Just over 20 miles from the campsite, a trip to St Michael’s Mount was planned well in advance, to have enjoyed both Michael’s Mounts either side of the manche.

We parked at Folley Field Long Stay car park, but got stuck in a queue before we realised that the spaces for bigger vehicles were in the overspill across the road. ANPR was used to enforce parking at £5 for 5 hours. I used the Ring Go app to pay. All very easy.

The mount is owned privately but run in conjunction with the National Trust. Booking has to be done online in advance, with a time slot, no charge for NT members except for the price of the boat trip (8.60 for 2 adults and 2 kids one way – you can buy the return leg when you’re out there). Full price was quite a bit.

We bought a Castle and Garden ticket and a guide book for a fiver. We used the audio guide when walking around the house in conjunction with the free map. Lots of entertainment to be had, including the treasure hunt type activities as part of the tour, and that it was once owned by the Count of Mortain, can’t escape the WHS connections!

Other entertainment was available in the form of 2 x gift shops, a tea room, a cafe and a horse box selling ice creams very slowly. 40 mins in the queue. Lost the will to live.

Lunch was purchased from one of the tea room type establishments. 2 pasties, 2 sarnies, 3 crisps, 4 small drinks. 34 quid. And the pasties were burnt.

By mid afternoon, we had exhausted all avenues for merriment, so aimed to get back to the mainland. From the viewpoint at the top, you could see some impatient people wading across the causeway thigh deep in water. When we got down to the quayside, there were staff members turning people back. Apparently, the current is not to be messed with.

We were quite happy to get another boat ride back to the village, this time landing on a small outcrop of rock around the dwindling tide.

We put in lots of steps going up and down, so the village of Marazion itself didn’t get much of a look at. The Big Red Van, on the other hand, was clearly a bit of a novelty judging by the stares on the way out.

Definitely, this bit of Cornwall needs a bit more exploring. There were plenty of places still to see that in 4 days there was just no time to get to. We’ll have to go back!