Georgian House Hotel Plymouth

i was at my bowling ally with my family and this really hot walked past
he goes to my bowling club and i am always flirtting with him and we
always have a laugh. but i dont know how to tell him i like him and i dont
know how he will react. but i am not bothered that much even though i
am like in love with him. oh well

Today we went for a drive to Dartmoor, a seaside village at the mouth of the River Dart.

For lunch I had a pasty (I love Cornish Pasties!) and an English Toffee icecream with clotted cream - yum!

In the evening we drove back to Liskeard through Dartmouth National Park, which had some great views (hard to photograph though unfortunately) and we even nearly hit a wild horse which ran out in front of the car!

... could not find our way to the village church so we stopped to ask directions from an elderly woman who was laying out a bric-a-brac stall outside her cottage. As Colin chatted to her, I realised that some of the photos she had taped to the front of the trestle table where strangely familiar.

"Are you collecting for Cambodia by any chance?", I asked. "Yes", was the not altogether unexpected reply "My son runs a charity in Siem Reap ...

It was a shopping and driving day today. We went for a bit of an impromptu tour around the Bodmin Moor area (didn't see the beast unfortunately) and then went to a big department store called Trago Mills where I bought a big road map for when I get a job driving around Europe.

Not much else to report for today, but we did see a cool scooter with thousands of mirrors and a tail!

... to catch 4 or 5! The nimal lovers reading this will be pleased to know that they were all sent back to the river from whence they came...and looked quite funny as they scuttled away sideways too.

There was a few very old buildings in Looe, including one which originally built in 1430! (see the Smugglers Cott photo). It was a nice relaxing day and as always it was good fun exploring a new town.

For my next trip I was off to Cornwall in the South West for a week with my Nan, aunties Jeanette and Marion and uncle Roland. We stayed at Lakeview Villas, about a 5 minute drive out of Liskeard.

Today we drove down from London, and aside from a bit of a holdup at Bath, it was a smooth drive down.

... different to the outside temperature which is a testiment to the great day we had.

The Tropical Biome was great, just like being in an Asian or Central American rainforest - hot and humid. Lots of familar plants here as we have spent alot of time in the tropics - it felt very authentic except for the lack of animals... I half expected an orangutan or howler monkey to appear in the trees. This really got us excited about our trip to Central America early next ...

OMG only 3 more days to go before we are off wheely bagging ( Geriatric backpacking)

we have now just about settled in the new house and are now off again.

Looking forward to travelling and hoping that you all will follow us and keep in touch...those of you who have been to the same locations feel free to tell us some good places to go !

write again when we have gone somewhere

... town!!

Nearly forgot when we were driving through Newton Abbot on the way to the camp site, i saw a sign on the front of a small cottage it read "Charles Dickens parents lived here" Now here is some homework for you, is it the Charles Dickens of "A Christmas Carol" fame? If yes did his parents really live in Newton Abbot? If not then who is the other Charles Dickens?

Will upload a couple of photo's of today.

... This turned out to be a bad idea, because Dad drove along the A30 instead of the A380, going west instead of south. I definitely wont rely on Dad's navigating in the future! So the campsite we stayed at wasn't the one we had intended to stay at. We went to an eccentric pub near our campsite, where the owners had their ironing behind the bar and one section of the pub was cornered off like ...