Giant Carp Sunbathing near Basil |
In the Dragon with Fish n'Chips and Fish Pie |
The Trip Boat, Mercia Swan with Attendants |
Woodchurch Sign on the Green where I played as a kid. |
Barb and my Bro Mick on the Prom at Hythe CLICK on any IMAGE to ENLARGE Nigel (Bro) and Sandra at Home in Canterbury |
Traditional British Summer Hat With Mick and Ange at the Ewe & Lamb, Rolvenden |
Mick and Ange at Folkestone Inner Harbour 1885 Funicular Under Restoration at Folkestone |
Barb at Folkestone, White Cliffs of Dover in the background CLICK on any IMAGE to ENLARGE |
Tiny Pub, the Bathtub & Gun, on Folkestone Harbour Wall. Part of a fun restoration of the Harbour area. |
One of many small Harbour cafes and shops . |
We visited Sissinghurst Castle. These old Oast Houses, used for drying hops, are in the grounds. |
Part of Sissinghurst Castle, former home of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson |
The Castle Tower, from the Garden |
Sissinghurst Garden Scene |
Flowers in the Garden |
Willow Lodge |
Horrible drive back up
to the Midlands. There was over an hour of traffic
delays which the TomTom (GPS) traffic receiver
failed to pick up or guide us around. It is a new GO
620 - a supposed upgrade from my old XXL which
worked perfectly in the UK but was deemed obsolete
by TomTom. Beware of 'Lifetime Maps' offers.
'Lifetime' is that of the device, not the owner. The
GO 620 is a heap of bug-ridden expensive junk. Went out to Esquina with Robert and Ken last night. Now we are relaxing in Willow Lodge before embarking on another long drive to Cornwall on Friday. 300+ miles of hell, no doubt, on roads choked with vacationing parents and their snotty kids packed into overloaded cars and caravans. Wish us luck. |
Barb with Ken in Esquina, the Tapas Bar |
Yesterday we took the little
branch line train from St. Ives to St. Erth,
surely one of the prettiest short railway
journeys in Britain. It rumbles along high above
the sandy beaches of Carbis Bay and Lelant. From
St. Erth we took the main line to Truro and
changed again to another branch line to Falmouth
Docks.
Barb had the brilliant idea of going to St. Mawes which we last visited in 2013 with my brother Mick and his wife Ange. So, in Falmouth we walked to Custom House Quay to catch the ferry. We had lunch and walked around the town for a bit, unable to find the apartment, Upper Tresulian, where we stayed last time. Back on the ferry to Falmouth where it rained heavily as we trudged back to the station to go back to St. Ives. |
Victorian Post Box, Truro Station, still in use |
The Busy Platform at Truro Truro Station Sign. I Heartily Approve. |
Ancient Signals at St. Erth, perfectly maintained The May Queen.
One of the ferries on the Fal River Route to St.
Mawes, she has been repainted in dazzling colours
as an art project. She is 80 years old, built on
an unusually shallow (2' 6") draught carvel wooden
hull. She was requisitioned by the Navy during
WWII.
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ENLARGE
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The May Queen Ferry |
Schooner in Falmouth Harbour |
St. Mawes Inner Harbour and St.
Mawes Hotel, (far left) home of the World's Most
Costly Lunch
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St. Mawes Castle, a Fort built by Henry VIII in 1540-1542 |
Massive Tug-of-War Contest on the Beach CLICK on any IMAGE to ENLARGE (Except panorama below) |
Boats in the Harbour High & Dry at Low Tide |
Another Low Tide View |
The Pedn Olva Hotel at Dusk |
With Liza at Brunch |
Barb In Victoria Gardens |