St Georges Country Hotel Perranporth

Prancing around the house with my backpack was far easier when it was empty, my back aches already!

The overflowing backpack needs to be sorted, i think i may need to remover the majority of my bikinis, or maybe the silly option of removing just 1 of 3 jumpers!

Ooh i almost forgot a visit from Linda has ensured i wont be trave...

Just 6 days to go before setting off on the 'big trip'. Still not really getting into the ready mode but surely must start to soon as leave on Thursday! Already not looking forward to the long flight to Los Angeles and a bit less to the long flight to Auckland the following day!! But with the carrot of arriving in Western Samoa the next day I ca...

The day after Dartmoor National Park, I had planned to go to Restormel Castle, as it is a very old (1300's) ruin and looked very very interesting on the tourism website. But it was closed for winter. So I went for a drive to see how close I could get to the Castle. I parked at the bottom of a hill, with a gate saying 'CLOSED' on it. Then ...

Firstly, sorry for the delay- I'm having difficulties getting on line with my netbook. WILL TRY TO ADD PHOTOS SOON!

Woke to beautiful blue skies then, after saying goodbye to Rob, who's work takes him all around Europe, Ann dropped us off at the car hire joint at Gatwick Airport and we climbed aboard the Hyundai i30.
First stop alon...

This morning we went on a trip to Land's End via St Michael's Mount. St Michael's Mount is a small island just off the coast near Penzance with a small village and castle. It's a very picturesque island, despite the grey skies we had today.

We then headed to Land's End, the south-western most point of mainland England, and on the way ba...

I had done alot of driving over the past few days and needed a chance to stop and recharge... we were still close to the surf beaches of Newquay and ofcourse I was keen for another surf so we headed there for the night and have a surf in the morning. It was also time to fill up the water tank in the van so that meant a real camp ground.
I w...

The biggest disappointment of the Cornwall trip was going to the famed Land's End. We heard that it was a sad example of tourism gone badly, but since it was Land’s End and this could be our only opportunity to see it, we reluctantly gave it a try anyway. Given the fact that we were warned about it prior to experiencing it, I suppose I sho...

We spent the rest of our time in Cornwall touring around from quaint seaside village to quaint seaside village. The towns here are really what I think of when I picture an old fishing village. They have hardly changed in the last two hundred years, except I ima...

Since it was a long bank holiday weekend, we decided to take advantage of the time off and see some Southwest England sites. Bob and Barb just left, we missed our friends already, and we were depressed. We also had been craving some good seafood and heard Cornwall was the place to get it. Lobster, mussels, crab, you name it, Cornwall has it. Tha...

Yesterday we drove to Cornwall. We dropped into London to pick Caroline up and then we were away. Its fantastic being in Cornwall, wide open spaces, trees, rivers, rolling countryside and fresh spring air - I can breath again, wonderful!! We phoned Johns sister Theresa and arranged to meet at her house this morning. When we got to the centre of ...