VANLIFE - The Luckiest Wild Park Up in Cornwall?

After a trouble filled start to another vanlife tour of Cornwall from Ilfracombe in North Devon, we finally strike GOLD with the luckiest wild camping spot we've found this year!
With illness, campervan trouble and a crashed drone hampering our spirits, we took a short break from wild park ups and enjoyed refuge on a beautiful campsite Nr Truro before embarking on more travels around our favourite locations.
Wet weather didn't spoil much as we visited the Lizard Peninsular, Church Cove and Kynance Cove.
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[@richardskerritt3481]

love how you seek the places a lot of us would never be able to reach

[@CRAIGYCRAIGO87]

Walking down to the beach at kynance cove in the summer time is like Walking down to paradise 😊

[@OurVanTales]

I definitely need to return in the sunshine ☀️

[@CRAIGYCRAIGO87]

@OurVanTales so do you live full time in your van or no? Only asking as I live in Cornwall and Hoping to do it full time next year, cheers

[@OurVanTales]

@craiggibbard3178 Yeah, I sold up & went on my travels, never been happier 🙌

[@marc9709]

Last year we scattered my Grandads ashes down at church cove, just off the edge opposite where you were stood.. what a beautiful place! 🤙

[@OurVanTales]

🥰 What a beautifully symbolic location for a cherished loved one…🫶

[@jaysbuzzing5986]

Got to love the British weather 💙

[@OurVanTales]

🤭🌧

[@callyakn718]

Next time you’re down lizard point, Henry’s campsite is a must!!!

[@OurVanTales]

Oooh, now that looks like a little bit of us! Thank you, top tip! 🫶

[@callyakn718]

@@OurVanTales exactly my thoughts !

[@TheRichMaxwellChannel]

Hope the drone is ok. Great video, really well edited and enjoyable to watch. I can't wait to get a van and start adventures like this.

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Rich mate, yeah, it got fixed & flew again (straight in to another tree!) but it fights on 🤭

[@Emeliaxoxo]

Great video! I’m one of the owners of the blue building (mungo Lils on the hill) down at the Lizard Point! Glad you enjoyed venturing around the lizard. Such a beautiful spot and we are very lucky indeed. Hopefully we will be open next time so you can have a look around 👍🏻

[@OurVanTales]

Oh WOW, lucky you! We WILL be back when the sun is shining…We’ll come say hi 👋 🫶

[@jessicahart9689]

It looked so much fun! Lyndsey loving the new dance moves 🤣

[@OurVanTales]

BIG love Jess 🫶

[@KatrinaMargaret]

Such a shame you didn't get to enjoy our beautiful Kynance Cove during better weather 🌞 I live in Lizard Village, (you probably drove passed our house 🏡 on the way down to the point and St Wynwallow's Church 😊), and we look out across the fields over the cove from our west facing windows. We've had bright blue skies and no sign of rain for weeks now, but there's always the strong winds 😁 Would be nice to meet up next time you're down this way, when hubby's not at work. We're looking to do a van build ourselves, hence watching channels like yours, so it would be nice to meet other couples that have already done so. Hubby Ian has uploaded quite a few drone videos to this channel including local beaches at sunrise and whilst in his buggy 🛺 and bike 🚲😁

[@OurVanTales]

How lucky to live where you guys do, it’s SO beautiful (even in the rain). We’re looking forward to another few weeks in Cornwall in July but don’t know about the specifics of where yet…Might just have to gauge the crowds & work around them 🤭🫶

[@stuartcope7407]

I prefer Cornwall out of season, it’s great in the summer but you can’t explore like you can out of season 😎

[@OurVanTales]

Sure is an amazing place in and out of season. I think our favourite is May/June or September. Great weather AND fewer people 🫶

[@BrianSmith-yo5ui]

Next time you are at the Woody Bay car park, if you need a site there is a fantastic place less than a mile away. Caffyns Farm. It’s class! Even if you pop in for a meal and pint of their own Cider the food is amazing and the place is lovely.

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Brian, top tip mate…Just had a look on-line & it looks lovely 🙌

[@bozboy2]

Been thoroughly enjoying watching your channel, keep it up👊

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers mate! 🫶👊🏼

[@deothang]

Hope you dont mind but I am sharing this to my playlist called How to inspire mental health....thanks for the journey it was beautiful!

[@OurVanTales]

So glad to inspire 🫶

[@finalform2625]

Managed to wrangle a few spots at porthtowan last year. Absolutely stunning place!

[@OurVanTales]

Definitely worth it 🫶🙌

[@jonnolly]

Saw your bus in Harlow today. Nice set up. Great wheels.

