and Tintagel

The promised rain arrived by dawn, mostly sideways. Our grass pitch was pretty waterlogged and the window started leaking slightly but we got away without any problems.

We went to Bodmin Gaol, to be somewhere dry, in the morning during a brief respite in the weather. Parking in the tiny car park was challenging and caused Rosemary to have some wet knickers.

The Gaol was quite interesting, as gaols go, at the same time depressing. Some of the punishments for quite trivial misdemeanors were incredible. There is a working hanging shed, reconstructed from genuine parts, but the last hanging at Bodmin was in 1909.

Next stop was Tintagel, a beautiful place on a sunny day no doubt. We looked around the old post office, a medieval cottage, saved by the NT and then had a hot meal in a village cafe. Just caught sight of King Arthurs castle without the long walk down the drive in the rain.

We are stopping the night at Trewethett Farm site, on a hard standing. It's between Tintagel and Boscastle. Fantastic views on a nice day allegedly. 

The rain gradually eased to be replaced by really strong gusty wind. We were pitched broadside to the 40mph gusts and endured 6 hours of being shaken to sleep.