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Well thanks for your replies folks .

I shall love a trip to Cornwall,perhaps next year, early summer, to avoid the August crowds. 2 people I know locally have had holidays in Cornwall this year. Normally I go to the East Coast, Norfolk, and it only takes 2 hours, so the thought of such a long drive is a bit daunting.

Quote: Originally posted by Sceptical Camper on 10/9/2010

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Hi backagain, I agree - Treyarnon is a lovely place. Its main drawback, as you point out, is that it's not a safe bathing beach at certain states of the tide. I've not tried the campsite above the beach because it doesn't take dogs but there are plenty of others in the area.

You're right, too, about the congestion. The lanes down to Treyarnon - one from St Merryn, the other from Porthcothan - are very tight. Part of the problem is that many of the holiday-makers are in big 4x4s and are obviously not used to driving on narrow lanes. I suppose if you're used to driving in Chelsea, the Home Counties, or on the motorway a Cornish lane must seem like a rabbit burrow. The first sight of a tractor and they panic!

When you say you have family in Queens, I take it you mean Indian Queens not the suburb of New York?

floggitt, I wish the answer was "tomorrow". But it's likely I'll be off on another trip soon, hopefully before the end of the month but if not during October (weather permitting).

Oh, and thanks to everyone for the very kind comments about my original post.

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