Cornwall- North Coast

This day on the North Coast started at Padstow with the National Lobster Hatchery. In the past 10 years they have released tens of thousands of little lobsters into the sea. It was a really nice science lesson and neat to see them in different stages of maturity. The biggest surprise was learning that European Lobsters and blue. Everybody smile and say Lobster!

The babies grow very slowly. The 3 inch long ones are almost a year old already. A mature one is 7-10 years old which may be why they are so expensive.

It was a bit of a frosty morning to be out walking on the coast, but here are the Bedruthan steps. There is a staircase that takes you right to the sea but it is closed in winter.

We had Cornish Pasties in Newquay and ambled down to the aquarium. It was quite nice. Here are a starfish wanting to do Amy's hair, a really big octopus and a piranha.

After dealing with Emily's complaints that we hadn't played at any of the beaches so far, we stopped for an hour at Newquay beach. Lovely sand, beautiful rock formations, surfers, and just warm enough that the girls could play barefoot and not freeze to death. Lana and I picked up some shells and rocks while the girls played.