Day trip to Tintagel and Newquay

Trip Start May 01, 2009

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Flag of United Kingdom Tintagel, England, United Kingdom
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Today we went on a day trip to Tintagel and Newquay.

Tintagel Castle (now the ruins of) is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur, and lies on an exposed headland on the north side of the Cornwall peninsula. There is a lot of history there; some findings suggest that it was occupied as long ago as 200-300AD! There is a small chapel (well, ruins of) which dates from around 1000AD, and the castle itself was established around 1233AD. After a walk around the windy headland, we headed for Newquay, which is a popular town/beach for surfing. My favourite part of Newquay was definitely the house on top of the tor with it's own suspension bridge!

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Church	Old post office in Tintagel	Walking to Tintagel Castle	Walking to Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle and headlands	Tintagel Castle and headlands	Tintagel Castle	Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Castle and headlands	Tintagel Castle and headlands	Tintagel Castle and headlands	Tintagel Castle and headlands
Tintagel Castle and headlands	'The Tunnel'	The Garden	Tintagel Castle and headlands
Me at the Chapel ruins on the Tintagel headland	Tintagel Castle and headlands	Tintagel Castle and headlands	Cool house on a tor at Newquay with its own bridge
MASSIVE Pasty!