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The Scillies, from Myn Tea
I spend my time between the vibrant, happening, cosmopolitan world of Chorlton Manchester and the utter opposite in quiet, yet exciting on a beautiful scale, Tregiffian is a small hamlet to the west of Penzance and above one of my favourite beaches in the world, the simple Gwenver or Gwyner Beach near ...
Update of the challenge
It's now November, and even though I have changed to the challenge slightly, I thought I would update the list of where I've been.
So where have I been now...at the start of the year I was up to 17.
1) England
2) Republic of Ireland
3) Scotland
4) Wales
5) Spain
6) Gibraltar (well it’s an over seas territory, but ...
My oh my, Cornwall
... the over route, whilst I climbed over any grass I could find. The other tourists questioned why we had left the path to tackle the lawn "for fun" when we didn't have to. If they had heard the hundreds of whooping children and had an al fresco lunch by a toy tractor in the deserted lower part of the garden they probably would have understood why. LOSERS!
We managed to catch the best of Cornwall's weather whilst we were there, a rare and sublime break in the clouds and middling sun; ...
Day 36 - Wedding #2
... we were ready to leave. We drove to Constantine with the aid of our GPS and managed not to get lost! As we walked towards the St Constantine Parish Church, the buoyant mood of everyone there was palpable as we all basked in the sun before walking inside and taking our seats. A very happy looking groom was hanging about and only a little after 2pm did Katie arrive, looking like a picture-perfect princess.
The ceremony was beautiful; Ash gave a reading ...
Day 35 - Paris to Cornwall
... that feeling one gets when one is quite tired after a long day at work, and blobbing on the couch struggling to keep ones eyes open. Normally, at home, and not on drugs, you eventually haul yourself up off the couch, to the bathroom to brush your teeth, and then to bed, by which time you are wide awake again. At the airport, and on drugs, you eventually haul yourself up off the seat, walk all the way back to where you had come from, past other gate lounges, ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Free parking