Monthly Archives: October 2013

Wed. Sunny warm with one torrential downpour. So the trip ends in Bovisand, actually in Devon, a few miles east of Plymouth. Short easy cliff walk to end the trek. Booby Hatch took arrival -at-end picture. Stats: total distance walked … Continue reading →

Tues. Light rain. Wind, but not as strong as yesterday. Bob still here. Saltram house and gardens. National trust tea room with excellent ginger cake. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/saltram/ Walk about in Georgian period home done by a famous architect. Paintings and moldings … Continue reading →

Monday heavy rain with gale Force 10 winds, moderating very slightly later. Arrival of Booby Hatch alleged rescue team. Forgot boots. A guide noted that plymouth was sacked by Vikings until 997. Obviously, that info is incorrect since the Boog … Continue reading →

Sunday. Walk from Cawsands to Cremyll then ferry into Plymouth. Nice muddy walk until HUGE downpour forced us into a gazebo. We were already soaked. Several diversions on the path due to cliff erosion. Mostly woodsy with views of the … Continue reading →

Saturday sunny after mizzle in AM. Still surprisingly warm. Walk along west looe river. Muddy trek along the river at low tide. Required several loud choruses of the Mud Song. Nevertheless, a break from the high cliffs. Note: LETTUCE is … Continue reading →

Friday. Threatening rain. Wind, wind, wind on the exposed faces of the cliffs. Bus conversation among locals razzing the driver and trading gossip and dubious info among themselves: "you can use the senior pass in the whole country, but maybe … Continue reading →

Thurs. Bright and sunny and unnecessarily warm after a heavy nighttime rain. Did the Hall Walk along the estuary. Just like all the other up and down cliff walks except there was a lot more woodland in this region. Did … Continue reading →

Wed. Rain, mizzle, rain, then sun and high winds. Still not cold. Eden project. http://www.edenproject.com/whats-it-all-about A somewhat Disney like experience but as a garden. Built in an abandoned China clay pit, transformed with 83000 tons of soil, landscaped, gardened etc. … Continue reading →

Tuesday partly cloudy The (not so lost)Heligan Gardens Cornish Yarg, quite mild tasty cheese bound in seaweed, for breakfast. Veggies today: a veggie bake of unknown recipe, and, for QB, mulled cider with her sweet potato soup. Massive fruit scone. … Continue reading →

Morning and evening from hotel room in Fowey Cornwall View this post on Google+