A bird's eye view of the North Cornwall Coast.

Looking out over the beaches of Newquay. (about a hour's drive from Plymouth)

Most of the holidaymakers have left and local people have the area to themselves,

as you can see from the tiny figures walking on the beach.

A beautiful Autumn day.

This is Newquay on the North Cornwall coast, about 50 miles from Plymouth.

For many of us who live in Devon and Cornwall this is the best time of the year.

The vast majority of the visitors have left the area and we have the region to ourselves.

You can see just how uncrowded the beaches are at this time of year.

Unfortunately this spell of Indian Summer is not scheduled to last.

This picture was taken on Wednesday10th October,

 but take a look at the forecast for today, Friday 12th October.

But Mum, you said ............

An island in the sun.

Whilst island living has many attractions there are also some drawbacks.

They are usually remote, involve difficult and expensive journeys to get to and from, 

and once there, all the essentials of comfortable living, such as fresh water and  reliable power supplies involve very complicated installation and maintenance arrangements.

But you may have noticed, on the right hand side of yesterday's post,

 that there is at least one island, in Newquay, which provides privacy with all mod cons.

A Bowling Green with a view.

This bowling green is in the holiday town of Newquay, on the north coast of Cornwall.

We are looking north, across the green and along the rugged Atlantic coast of Cornwall.

The Beaches at Newquay, North Cornwall.

After crossing Fistral Beach and rounding the headland, see yesterday's post, 

the South West Coastal Path enters the town of Newquay.

Whilst the town has a well deserved reputation for brashness,

the bay and its beaches have a justified reputation for beauty.