Of course we had to see the great “estuary” (a word as frequent as “quay” in this place) from a closer distant. Together with my schoolmates and K we hired Dan to take us around the harbour and up the river. We got to see the jetties where the china clay is loaded on big boats, and several others “point of interests”, according to Dan. For instance the place where Led Zeppelin recorded some of there greatest albums, among other artist. A recording studio in the middle of nowhere! Well, near the river, and just a couple of hundred yards from [View Full Entry]

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Hi again! Just wanted to share a couple of pics with you, from our favourite walking path, facing the Atlantic. Maybe you geographically should call this sea The English Channel, even here at this most south western part of England. But it definitely feels more like an Ocean than a channel, so, The Atlantic Ocean it is! Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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There is one world famous “must see” in Cornwall, at least for them who consider themselves to be climate conscious and environmental friendly, and you see a lot of those people in this place. I’m talking about “Eden Project”. A couple of huge bubbles (in fact we noticed them from above when we arrived with our flight to Newquay) with a lot of plants, representing different parts of the world and climate zones. With lots of educational signs to that, of course, addressing issues like a sustainable echo system etc. I know that you've been there K and P, haven't you? [View Full Entry]

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The Hall walk is considered one of the most beautiful walks in England. Of course we had to try it. Well, it would have been difficult not to, since everyone in school talked about it day after day… The path differ a lot from the coast path, since it goes along the banks of Fowey River and the Pont Pill Creek. Steep slopes and lots of oaks and hazel. In many places the undergrowth is heavy, and the hazel forms a tunnel to walk through, which shelter you from wind and rain. This day, though, was rather good with some sunshine [View Full Entry]

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Just want you to know that we get along pretty well with the seagulls now a day. K says they “speak to her”… Don’t know if that may be is more of a statement of K´s mental status after a couple of weeks in this little village totally dominated by the “singing” of seagulls, or if it’s something she really experiences. They have a broad variety of sounds to perform, so it could be rather musical sometimes.… Anyway, she appears to try to contact them throw her painting. But, to tell you the truth, I get along with them rather good [View Full Entry]

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Right now this is my view from “today’s office”, the quay in Polruan. Just a few steps from our cottage. When you see it from the Fowey side, it looks like the next picture. As you can see, it’s a lot of palm trees in the neighbourhood. This place has a nice touch of Mediterranean style over it. It’s rare that the temperature is sinking below zero during the winters, which make it possible to have gardens with sub tropical plants. Anyway, I’m sitting here by the harbour, watching the passenger ferry shuttle from one quay to the other, and that [View Full Entry]

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Finally, at last, it came! The famous English weather, anticipated by our teacher K the whole weak. A gigantic, persistent low pressure has taken the British islands as a hostage. What to do a Saturday afternoon with the rain constantly drizzling outside? Sitting in the cottage, in front of the log fire, with a nice cup of tea and a Agatha Christie novel? Naah! We’re Vikings, for chrissake. We went for a two hour walk in the rain. No rubber boots unfortunately. We got pretty wet, and to be really sure of that we enjoyed a bath when we got home, [View Full Entry]

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One afternoon K and I went to the Tee Shop and had lunch with my schoolmate A. Then we went to Headland Garden in Polruan. It’s an old lady’s private garden, which she open up for public every Thursday and takes a little admission which totally goes to benefit the lifeboats in the harbour. And of course, you’ll have the opportunity to have a cream tea in the garage as well. Just to, again, “save lives at sea”, and enjoy what must be the fattest cream in the world. Maybe the garage isn’t the cosiest of places, but it’s most convenient [View Full Entry]

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Hi again! Nice of you to pop in! Here are some pictures from our every day life here in Polruan. [View Full Entry]

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I have recently returned from a holiday in Padstow, Cornwall. Although I have been there before I had forgotten just how relaxed and quaint Padstow is. Hubby and I took our bikes so that we could ride along the well known 'Camel Trail' which passed right along the bottom of our holiday accommodation. I have a dodgy knee but managed to cycle all the way to Wadebridge and straight back again. It was lovely not having to worry about vehicles of any kind. The only only nuisance was that dog owners did not put their mutts on a lead so dogs [View Full Entry]

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