Blogs from Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 9

Mark had checked the bus timetable for Lost Gardens of Heligan. We were going to catch the 10:45 bus from South Street. Several buses turned up around 10:45, but after a few minutes Mark had realised that we had misses the bus. That bus didn’t show the destination and the number. However, he didn’t want to change the plan; he decided to go to Lost Gardens of Heligan by taxi. The taxi took more direct routes towards the destination than the bus: we arrived there at 11:30. Mark showed printed combined tickets (with Eden Project) at the reception. We started exploring the Northern Gardens. We both remembered Flora’s Green, Northern Summerhouse, Kitchen Gardens, Italian Garden, Pineapple Pit, etc and a series of pictures to show how the Victorian gardens were discovered in 1990 and how the ... read more

What would become the normal 5:30 start of breakfast, changing, packing, dropping the bag off and being ready to start by 7:00 was unique on the first day. The ride started OK, the first climb of the day and the descent into Penzance and the view of St Michael’s Mount lifted the spirits. However this soon descended into a world of hurt. I weigh 92KG and the laws of physics dictate that the greater the mass and the steeper the gradient the more force is needed. One of the facts of cycling is that when you go into ‘the red’, that’s over your lactate threshold you will eventually stop with cramps. Throw in hot weather, dehydration, relentless climbs, technical descents and no flats to recover, the day was a complete lesson in suffering but I made ... read more

Cornwall . I often revisit my old blogs on travel destinations to relive my trips. Blog or no , Some trips remain etched in the memory for eons while some quietly fade away. Cornwall ,undoubtedly , belongs to the former category . Needless to say , this is not a routine travel blog , and hence does NOT cover all the ‘must-visit’ places in that region. I have jotted down my own viewings and experiences here Hope you find it purposive. Cornwall , is a breathtaking area near the coast line in the far west of England . If you are driving from London , then it’s a good 6 hours drive . It’s a peninsula like India and Italy . It is an interesting place to visit for a short holiday ( from a weekend ... read more

Got up pretty early, but some mishaps with our card made it impossible to get pounds from the ATM. Interject: PEOPLE MAKE SURE YOUR CARD HAS THE CHIP! JUST MAKE SURE IT HAS THE CHIP! life will be so much easier for you across the pond. So we wasted a good deal of our morning trying to get that fixed. The rest of the morning was spent in the charity shops (thrift shops), which were plentiful in Lewes, but there wasn't a lot of variety, getting some gear for Glastonbury. After getting everything squared away, we made our way to Brighton to get camping stuff (bed, sleeping bags, wellies) and to wash our clothes. This is also where we discovered Sainsbury's : There was no laundromat in Lewes and because we couldn't get any pounds we ... read more

This morning we set off down to Cornwall, specifically to St Michael's Mount which is linked to the mainland at Marazion by a causeway at low tide. When the tide is in visitors are taken across to the island by boat. We visited St Michael's Mount on our first trip to the UK in 1993 although I should say - attempted to visit - because when we arrived the rain and fog was so bad that we could barely see the mount. In the end we thought that it was just too miserable to be bothered going across to St Michael's Mount and we decided that we would just have to come back another time to make the trip across to visit the castle and gardens. But, I'm getting ahead of myself - first we set ... read more