More on motorhome parking in Cornwall

So you have left that small quaint caravan park where you spent the night, but you can't just be driving all day, got to stop sometime!
Here are a couple of ideas which work rather well:
National Trust car parks are usually motorhome friendly, albeit at a price if you are not a member, some of them are truly superb like the one overlooking Gwithian sands in West Cornwall, others are part of a NT property you can also visit and many of them have a cafe/ restaurant where you can also get that lunch you don't have to prepare. So here is a link to the page where you can visualise them and even better download a map to print before you leave home:
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/local-to-you/south-west/things-to-see-and-do/cornwall/
Along the same lines many of Cornwall's great gardens also have substantial motorhome friendlyy carparks and here is a link to a page with a map:
http://www.greatgardensofcornwall.co.uk/map
At many of those there will also be a tea garden or restaurant.
Happy stopping!

Why don't we have Aires

Why don't we have Aires like the French? ( short for "aires de service" when there is limited free parking and access to water and drainage for a small fee .) ?
Is it because the French love Aires ?  They love their Aires so much that even when there are lots of quiet motorhome niches available they still congregate as tightly as they can on an Aire .
Is it because we live in a country where public touristic infrastructure is grossly underfunded, and if any public money is going to be spent then Motorhomes are not a priority?
Is it because  after all not so many motorhomes roam across English counties ( they are all in Portugal and France and....)?
Or is it that there are so many cute campsites in rural England ranging from the simplest to the 5 star holiday park that we don't need Aires.
Take Cornwall with 100's of campsites tucked away within a few miles of the local hotspots, offering a friendly welcome, good services, and  a touch of conviviality. And you can open your door without hitting the neighbour.
The truth is at least in Cornwall we don't need Aires.

Events in Cornwall

A great resource for wandering motorhomers is the events page of the Visit Cornwall website, from which you can plan to be one day at the Porthleven food festival and next at Trewithick day in Camborne etc....
here is the link:
http://www.visitcornwall.com/whats-on?f[0]=im_46_field_vc_category%3A4731

Family motorhoming?

I often wonder why we see so few families in motorhomes. Caravaners take their children with them after all. Cornwall is the perfect family motorhoming destination. The balance of activities is perfect. The beaches, little wayside museums, family attractions, superb walks, waterports, river cruises, dolphin spotting, fishing off the pier. The list is endless. There is something for every one in Cornwall. So take your children or grand children with you!

More on Parking

Parking should remain what it says, PARKING, and not using public space as a free caravan park, otherwise the local authorities are going to crack down and it will affect the regular guys who just want to spend a few hours here or there. I know there are the surfers  whose motorhomes are often reduced to the back of a van, but I think the authorities could arrange dedicated spots for those near the surfing beaches. Some exist already, known to surfers only and I can't tell you about them for fear that " Mr  plonk my motorhome there for half the summer" comes and invades.

Motorhome parking in Cornwall

Whatever the size of your motorhome Cornwall's  narrows roads and quaint villages make the problem more acute, not counting the bye-laws. The following website will be useful to all:
Motorhome parking in Cornwall.