I went to Lands End in July 2004 when I was on holiday with my family. We stayed on a Haven holiday site in Padstow in the north of Cornwall. It reached my 14th birthday and my parents asked if there was any where I wanted to go and for some reason I always fancied visiting Lands End as it is the furthest point west in Britain and from some leaflets I read, it did look like a nice place. Even though my parents wern't really up for the 2 hour drive along the A30, we went any way. As we arrived we went to buy tickets and our car registration number was read out on the tannoy to let us know that we left our car window open which was really nice of the staff there. We had to pass a shop to get onto the main site and my dad had a charity competition at work. He had the idea of doing a raffle and winning tickets to Lands End. He asked and explained about the charity event and Lands End gave him 2 free tickets for the raffle and a Lands End teddy bear for 2nd place.
So already our day had started off very nice and seemed friendly. Out of the blue we saw Uregela (or however you spell his name) and my mum ran over and got an autograph (as you do).
After this we really started to search the site. We started a little walk just around the top of the cliffs and we noticed a ship wreck down on the beach. We found out there were many different arguements as to how the ship wrecked at Lands End so it was hard which to believe, I personally believed the man that said, "It was a storm I tell ya!" I also remember looking through my dad's binoculars and seeing the words "SSR Tony Blair" graffitied on the side of the boat, how someone managed to get down the cliff still makes me think.
As we moved back towards the attractions we went inside the "End to end story". This was basically to show the ways in many people have travelled from Lands End to Joan O Groats up in Scotland. Some of the stories were absolutely amazing and some even made me think "How on earth did that person do that?"
We brought a picnic so I'm not sure what the food is like but it did look reasonably priced and smelt good when we passed the cafe so I think the food may be quite nice.
After our picnic we had our picture taken as a family next to a sign post. Basically, the sign post points to certain popular destinations over the world, eg. New York, Sydney, London, etc. and then there is an empty direction which is where you can put in the place name of where you live and there is a HUGE list of place names with the ammount of miles. It was quite nice to recieve the picture and have it framed when we got home because it becomes very personalised with the place you live and the people you live with in 1 photograph.
We also went into "The Last Labyrinth" which told amazing and interesting stories about pirates, monsters, smuggelers and ship wreckers. These stories are cleaverly made with sound, good visuals and stunning special effects. Many of the stories make your imagination go wild.
My personal favourite exhibition was "Greeb Farm". This farm is a restored 200 year old farm. Here you can meet the animals and even feed them. The farm animals included ducks, chickens, goats, horses, etc. Greeb farm also includes a potter, a leather worker, a jewellery maker, a wood worker and a glass engraver so the area is quite craft based. It was ideal for presents and gifts for friends back home as you can purchase what the skilled staff make.
Three of the attractions we did not visit though: "The Relentless Sea" exhibition tells the heroic and sometimes tragic story of man's struggle to win a living from the unforgiving sea. "Air Sea Rescue SOS" is an exciting motion picture presentation and was filmed in waters off Land's End. The third exhibition wasn't there when I went but it is the "Cornish Sweet Manufactory". In this exhibition you can watch skilled cornish sweet makers at work. Ideal for your children, just don't let them have too much sugar, there are cliffs in Lands End.
Nearer the end of the day, we saw the sun set across the horizon of the Atlantic ocean. I'm not a typical soppy love person but I would give anything to see that sun set again. The sight of it was just beautiful. I found it a very romantic even though I had no partner. It was possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.