cornwall

Moving Freyja wasnt as simple as it seemed. the person moving out of her share house had failed to do so and then person moving out of her room into the moving out persons room , consequently also didnt move so freyja couldnt move into her room - all very complicated but the upshot was that frannie and i found ourselves heading to sheffield to move freyja when we didnt have to. We did have to find austin to bring him back to tupton and go to waitrose so we continued our journey.

Frannie did a nice roast lamb and i managed a rice pudding for tea.

Monday morning saw ian and i packed again for our trip down to cornwall. Frannie had lent us the vixon and insurance was paid up - the weather was reasonable and so we headed off down a variety of motorways.


The weather deteriorated as we travelled south and by the time we arrived at Bodmin where we were staying with and ex work collegue of ians we were in mist. We travelled across the bodmin moors in mist- could imagine being a smuggler.



We had a nice meal with the Littles and then they drove us around bodmin showing us the old gaol and assylum. Scary places.

Off we set the next morning. we found headed to port isaac to look at where doc martin is filmed and then headed to tintagel to go king arthur hunting. english seaside seems to be set on very steep hills! tintagel was again in mist and we got a little damp but it made the adventure even more appealing.


port isaac


Tintagel

We rewarded our walking and climbing with cornish icecream and headed off to padstow to investigate rick steins fish and chips which we had been recommended. Padstow is also on the side of steep hill which took away the guilt of very nice fish and chips.
We found ourselves a padstow camel.

we had booked accommodation at the fowey - pronounced foe hotel. Stewart greeted us and led us into the hotel. Limited parking is available and we had missed out but stewart on hearing we had come all the way from oz found us a spot - otherwise you have to park in the local pay and display.


fowey hotel


more wandering and more food and a good night was had.

off to the lost gardens of heligan the next morning and cornwall also found some sunshine. the gardens were wonderful and we spent a little more time than we had anticipated. we left late and headed back to new tupton via the motorways once again. an accident on the m5 delayed us and so jenny the sat nav took us exploring while we tried to find an alternative route home.



Yesterday was a pottering day organizing food for the wedding feast and saturday party.
the sat nav makes life so much easier to navigate foreign parts. Ian and i explored chesterfield and ian found himself a wedding shirt. but no freddo frogs for the frog in the ponds for the saturday party could be found. fancy living in a country with no chocolate frogs.i cooked shepherds pie for tea - and we awaited the arrival of tabitha and gareth from cambridge. Their bus decided to break down so we didnt eat til about 9pm - we were all very hungry. freyja and austin had arrived at a slightly more civilized hour earlier in the evening.

well today is why we are all here. the wedding. it is drizzling at present but the forcast is slightly better for the time of the wedding.

will put in photos later when i have downloaded them

good luck frannie and jim