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Jon mate 👊🏼

[@gatersontour]

Another destination was added to our map. Blue is just adorable and Another great vlog thank you for sharing. Missed Lyndsey in this one but you did well Andy ❤

[@OurVanTales]

Ahh, cheers guys, thanks 🙏🏻 🫶

[@chrisagnew1988]

Kynance cove really does look like the pics during the summer. It’s beautiful.

[@OurVanTales]

Gonna have to trust that and get back again another time. It does look incredible in the pics 🙌

[@andym1908]

Great stuff 👏 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Andy mate 🙌

[@CAM-nn4bx]

Loved Church Cove, thanks for showing us our great country, been watching for a while now and can’t believe how well behaved Blue is, hi to Lynsey, miss her when she’s not on, but you still do a great job Andy 😂

[@OurVanTales]

🤣 Thank you…We all miss Lyndsey 🫶

[@PATLIGHT1000]

Fantastic Video Andy. I have lived in Cornwall for 55 years and love it down here, thanks for joining us and enjoying what Cornwall has to offer. P.s. next time your down give us a look up and pop in for a coffee and a hook up.

[@OurVanTales]

Thanks Pat, appreciate that…🙌

[@yorkshiretrips]

Cool vid 👍🏻

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers guys 🫶

[@jpaja2476]

Great video Andy. Was nice to meet you at MVT this weekend. Now I’ve found your videos it should get me through this night shift! Cheers. Jon (the_ateamadventures)

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Jon, great to meet you too mate…👊🏼

[@richardskerritt3481]

ace video!!!!!

[@OurVanTales]

Thanks mate

[@joannebedford2695]

Enjoyed your video. Hi from Cape Town

[@OurVanTales]

Hi Joanne, thank you so much 🫶

[@LifeistooshortCK]

I think I would sh*t myself in that fisherman’s cottage if there was a storm 😁👍

[@OurVanTales]

Hahaha Didn’t think of that! 🙌🤪

[@horaciogoncalves1767]

Andy…the weather may have not been great but the places look fantastic….keep it up….👍😎

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you so much mate 🙌

[@Linay1986]

Great content mate 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you! 👊🏼

[@OverlandingSophia]

Sorry to hear you were ill Andy, the flu took both Ben and I out this week! Gotta say we love Cornwall in the rain and mist, only adds to the magic there. And that Porthtowan park up! A quiet, wild park up literally on the beach! The absolute creme de La crème, we salute you for finding that one! 🫡 Sending love to all three of you xx

[@OurVanTales]

Thanks Chesca! Looking forward to watching you guys head North. Fingers crossed for your visa extensions. Much love right back at ya’s 🫶

[@debspaul6635]

Cool tattoos 👍great vid 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you! 🫶

[@asaandthemarchharepart2903]

Brilliant video Andy. Lovely spots to explore. And as always in vanlife, its not always sunny stunning days, but its still fabulous to be outdoors. Keep posting the amazing videos. Safe Travels Both X

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you so much…Appreciate that 🫶🙌

[@northstarcreative]

Always love your vids. Glad you’re feeling better 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Thanks Lili, have a fab weekend 🫶

[@Simon_W74]

That is the thing that puts me off travelling to Cornwall in our Motorhome. even though it is a sprinter underneath. it is a couple of foot nearly wider that a Sprinter it is based on. It was bad enough going down there in a HGV as we often ended up of the beaten track and would find stone walls hidden at the side of the road ans we would often have to back up when an on coming car was coming towards us, and we often break or bend something on the front of the Cab. That said it is a beautiful part of the Country. One day we will go down there once again, maybe in a similar sized van as yours. I would much rather watch one of your Videos that Judith Charmer's Wish You Were here. which I really liked as a child, but as I have gotten older travelling aboard has no real appeal. To much to explore on our own shores first.

[@syncrosimon]

We did get our 6.4m motorhome into that car park at the Lizzard, the lane out of there is the narrowest lane we have ever driven down, an inch each side spare.

[@OurVanTales]

Skills…Well done! 🙌

[@star-stuff]

Dude, you've literally got the most chilled life! I was born and raised in Cornwall (now live in Devon), but I could have such a different experience travelling around in a converted van (yours is sweeeeet), even though I know Cornwall like the back of my hand. Brilliant video, too, bud.

