The view from my cottage this morning…
Bodmin Moor…
13 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
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Well it was very bleak and I don’t know how Heathcliff and Cathy ever survived as well as all these stone age types building monuments and stone circles…
Snowshowers…
13 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
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Drove the lane ways to Golitha Falls and amidst showers of light snow explored this pretty area.
The puddles were frozen…
It was beautiful
Road trip..Day 2..
12 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
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It’s freezing again…1 degree and a roaring gale! Lovely drive from mosehole via Lamorna and Porthcurno to Land’s End. literally felt like I was being blown into the Atlantic Ocean.
Drove through very windswept, rugged granite strewn countryside where there are lots of remnants of Tin mining finally reaching St Ives. Walking the narrow streets down to the sandy beach and harbour it actually started to snow!
Arrival in Mousehole…
11 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
I drove on to Penzance and the only evidence of Pirates was the radio station I was listening to “Pirate FM”. Checked into my dinner, bed and breakfast hotel “The Old Coastguard” for the night.
Mosehole (pronounced Mouz’l) is a very picturesque cornish harbour village and I had a chilly but lovely walk with a rewarding visit to the Sandpiper Gallery, before settling in at the hotel with a glass of french red to accompany my use of technology.
Road trip to Lands End…
11 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
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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.
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.
Continuing along the coast I came to St Michael’s Mount..access denied due to the tide!
Coastal walk…
09 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
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The section of path from Polperro to Polruan known as ” Chapel Cliff” provided spectacular coastal scenery.
Funny dog…
09 Mar 2013 1 Comment
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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 
it 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…
09 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
Found a great little shop in Looe that sells fresh local fish and vegetables. Found out what the great British Cod looks like!
Getting around…
08 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
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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!! 
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