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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Gweek June 15th 2008

Today was my 28th birthday! (And Finn's 5th - happy b-day Finn!) Doug surprised me with a gorgeous diamond necklace and I had a lot of cards sent to Gweek as well which was very nice. In the morning we had a beautiful walk up to Dollar Cove and Church Cove, where we had a look in a very old church in the sand, where the sailors used to pray before going out to sea. They still have services there on Sundays, and it looked like someone had recently had a wedding judging by the decor. The was a little graveyard outside that had this spooky angel headstone with snails in it's eyeballs! And then my Dad knelt in some stinging nettles by accident so we got to try out the old remedy of spitting on ... read more
Church Cove
My little angel!
freaky angel tombstone

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Gweek June 14th 2008

Today we had a walk down to the harbor at Gweek, where I took a photo of a "pirate ship" for you, Blakie! Not really a pirate ship, but it had a nice skull and cross-bones flag. Later on we went down to have a look at St. Michael's Mount, although we didn't have enough time to go accross to it and take the tour. During high tide you have to take a ferry over to it and during low tide you can walk or wade accross as you can see people doing in the photo. We walked around Marazion and had a look in the shops. That evening we ate real English Fish and Chips in Porthleven, where the chip shop had a persian cat that lived there, she was so sweet - not something ... read more
St. Michael's Mount
Gweek Nurseries
Uncle John's House

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Cornwall » Gweek June 10th 2008

On Tuesday morning we sadly dropped the doggies off at Metro Dog and said goodbye. Hopefully they are doing okay. They are so used to being spoiled and cuddled so I hope they manage to adjust after a few days. We drove back to Concord where we got on the BART train and rode straight into the international terminal at SFO. We were already running late so we checked straight in, got a bite to eat, exchanged our dollars for pounds and got right on the plane! We had some amazing views over San Francisco, but didn't see much after that as they put us to bed and asked everyone to shut their blinds. I didn't manage to get much sleep, and the people in front of us reclined their seat backs into our laps so ... read more
Erika, with crackers!
Penzance




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