[@OurVanTales]

It is a whole lot different experiencing a place from a van, it’s so much fun & so flexible 🫶

[@Itsmetheworldsgreatest]

Kynance cove is 👌

[@OurVanTales]

I’m sure it’s better in the sunshine (or at least dry) 🤭🫶

[@vandox21]

Awesome video Andy, love it down there 👊🏻

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers, it’s always a treat to travel down there 🥰

[@TheRustyPrince]

Beautiful places

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@marienewman6330]

Thank you so much for sharing your adventures, woody Bay is our fave local park up as we live in North Devon. Would be awesome to see you guys one day whilst on the road ☺️ 🙌🏻💫☮️

[@OurVanTales]

It’s a real beauty right? Very weather dependent tho 🤭 See you there in the sunshine 🤞☀️

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

I used to live in Ilfracombe years ago and always longed to live in Cornwall! Weird cos North Devon is ace with some fine beaches and beautiful Exmoor close by. Anyway after a 15 year sojourn to France I finally ended up in Penzance. Love the enthusiasm of you guys always so positive and happy, a real tonic these days. Well done. 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers so much, appreciate that. We just love the whole area down there…Devon & Cornwall 🫶

[@paullawrence8572]

Another great vid Andy! We missed Lyndsey!😢

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers mate, we all miss Lyndsey…She’ll be back on board lazin’ about soon 🫶

[@ScottsinCornwall]

We live in Falmouth and drove past you as you were leaving Carnon Downs CAMC site. Jamie looked at me and said “isn’t that your mate off KZbin?” lol We’ll stop and say hello next time you’re down this way.

[@OurVanTales]

Hi, well spotted! We’ll definitely be back, love it down your way 🙌

[@haydnwilliams877]

Loving the van and the videos 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you 🙌

[@TouchéandDumDum]

Hello Andy and lil bleu, great video and what a wonderful little ventures you've had down there. Some beautiful villages, I reckon that lizard point could be a nightmare in the summertime with the small roads etc. Lil bleu is like speedy Gonzales when left off the lead. Safe travels

[@OurVanTales]

Hey Darren, cheers mate, hope you’re good. Yeah, Lizard is super tight, must see some road rage from time to time 🤭

[@hughdrummond6843]

That was a great video. Brought back some great memories from 2009 thanks . We were on holiday with our little ones at Mullion holiday park then. Kynance Cove on a warm sunny day is outstanding place to be we loved the whole area down there. Now the little ones are adults we should really revisit in our van as a couple I reckon. 👍

[@OurVanTales]

Oh you gotta go back in the van! We’ll definitely be returning in the sunshine ☀️ 🫶

[@theadventuresoflario]

Another brilliant video mate, Blue is awesome 😎🤙🏼

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers, he’s a character 🫶

[@lisajones9033]

Wow, looks amazing thanks Andy for showing us. I'll be getting myself to Porthtowan soon. x

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Lisa, yeah, give it a go before they fix the barrier 😉🤭🥰

[@mpatey63]

Please don't ! Having stayed there in the past on an official campsite, we'd have been really annoyed to go for our late evening walk to the beach and find vehicles there. We'd all like a lovely view from our caravan/ campervan etc, but it's not fair to others or the environment, is it ? This is why people are getting fed up with campervans / motorhomes and spoiling it for all of us

[@OurVanTales]

Well, respectfully, if it’s after dark when you arrive, dawn when leaving and you leave no trace, I can’t see that spoiling anyone else’s view. Play morally fair, respect the location and then move on 🥰🫶

[@stephenward4537]

Great video Andy 👍 I visited all those places last year on a road trip around Cornwall so it was good to see them again ..... Cornwall is a great place 👍 Also did a North Devon road trip and ended up in that car park in Ilfracombe i found it pretty good although the church bells woke me up .... on the hour every hour 🙈🤣 keep up the good work 👍👍

[@OurVanTales]

Ahh, mate, you’re not wrong about the church bells 🤭🙌

[@anthonyrielly465]

Hi Andy went to that part Cornwall last summer and stayed at Cadgwith Camping top site and hosts Cath and will lovely People.The view from our van over Lizard

[@OurVanTales]

I think I need to return in better weather 😉🙌

[@georgiasdad]

Love Poldhu, a local told us about a park up on top of the cliff which isn't on any of the apps!!!! Great video as always,

[@OurVanTales]

Awe, I wish I’d have known 😉

[@georgiasdad]

@@OurVanTales I'll send you the location

[@martinalbones5359]

Just wanted to say what a great looking van you have. Myself, Tony, Pete and Daz were the guys that repaired your door lock. It’s a very heavy door, by the way. Safe travels.

