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Cornwall Sept 2010
 

Cornwall 2010

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McOo Reviewed by McOo
September 17, 2010

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Route in Google maps: http://tinyurl.com/mandpcornwall2010

This was our mini-tour of Cornwall, the objective of which was to: test some new bits of kit, figure out what else we need and to generally consume as many pasties, ice creams and pints of Cornish Rattler as possible.
We are experienced campers, explorers and bikers, but are currently rookies at combining them all, so this was a simple potter around the south coast, part holiday, part bike tour, part experiment with a view to doing a long tour of Morocco in 2011.
We took the scenic route through Somerset countryside southward, wild camped on Dartmoor (within stumbling distance of The Warren House Inn), then along the coast from Plymouth down, crossing Torpoint ferry (30p) and Fowey ferry (£1.50!) into Kernow.
Camped at The Lizard for a couple of days, then round to Treen Farm Campsite (which I highly recommend) via Marazion, Newlyn (crappest pasties in Cornwall we reckon), Mousehole and Lands End (£1 entry for bikes).
Stopped off on the north coast near Padstow for a couple of nights to refuel on more pasties and fish & chips before riding back along the A39, through Lynmouth (down the gorge), across Exmoor and back home.
Plenty of great views, great roads and rather luckily, great weather.
P's F650GS seemed to not bother using petrol, just seemed to sniff the fumes and only took about £20-odd to do the whole trip.
As for our kit test.. we decided we need to invest in a decent tent and some form of additional seat padding! We only did 600 miles all round, but averaging 40-50mph, that's still plenty of time for numb arse syndrome to kick in ...

 

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