Monthly Archives: May 2010

Mission: (Almost!) Impossible

Tweet It was up early for the adventurous day I had planned. Rugged coastlines, as many ancient sites as I could squeeze in, picturesque old ghost mines tumbling into the sea and then a relaxing time at St Ives. Well…it … Continue reading

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To Be Or Not To Be…….

Tweet Tuesday: Sennen Cove is about as close to Land’s End as you can get, so It was a bit of a novelty to spend the night here. The morning had me walk just up and over the cliff to … Continue reading

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I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General

Tweet Up quite early today and off for a two hour walk from Lizard Point around past Old Lizard Point. Go Figure. Did the old one get so eroded that they had to change the most southerly point?? There’s an … Continue reading

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Taking Photos Of Flowers….Am I Getting Old Or Is It Just A Phase?

Tweet Up and on the road down to the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan. Now, what I can’t understand is how you can just conveniently forget that you have 1000 acres of amazing gardens surrounding your home and have it … Continue reading

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Hang Ten, Dude.

Tweet I think I had a visit from aliens last night. I go to bed in England and wake up in Australia. Did I get teleported back home during the night? I drove from the town of Newquay to Fisteral … Continue reading

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Note To Self: Don’t Judge A Day By The Weather. Must Believe!

Tweet Ok…it’s not funny anymore. I’m manifesting the sun from here on in. South West England is supposed to be like “another country”. That’s what they tell me. Someone forgot to tell the weather! After 1.5 rest days at Serena’s, … Continue reading

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Ubi Sunt Vindolanda?

Tweet Question of the day is what does the title mean? The hint is that the secret location was Greenhead, which is the perfect starting point from which to see Hadrian’s Wall. “Ecce!! Hadrian’s Vallum!” Ok…so my year 7 Latin … Continue reading

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Balmoral….Is That It??

Tweet The morning started with the purchase of the local tipple…Deeside Water. It’s supposed to have healing properties so I got a couple of bottles from the service station. I mean, you can’t have too much of a good thing. … Continue reading

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Introducing….Norbert!!!!

Tweet I should have done this a week ago, but forgot. Norbert will not be happy. Norbert is my travelling companion. I’ll let him introduce himself…. Hello. I’m Norbert the sheep. I was born in China but spent most of … Continue reading

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Kilts? Why Not Long Johns?

Tweet I can’t work out why they wear kilts up here in the wilderness. Why no undies????????? I mean, you could have your clan’s tartan printed on thermal long johns. Surely! Having been to a school where the uniform was … Continue reading

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