Blogs from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Days 13 - 17 So the last week has been interesting, leaving Glastonbury we headed to Abergavenny in Wales, unfortunately it was extremely busy, and although we found a car park, couldn't get the meter to work, so left there and trotted off to Ross-On-Wye, a great little historical village for a look around, onto Hereford and Ludlow for the night. Leaving Ludlow the next morning I managed to strain my back, the next few days were just driving to the next destination with minimum stops. Ludlow to the quaint village of Much Wenlock for lunch, to Ironbridge for the first iron bridge built in Britain and into Shrewsbury for the night. Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and onto the freeway to Melksham for a night, then back through the Cotswold's & Dartmoor National Park to St Neot, back ... read more

DAY 4 - PAIGNTON Day 4 - A stroll along the seafront to breakfast at our new favorite "Greggs". What followed next was extremely surprising, lucky & humbling. We stumbled across Paignton Parish Church, which dates back over 900 years. A quick hello and chat to Bob, the groundsman, and an private tour invitation followed, so off we go! Inside this beautiful Church with Bob giving us a history lesson. We met Vicar Nicholas and assistant Ruth, who spent time speaking with us and telling us about the history. The Organ which is 200 years old, the stained glass windows, the Bell Tower, all told with great pride and passion by Vicar Nick & Bob. The Bob announces he's taking us to the roof, so up through the 900 year old original stairs we go for ... read more

Hello from Cornwall England, specifically the town of Falmouth. We arrived in the early hours of the morning and anchored off the coast. This is a shallow water harbor, and it is greatly affected by the tides, so the ship is about 3 miles off the coast. Since it is a tender port, we did not book any excursions here. Also, we've been here previously and did not see anything new that we really wanted to do anyway. This is the last stop on our cruise across the Atlantic. Tomorrow, we reach Southhampton where 1200 passengers are scheduled to depart. We will be with the other 800 who are staying for the second cruise. Regardless, all passengers had to go through UK Immigration this morning. It was a simple matter of bringing our passports to one ... read more

April 3 – The Eagle has Landed ..... After a good night’s sleep, we ate breakfast at our B&B, the Penrose Inn. Wow! These British breakfasts are huge! To start with; two eggs, two pieces of large bacon, one large sausage link, pork & beans, roasted tomato, and finally roasted mushrooms. I forgot... plenty of toast. Kirsten found us a bike rental in Bodmin and by 9:30 am we’re heading to Bodmin. We arrived around 10 am and the bike rental had just opened. We walked up and asked if he had any eBikes for rent. He said yes but only one, the other one was not available due to it needing repair. So, we rented one eBike and one regular bike, after trying to convince the guy running the shop that It didn’t matter if ... read more

April 1 – On the Road again.... It’s 7:30 am the alarm is going off; how do I know.... Kirsten is shaking me. You see, being deaf has it benefits, I always sleep well. Ok, Ok, I’m up. The night before Kirsten and I, mostly Kirsten packed the suitcases. We set them outside of our cabin door to be picked up so that we would collect them up once we leave the ship. We cruise upstairs to the Lido deck, have a hardy breakfast, make our normal lunch sandwiches, and stick them into our backpacks. At 9:30 am, we are standing in the taxi line. We’re catching a taxi to the car rental which is a bit too far to walk with suitcases. We arrive at the Europa rental car pick up thinking we’ll be on ... read more