Foreign parts in pursuit of a rubber duck

"Tes foreign parts m'dear" the Cornish would sometimes say, if visiting the next parish - well today we visited a place i had never been before..............just up the road in the next Parish. I knew it was there of course but life never travelled in that direction you see and so like a lot of things it remained unvisited. But today we were in hot pursuit of a rubber duck - a long story but a couple of weeks ago one of my fleet of rubber ducks that way the Bathroom towels down mysteriously went missing and so a visit to RJ Supplies purveyor of very fine rubber ducks was called for.

Not a duck in sight - in fact, I spoke to the very nice lady, dusting some enchanting garden lanterns and she said she hadn't seen any for at least two years ..........and so I was duckless at Praa sands but plus the Saturday papers. A small plan formed to visit Rinsey Head to look at the engine houses that featured in the Poldark series many years ago - perhaps to potter along the coastal path a few yards. We turned of the A394 just opposite the old post office and crept towards the coast along the narrow lane. Now it must be said that in the later stages the road would be unsuitable for a Porche or even a car with paint work younger that 1990 but for our old Landrover it was fine and great parking in the national Trust Car Park.




The engine house lay intriguingly ahead BUT another sign said beach so...............





plan A was scrapped in favour of plan B and the sand was soon revealed beguilingly below us

the lovely unspoilt heathland in the area

and the narrow steep path to the beach

Peaceful, unspoilt, not a house in sight with the cliffs echoing from the surge of the sea - a hidden gem five minutes drive away ..........but not a Duck in sight and so if you are reading this - Can we have our duck back please???????????? it must be rare, as rare as finding a hidden Beach for the afternoon in Foreign parts!