slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: London/Cornwall 2024
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On Saturday morning, the crowds were lining up at the Roman Baths and the Abbey. It was a bank holiday. We decided to skip seeing the Baths. At Square Grill House, I had smoked salmon benedict, and Susan and Lisa had a full English breakfast. I think that was the only time any of us…
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We had learned our lesson about taxis in Cornwall and booked Annie’s Taxi ahead of time to take us back to the train station at Bodmin Parkway. I mean, yes, a bus was an option back and forth to Port Isaac, but it was a two hour ride compared to a 30 minute ride in…
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Another day of chilly weather, but I’ll take that over heat any day. For lunch, we returned to the Mote Inn, which is in a building that dates back to 1547. There I had the St. Austell mussels, which are topped with a kind of seaweed called samphire, which looks a bit like asparagus. And…
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I’ll preface this slideshow of photos from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic with this: I am not a witch or a pagan, although I have explored Druidism and have an affinity for those who worship nature in some form. I don’t have a religion of any kind. I will say that although I tend…
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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…
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We were thwarted in our plans to travel to Boscastle today because of a failure to find any taxi who would take us until half the day was done. It was a beautiful day for a walk on the Coast Path to Port Gaverne Beach, and Susan and I were completely addicted to picking through…
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On Monday, we wheeled our luggage down to the train station on the walk around the harbour, and bought our tickets to Bodmin Parkway. There we lucked into finding a taxi right away that had not been booked in advance, and this extremely friendly guy drove us as close as he could get to our…
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On Sunday morning, Susan and I relaxed in our cozy cottage while Lisa went to church at the chapel across the street from us. We finished our laundry, since we packed for a week, doing carry-on luggage only for our trip. Since this would be our only day when we could have a traditional British…
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I slept late while my sister and friend headed down to the harbour for coffee. Once I got up, we decided that we needed a few groceries and so we walked down the Promenade to the Lidl. On the way, we stopped for a light lunch at a little cafe/bakery/ice cream shop called the Art…
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Late Friday morning, we took a train from Paddington Station in London to Penzance, a ride that took 5-6 hours. I did not take any photos from the train, but the views became lovelier the closer we got to our destination, with pretty villages and the harbours of Portsmouth out the window. One thing that…
slowly she turned 