Monday greeted us with lots and lots of rain, so on our further way the the Southwest we decided to spend some time indoors, at the Eden Project, where you can experience various climate zones in some kind of hothouse for people. This turned out to be a very bad idea, for various reason: it was horribly overpriced, due to the weather a handful or two other blokes had the same idea, it was indeed NOT inhouse as you had to walk forever from the car park to the entrance, and then again from the entrance to the bubbles, and there was hardly anything interesting to see. We do not want to comment on waiting in line for an hour to see a mechanical T-Rex roar...
Actually the most interesting and surprising exhibit...
After that disappointment weather improved, and we continued our way towards St Ives, a beautiful little village, with a great beach, and thus a lot of people. For some reason they do allow cars there, so while admiring the beauty of the place you might get run over.
Before we found our way to Boscastle for a fantastic B&B we took the opportunity to visit a little cove south of Tintagel. We just could not keep our eyes from the water splashing against the rocks. Beautiful!
The next morning we actually went for a hike! A real one! In fanatastic weather!! The path led us to the Boscastle cove and then upwards to a rock from where you had a fantastic view on the Atlantic Ocean. We continued following the footpath up and down at the coast and then over fields to an old church with a beautiful cemetery. We would feel all the climbing in our legs for days to come...
There are two persons on this picture I could have done without:
In the afternoon we went looking for Tintagel, supposedly King Arthur's birthplace. Not really worth going to, although the ruins of the castle look pretty nice. Unfortunately it was not easy finding signs leading to it, so we ended up on the other end of the town, where we could at least get a glimpse of it.
The day ended with a nice dinner at a local pub, followed by the only thing these red phone boxes are being used for nowadays: a Tourist photo.
Roland , nice photos. I think you'll find that the red telephone boxes are still in use as emergency toilets.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Surely nobody uses them for phone calls any more, but what would England be without them? Maybe they should paint them all blue to prepare for an Alien invasion?!
DeleteRoland, England is not currently on our destinations list (been there, done that). Your trip has me wondering if we need to re-think the list.
ReplyDeleteYes, you should re-think! Also the food is very diverse :-)
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