Road trip to Lands End…

The weather has decided to give me another blast of an English winter, so in freezing temperatures with an icy wind and evidence of snow showers in the fields, I set off from Polperro to venture to the very southern tip of the United Kingdom. I drove through pretty countryside to Fowey, across the river ferry to St Austell then on to Truro with a side trip to St Mawes across the river Fal from Falmouth.Image

I then continued to Porthleven another little harbour village and tried the local ale from St Austell brewery with a warming, hearty lamb casserole for lunch at the pub.ImageImageContinuing along the coast I came to St Michael’s Mount..access denied due to the tide!Image

Coastal walk…

ImageThe section of path from Polperro to Polruan known as ” Chapel Cliff” provided spectacular coastal scenery.ImageImageImage

Funny dog…

Walking the alleyways of Looe I chanced upon a sad dog lying at a gate of a tiny concrete yard mournfully staring at a tennis ball sitting out of his reach on the path on the other side of the gate. I felt sad and picked it up and tossed it t0 him. Immediately the game started with the dog retrieving ImageImageit and skilfully rolling the ball out to me or tossing it over the fence to play catch. Then I noticed the sign near the door…clever, funny dog!

Lemon Sole for dinner…

Found a great little shop in Looe that sells fresh local fish and vegetables. Found out what the great British Cod looks like!ImageImage

Getting around…

I’am very happy with my little Toyota Aurion hire car…it takes me very nicely through the narrow country lane ways and across ferries! I’ve only backed into a bank of blackberry bushes and mud once!! ImageImage

Whats for dinner?

Cornwall beef, sweet potato mash, beans and clotted cream garlic sauce!Image

In memory of my Uncle John Eckersley…

Uncle John loved birds and nature!ImageImage

The Eden Project…

The Eden project near St Austell is an educational charity that explores how people can work together and with nature to change things for the better. A global garden was created in an old china clay pit. The 35 acre site now showcases people’s relationship with plants. The two Biomes under the big bubble domes are Rainforest and Mediterranean. The outdoor biome contains plants from the English environment. It was certainly fascinating and a bit weird to be perspiring in the humidity of a rainforest in the middle of Cornwall! The bubbles are almost surreal!ImageImageImageImageImageImage

Upstairs Downstairs….

IMG_2863ImageImageExplored some more of this part of Cornwall driving via Lostwithiel and its ancient bridge over the River Fowey and onto the National trust House and garden of Lanhydrock. I was amazed at the completeness of this Victorian country house where everything has been left by the Agar-Robartes family who lived there. The elegant family rooms were fascinating but equally as interesting were the working areas of the house and servants rooms.

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Jonquils…

Had to have a bunch of these beautifully scented jonquils as they remind me of my Grandmother, Mardy, back in Port Macquarie.Image

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