Thursday 30 June - amazing experience walking along the boardwalk next to the sea in bright sunshine this morning when fog rolled so quickly in from the sea that the view literally disappeared in front of our eyes. There is a sign a little down the road from Cambria saying 'fog's end' where it always stops!

Wow, we made it. The drive down Highway 1 on the Californian Coast. "Wow" is what we said all day as we moved from driving beside the coast with it's rugged coastline to driving high above the water and all the time exceptionally high hills rising to the left of us. We have landed in a delightful Inn (we think these are upmarket motels) and have for the third time this holiday had an upgrade. Big spacious room and big spacious jacuzzi. Dinner was in a restaurant ...