Now that I live in Perth, Australia, I try to get back home to the UK once every two years to spend much needed quality time with family and friends. My latest visit was in April/May 2016. Apart from returning to my beloved Pagham, West Sussex I spent a week at the Lizard Peninsula in West Cornwall with my daughter Jennifer. This is another wonderful stunning spot.

The following photos are just a few of those I took on holiday this year.

Northern Sea Wall – Pagham

An important nature reserve. There is something very special about this place – it is good for the soul – I love this landscape, the colours, the smell, the sounds.

Northern Sea Wall – Pagham (1)

Pagham Swan

Pagham Swan

Pagham Swan

Northern Sea Wall – Pagham (4)

Northern Sea Wall – Pagham (2)

Pagham Swan

Northern Sea Wall – Pagham (3)

Information about Pagham

Weald & Downland Museum – Chichester

This is an important open air museum set in the glorious South Downs countryside. Many ancient rural buildings have been saved from demolition and reconstructed on this site.

Lamb at Weald & Downland Museum

The grass is always greener ….. (Weald & Downland Museum)

Raven at Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton, nr Chichester

Piglets enjoying lunch at Weald and Downland Museum, Singleton nr Chichester

Weald and Downland Museum, Singleton nr Chichester (1)

Weald & Downland Museum, Singleton nr Chichester (2)

Piglet Tails at Weald & Downland Museum!

Weald and Downland Museum

Chichester and surrounds, West Sussex

Chichester Cathedral

Chichester – city of Roofs!

Within the grounds of Chichester Cathedral

Itchenor, West Sussex

Bosham Church

Information about Chichester
Information about Bosham
Information about Itchenor

London

I spent a couple of days with friends up in London, taking in a musical and enjoying the ambience of an old pub full of character (The Sussex Arms, Twickenham)

London – Covent Garden (1)

Missy

London – Covent Garden (3)

The Sussex Arms – Twickenham

London – Covent Garden (4)

Nancy

London

London – Covent Garden (2)

Covent Garden
Beautiful – The Musical
The Sussex Arms Pub

Cornwall

Graveyard with a view! – Gunwalloe, West Cornwall

Cadgwith, traditional fishing village in Cornwall

View overlooking Cadwith to the sea, on the footpath from the carpark to the village

Welcoming sign outside the pub at Cadgwith, Cornwall

Kynance Cove, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall – in my view one of the most stunning locations I have ever seen

Kynance Cove, Cornwall

Kynance Cove, the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall

Room with a view! – Kynance Cove Cafe, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall

Mum and her babies enjoying an elevated view on an old stone wall at The Lizard, Cornwall

The old Lifeboat Station at the Lizard (no longer in use)

A sparrow in the garden of our holiday let in The Lizard, Cornwall

Busy blackbird in the garden of our holiday let collecting food for his brood

Proper free range eggs the way they should look for sale – all different sizes, colours and unwashed – sold by the local farm at The Lizard

The Lizard is well known for the regular mist that rolls in – the Lizard has its own lighthouse. This was the view from our holiday let.

Gorgeous view looking back towards the Lizard Lighthouse on the coastal path to Housel Bay, Cornwall

Gorgeous view looking back towards the Lizard Lighthouse on the coastal path to Housel Bay, Cornwall

The countryside is awash with colour during the month of May

Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall

Mousehole, Cornwall

Mousehole, Cornwall

Mousehole – fishing village in Cornwall – inspiring artists for centuries

Mousehole – fishing village in Cornwall – inspiring artists for centuries

Mousehole, Cornwall

Stable with a view!

One thing everyone must do in Cornwall is have at least one cream tea (jam first, topped with clotted cream – rather than the other way round in Devon!)

Helford, Helford River, Cornwall

A colourful lineup of paint pots on a window ledge of a cottage in Helford, by the Helford River, Cornwall

A recuperating seal at Gweek Seal Sanctuary

Minack Theatre
Kynance Cove
Gweek Seal Sanctuary
Mousehole
The Lizard Peninsula
Cadgwith