[@OurVanTales]

Oh mate, thank you so much to all of you! I really appreciate how simple you made it for me. Top job, great teamwork (glad I didn’t get involved 🤭) 🙏🏻

[@techbloke5970]

You should check out St Agnes

[@OurVanTales]

Top tip cheers 🙌

[@davebmx3496]

Saw you in hayle on Wednesday mate .. was going to say hi but just missed you

[@OurVanTales]

No way! Sorry I missed ya…I was disappointed to see the Hayle park up looking less inviting for an overnight now 😩

[@garyh8315]

A nice vid, even if the weather wasn't so good. Also great to see you go onto the Lizard. Poldhu is a fantastic beach, great for surfing ;-)

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers Gary mate, I can only imagine how much more beautiful these locations are in the sunshine. Deffo gonna be back! 🙌

[@garyh8315]

@@OurVanTales Search out Roskillys, who are down on the Lizard too.

[@TristandKez]

Can’t beat Stonehenge for an overnighter! Dude I flew our drone into a tree in Scotland on day one. Luckily, somehow it was not broken. I thought my life had ended 😂. Gonna check out the beach park up this summer for sure. Have an awesome week!

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers fella, yeah, try out Porthtowan. You guys should still fit under the height barrier, even if they fix it. Hopefully see ya’s this Summer 🙌

[@TristandKez]

@@OurVanTales we’re going full time van life in the summer. Which will mean a new van. Which means no more sneaking under height barriers. But hey it’s a trade off I’m happy with 😂. Defo catch you on the road mate 😎🤙🏽

[@OurVanTales]

Amazing 🫶

[@whitevanandTshirtman13]

It's not all glamour then Andy? That's the trouble I guess you can get ill even in your van, another top vid warts and all, if Lyndsey was with you you'd have had someone to care for you and us followers would have seen some glamour 😉

[@OurVanTales]

🤣 Cheers Dave…Am I not all the glamour that’s needed? 😉🫶

[@whitevanandTshirtman13]

​@@OurVanTales probably more glam rock like Roy Wood? 🎸😉🤣

[@OurVanTales]

Mate, I nearly spat my coffee out after looking him up! 😂

[@SimonWestPhotography]

Hi Andy, I’m surprised you don’t send it back to DJI. When my drone had a fight with a pigeon. They did a brilliant repair job with collection service to Netherlands and returned to Pembrokeshire within 7 days for only £100.

[@OurVanTales]

Cheers, top tip Simon mate, I’ll look in to it 🙌

[@annaandjean]

Such a cool video, thanks for sharing! Really liked your tripod setup at the very beginning (from a fellow youtuber who's also trying to find cool ways of filming 😉)

[@OurVanTales]

Yeah, the tripod works a treat…Short bungee pulling down under the dash & two more pulling back & it’s proper stable! 🙌

[@annaandjean]

@@OurVanTales Absolute genius, I love it!

[@nashz911]

Hi mate. Love für beach Park up(where was it?) Can you recomend places for stays with a 7.5Ton Truck?

[@Setinmywaysalways]

Would not like to drive down that Lane in the Summer, you would struggle with a Big Horse :)

[@OurVanTales]

🤣 There sure are some tight ones down there! 🙌

[@devonthemaskeddevonaire9471]

subscribed

[@OurVanTales]

Thank you!

[@wanderingbarnaby5011]

recognize that bridge where you broke the drone just outside Launceston ?

[@OurVanTales]

That’s the one! 🙌

[@wanderingbarnaby5011]

@@OurVanTales our home town should have popped in for a coffee.

[@Phillip_Deane]

Hi Mate Glad your feeling better . Where is your favorite place to go in the UK ?

[@OurVanTales]

Thanks mate, awe, it’s a tough one but gotta say The Highlands of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🫶 What about you?

[@Phillip_Deane]

@@OurVanTales ive not been up that far yet but ive watched your Scotland video and i really want to try the nc500. I like Cornwall alot used to go there as a kid.

[@JohnlowerPenarrow]

Not Truro but Carnot Downs

[@OurVanTales]

lYeah, I get ya…It just lists as Truro when you search for sites 🫶

[@groovytravels]

You guys still in Cornwall when home now bk in Cornwall

[@OurVanTales]

Ahh, mate, I moved on tonight! Already back at Stonehenge, gave up on the bad weather 🤭 Funnily enough, I thought of you guys this morning when I had a van like yours behind me 🙌

[@groovytravels]

@@OurVanTales maybe ea

[@groovytravels]

@@OurVanTales maybe was us

[@OurVanTales]

It was right early 06.45/07.00 Porthtowan to Newquay direction 👊🏼

[@leecurry14]

I'm sure I passed you on the A30 this evening, around 6 o'clock in a layby

[@OurVanTales]

Yeah! I was uploading this video…Well spotted 🫶🙌

[@rogerjob2780]

Stayed at Bos Lowen site £12 last year close to all the bays. 😉🍷🚍⚓️🇬🇧👍

[@OurVanTales]

Sounds like a decent price 👊🏼