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Mason's Court is the oldest inhabitied building in Stratford Gday all
Well I know I promised we would be a bit more regular but hey shit happens...lol
May 27 - Stratford-upon-Avon. The home of Will Shakespeare...We jumped on a hop on hop off tour to see the buildings associated with him. The main building we stopped at was Anne Hathaway's Cottage. What a great building and the lady who did the talk was very interesting.
It wasn't known as this until the late 1800s when the owner needed to bring in extra cash and decided to cash in on Shakespeare's name. We then travelled to the Farm where Will's mother grew up. This is still a working farm with volunteers doing most of the work.
May 28 - Worst decision we could of made. We decided to go down to a place near Land's End and stay in one spot and travel around from there. The first day of a Bank Holiday Weekend...for the Aussies A Long Weekend...traffic was bumper to bumper...a 4 hour drive turned into 6 and a half hours...travel tip if you don't have too don't do it...lol Hind sight is a wonderful thing.
May 29 - After finally arriving in Probus we
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Even Jules would have to duck to get into this door...lol had an early night and now we could go look around a bit. First stop was the Geevor Tin Mine...Last mined in 1990 and turn the last water pump off in 1991. A very interesting visit learing about the industry.
Next was a visit to Healey's Cyder Farm for a late lunch and a look around the farm. Oh yes and a taste of the local cider. The cider is the only cider made with Rattler apples a heritage variety of apples. Tasty...lol
May 30 - We decided to do a bit of travelling around before heading off to Falmouth and the maritime museum. First we went down some very narrow roads and stopped at a local sheep dog trial where we met this old bloke that told us all the details on how the scoring worked. We watched the novices go through their paces and it was a lot of fun the dogs knew what to do but the boys were giving the wrong orders or one order than another and not letting the dog settle I suppose they will learn..lol..poor buggers. After an hour or so we left and continued down the back roads where we
stopped at a working museum water mill...here we had a Cornish cream tea similar to a Devonshire Tea but you put Jam on the scone first than the cream. After leaving here we headed off to the King Henry Ferry (one of only 5 chain ferries in England also voted in the top 10 ferry trips in the world). After disembarking from the ferry in a town called Feock which is on the other side of the River Fal we found we had driven for about 2 hours and travelled a whole 3 miles from where we were staying...gotta love these little English backroads. We finally arrived on the outskirts of Falmouth where instead of a park and ride we did a park and float ( a ferry trip into Falmouth)
Here we went to the National Maritime Museum Cornwell and learnt mostly about the lighthouse keepers and light boats (more or less portable lighthouses). They were some very brave men. We could of easily stayed there all day. Back to the room and get packed for the next leg.
May 31 - After searching to find a place to stay for the next 3 nights we set of
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Thes pictures are of the Homes for the respectable poor and needy and they are still used for the same purpose today. towards Somerset.
First stop was a little town named Lostwithiel in the duchy of Cornwall where there was an old castle Restormel Castle. We got some great pictures here. After setting off again we drove through Dartmoor Forest and as you will see by the photos this was a misnomer. The road goes right past Dartmoor Prison and just on the other side there was a little pottery place. Here we stopped for A Devonshire Cream Tea. Also this is where we learnt the difference between Devon and Cornish. A proper Devonshire Tea has 1 or 2 scones and the scone is split in half with the clotted cream on first then the jam. I must say it really doesn't matter cause they both are very very nice. Wile driving through Dartmoor you have to beware of the sheep. They lie on the road and don't really care about cars. Sheep have been a part of the Dartmoor Landscape since iron age times and the native dartmoor sheep are thought to be descende3d from the Soay breed. The most prolific breed now is the Scotch Blackface...a very cute sheep. We have now arrived at a little town called Bower Hinton
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage
unfortunately you aren't allowed to take photos inside near Martock which is close to Yeovil which is in Somerset County..here we stay for the next few days until we head off to Southampton for the cruise.
First job tomorrow is a haircut for me.
So for now Take Care everyone
Love to all
Mark and Jules
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joyce
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missing u both
oh wish i was in cornwall with u xxx