Eden Project Cornwall

It was clear and blustery when we walked out of the station and across the road to Europe car. No dramas, no hard sell for their horridly expensive insurance that our travel policy already covers. A list of scratches that went to two pages! Here's hoping I don’t add any more to our dark Silver Vauxhall Astra.

Gave 'em a shock when I …

Started out late today to St.Austell to visit the Eden Project. What an experience to find a 'greenhouse' constructed inside an old clay quarry 50 meters deep and looking like a space station. Set on about 35 acres we found inside the two domes that are climate controlled, Mediterranean and rain forest. The conditions are controlled year round. …

We finished work last week and left Mortehoe on Monday. Heading south on the Atlantic Highway we ended up at Harlyn Sands near Padstow. Peter's sister is staying in a cottage nearby and so we had planned to meet up with her and have a few days of rest and relaxation. What a great site this is! A short walk along a path from the site brought us …

... warm and delivered, so (although it would have been the plan what ever the weather) i was off to the Eden project, it was my last full day in cornwall before heading home. To read more about this see the blog entry A cornish adventure Pt4 - Eden ...

... sunny.  We set of for Bodmin Jail and Lanhydrock House and Gardens.  On the way there we saw the sign for the Eden Project and diverted.  As we walked thorough the gardens it started to rain and by the time we had finished it was ...

... happy about that, and she also got a photo infront of the most southerly cafe in Britain... Woo Whoo!! Tomorrow we are going to the Eden Project so we wanted to find a place to stay near there. By the time we got there though it was dark and ...

... world. Life here is pretty simple and stress free. There are plenty of  visitor attractions and I've visited a few like Eden Project and beautiful National Trust properties and gardens. In my free time I bake bread and watch DVDs, go for walks ...

... we had settled in for the night. I was pretty crabby by this stage so finding a spot to stop was a welcome relief.   The Eden Project opened at 9am and we were the first to arrive.  It was a gorgeous day with the morning mist clearing to reveal ...

... technically 60 (didn't get much past 20 on most of it nor did i want to), is the 'fastest route'.  Arriving at the Eden project i was directed to a parking spot, i then had the choice to get on the park and ride bus, or walk down to the ...

... of ravens nesting in the grounds didnīt help. The next day we spent a fair few hours walking around the Eden Project. Itīs an educational charity promoting positive climate change. The exhibition looks at our dependence on plants for food, fuel, ...

... were appropriate times. Tim Smit, one of two who led the "finding" of the lost gardens, is also behind the "Eden Project", a series of greenhouses built in an abandoned claypit near Bodmin in Cornwall. He cites as his motivation behind the projects a ...

... in quiet contemplation at the farm. In actual fact it was too cold and miserable to go out. Thursday it was off to the Eden Project, somewhere else I have always wanted to go. It was Ģ23 entrance fee which we were okay with but the general consensus on ...

We decided that since we were down in Devon we better go and look at Cornwall. Our first stop was 'The Eden Project'. This is a greenhouse on a HUGE scale where you can be walking through jungle and tropical forests in England. The Mediterranean climate ...