slowly she turned

Our luck with the weather finally turned on us, and we caught our taxi to Boscastle late that morning on a chilly rainy day. But it didn’t rain the whole time, and we still had a splendid time.

Our taxi driver drove like a bat out of hell on the narrow back roads (because he said that the main road was “boring”) and talked non-stop at a fast clip the whole way. He was interesting because he had grown up in Port Isaac and had a lot of stories to tell about the celebrities who had settled in the area, but damn!

Once we got to Boscastle, our first priority was to find some lunch, and our timing was great because the rain stopped after we finished eating at the Riverside. If I ever come back to this area of Cornwall, this place might be where I choose to stay. For one thing, there was an easily accessible grocery, and lots of little shops and pubs and cafes to choose from. Not to mention that it was amazingly beautiful. I’d like to explore it upstream.

Next, we went to the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic. This was a great museum and I took so many photos that I’ll devote the next post to just that.

We decided to walk up the trail beside the river to the other side of the harbour wall. A bit slippery, but amazing views.

On the way to and from this beautiful spot we stopped at the National Trust gift shop, where I picked up this inspirational and gorgeous book of woodcut prints by Angela Harding, “The Unfolding Year.” Makes me want to get out my carving tools and printing supplies.

Our taxi driver contacted us and we were supposed to take the bus to Tintagel and meet him there, but we enjoyed Boscastle too much to do that. So the other driver picked us up and graciously drove us around Tintagel for us to decide if we wanted to book the taxi to go there the next day. We decided that we’d decide later, but we didn’t go. It was a bit touristy and honestly, I have been to Tintagel and being up on that headland on a cool blustery day, even with the new pedestrian bridge going across, was not what I wanted to do.

Next, photos from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic.