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Cadgwith

    And this is Cadgwith. It really is that tiny a village. I took this on the point and you can see all of Cadgwith, except for a handful of houses in the far right of the picture. Essentially, there is just one road that drops steeply down on the right hand side (out of shot) to cross the bay just above the beach (where the white van is) and then to turn back upwards in front of the pinky cottage near the left-hand side. There's no supermarket, just a few shops and, of course, a pub which also serves as hotel. As you can see from the number of boats on the beach, fishing is the livelihood of most of the locals.

    In the far left of the picture, you can see the grassy spur of land known as the Todden. It divides the beach from another one and almost forms a causeway to the island at its tip. The picture below was taken from the Todden looking at the cliffs that the seagulls are on. You can just see a couple of people on the cliffside path that my grandparents and I took to take the first picture. The path goes on around the coastline and can be followed almost right around Cornwall. Cadgwith however is a beautiful spot, and easily the sort of place I could live in, the main drawback being that it is so far from anywhere. You're at least half an hour from a supermarket, and two hours from shops that would satisfy your average consumer. But as far as quaint Cornish fishing villages go, this is quintessential.