http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Cornwall en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:26:07 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:26:07 +0000 Second trip with Jayde and Jules takes us down to Cornwall somewhere new for us as well. We have a night in Bristol on the way down catching up with Sharon who I met in Madrid Pete her husband for brekkie the next morning.Nearly got pick pocketed in the pub while having brekkie Guy had his hand in my bag while the six of us were sitting having brekkie i felt it move slightly and turned r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Tintagel/blog-445812.html On the way down to Truro we stopped at Jamaica Inn of Daphne du Maurier fame on Bodmin more for those of you who do not know the story It's about an Irish orphan girl Mary who is sent to stay with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss in Cornwall. Joss is the landlord of Jamaica Inn and also the head of a gang of pirates who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast. Mary soon finds herself in trouble http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Truro/blog-444360.html Thought I should get this up and running before I go.It's not long now until I leave only 11 days and I will be on that plane bound for SingaporeThe bag is sorta packed I keep finding little things I have forgotten to pack. And that little solar torch had best hurry up as I am getting very annoyed with the slow postageFinding the whole idea of going very exciting but at the same time its a bit http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Falmouth/blog-441270.html Help....Am I really off this morning I can't believe it's come round so soon. Everything is packed. Hairdresser at 10am and then I'll drive to Bristol for the first part of my journey.Liz http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Penzance/blog-439548.html Well I'm almost there. I've shut up shop today sorted out a few more things. This evening Katie came and did my nail extensions so I'm starting to look glamerous. Friday morning I'm off to the hairdresser to have my hair cut and my red highlights put in...then I will be ready to drive to Bristol.I've got a new mobile number which is cheap for travelling 0447509164653 hopefully it will wor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Penzance/blog-439204.html Finish work get home get changed get in car and be driven to Kernow Cornwall for the uninitiated.A bit of a test for this here bloggy type mabob and how long a 6'5 man can be cooped up in tight spaces plane seats car seats bunk beds packing creates jail cells 4 12 hours door to door and I can still feel all my bodily particles so 11 hrs to L.A. no sweat.William Blake was absolutely http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Polperro/blog-438903.html The Cornish Send offDry run Well it is nearly time Less than 3 weeks to go before we are off on our way around the world This weekend was about saying goodbye to the Cornish contingent and a great time for a bit of a dry runWe started the trip with a run down to Charlotte's Mum's house and an overnight so Liam could meet Digory Nan. All went well with a lovely home cooked meal of Chick http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Polperro/blog-438762.html Another day passes. Will I ever be ready for this lengthy trip I still have a few items to print out and put in my folder. Instructions to give the housekeeper and I've suddenly remembered the Brooklyn Historical Society still haven't answered my emails it's just so frustrating. Some members of the Bristol and District list have yet to give me their order for food on Saturday.The garden need http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Penzance/blog-438144.html we chose the hottest week of the summer to spend a few days by the sea in cornwall. It was lovely. We went with friends and stayed in a caravan in the sand dunes. The weather was so good that we did little except amble about and swim in the sea. The coast is lovely there cliffs and sand. Years ago it was a tin mining centre so there are many old chimneys on the cliffs. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Truro/blog-437423.html Our adventure really started the moment we broke our daily routine and left work. We were given an amazing send off from all our colleagues and a pretty cool parting gift......dinner and a nights stay at the Banyan Tree Hotel in Bangkok to be used whenever we're fed up of budget hostels bed bugs and banana pancakes Thanks everyone We then went to Cornwall to visit Dee's family and to do some p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/blog-436899.html Well were to begin. After our outing to Bath and Stone Henge we had to prepare ourselves for Europersquos largest street festival. The Notting Hill Carnival was unreal The initial Caribbean parade was wicked thousands of brightly colored costumes dancing along the street and on various different floats. After watching and jumping in for a bit of dancing we made our way to dance up on the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Newquay/blog-435525.html on the way home from the eden project we managed to squeeze in a dusk visit to portloe apparently the setting for TV's Doc Martin. i didnt recognise it at all but its a beautiful spot nonetheless http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Falmouth/blog-433200.html there is nothing more amazing than the sound of rain on the roof of one of these biomes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Falmouth/blog-433189.html firstly apologies to all for the lack of entries so far seems we have been on the run since we left home and only now are things slowing down enough to let you know what's been happening. our last stop was the youth hostel in Bath and possibly the less said about that the better. A shame because bath itself was fantastic.today we are in Flushing in Cornwall in a gorgeous cottage overlooking th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Falmouth/blog-432061.html I had the intentions to head into the English countryside to see the real England but everyone was advising different places so I couldn't make up my mind. Then someone dropped the magical word surfing. So newquay it was not for sight seeing but to scratch a massive itch of mine. After booking a bus for 11 am Sunday morning I woke up at midday clearly I wasn't going to male THAT bus. So I book http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Newquay/blog-430493.html Friday 31th JulyNorth to South.............we made it Two dry days in a rowWell at least the forecast id for the rain not to arrive until this afternoon so we shall get out and make best the conditions to get to the end of the road at Lands End and also take in other towns around the southwest corner of England.We donrsquot think we could live permanently close to a beach or the seaside if http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Penzance/blog-425400.html Thursday 30th JulyOnward to Lands EndThe odometer in RR is reading just over 10000km or 6000 miles and we have so far in mainland Britain and Ireland been to the far norththe western most point in Ireland and almost got to the easterly most part of mainland Britain.We have one more objective before we leave for the continent of Europe next Tuesday and that is to make it to Lands End.Not that w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/blog-425238.html Om populariteten hos en person mts i storleken p statynmonumentet som rests ver vederbrande mste Horatio Nelson vara Storbritanniens mest vrdade person ja kanske vrldens Jag rknar inte LeninStalinMao eftersom de reste sina 30 m statyer ver sig sjlva. Monumentet efter Nelson byggdes nstan 40 r efter hans dd man dpte om King William the Fourth's Square till Trafalgar Square oc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/blog-420595.html Left Falmouth for Lyme Regis. Now we should mention that we stopped in Trelliseck at a Nation Trust garden. Beautifull country garden.Journeyed on to Sidmouth for some picturesque shopping.Travelled some more skinny roads and went to Lyme Regis. Roads here extremely steep and narrow. Climbing the hill in the car feels like a rocket launch.Tomorrow .... Off to STONEHENGE http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Truro/blog-418949.html This year we headed to the Isles of Scilly in June.Wayne and I left home early on Friday morning stopping for breakfast enroute. We visited Lauceston Romstormel and St Mawes Castles in Cornwall before getting to our B and B in Penzance. The Scillonion the following day was fairly busy but the crossing was calm and trouble free.We arrived in the Islands and found our house over the hill and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cornwall/Isles-of-Scilly/blog-415780.html