Hello from sunny Cornwall, and yes I do mean sunny, the weather today has been sunny with a top of 29 degrees. I am wearing short legs and sleeves (no comments about my short legs please!!)
To bring you up to date, we went to Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday, Sue had organised a behind the scenes tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre which was wonderful, the lady heading the tour was named Lesley so obviously she was extremely knowledgeable and very personable!!
We walked around the town, checked out Shakespeare's birthplace and Anne Hathaways Cottage before heading back to Painswick for home made soup.
We left Mick and Sue yesterday, it was hard because we had both had such a great time with them, family is a wonderful thing where you can not see each other for years, but just fit together again like a pair of bedroom slippers. Yes I am getting sentimental! The good news however is they will be in Oz in October so we can catch up again.
Driving down to Cornwall we planned to stop in Glastonbury, WRONG, there were so many people it was impossible to get a park, so with Lesley saying "don't worry, just drive on" yes, through gritted teeth, we headed back on the road to Truro.
The Premier Inn is nice, the staff are supurb, nothing is too much trouble. Had a nice dinner in the attached restaurant and a good nights sleep.
Today we headed out early to see Tintagel. Gosh I had forgotten how large an area it covers, it is absolutely spectacular we spent about 3 hours walking through the ruins, took many photos, including one of Arthur on the North End of the castle,
and then mooched around the village. When we left Tintagel we headed to Port Issac which is the Port Wyn of Doc Martin fame, and yes it is as steep as it looks on TV. A great day was had. Tomorrow we plan to visit the cider farm.
Take care all, will blog again in a couple of days.
To bring you up to date, we went to Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday, Sue had organised a behind the scenes tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre which was wonderful, the lady heading the tour was named Lesley so obviously she was extremely knowledgeable and very personable!!
We walked around the town, checked out Shakespeare's birthplace and Anne Hathaways Cottage before heading back to Painswick for home made soup.
We left Mick and Sue yesterday, it was hard because we had both had such a great time with them, family is a wonderful thing where you can not see each other for years, but just fit together again like a pair of bedroom slippers. Yes I am getting sentimental! The good news however is they will be in Oz in October so we can catch up again.
Driving down to Cornwall we planned to stop in Glastonbury, WRONG, there were so many people it was impossible to get a park, so with Lesley saying "don't worry, just drive on" yes, through gritted teeth, we headed back on the road to Truro.
The Premier Inn is nice, the staff are supurb, nothing is too much trouble. Had a nice dinner in the attached restaurant and a good nights sleep.
Today we headed out early to see Tintagel. Gosh I had forgotten how large an area it covers, it is absolutely spectacular we spent about 3 hours walking through the ruins, took many photos, including one of Arthur on the North End of the castle,
Take care all, will blog again in a couple of days.
I recognize the Tintagel coastline :D
ReplyDeleteIt's an amazing ruin