slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: United Kingdom/Ireland trip
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First, a quick summary of Thursday, May 25. We drove back to Exeter, dealt with the car damage, took the bus to the train station, and given the tragedy that had just happened in Manchester, I did not want to go back into London. We got off the train in Reading, took a bus to…
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^^^We went up to the village of Tintagel, had dinner at the Cornishman Inn, and walked back to Penallick Inn by the road pathway, where we packed for the trip home and turned in early after a very physical day!
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^^^One of the shots that everyone takes at Tintagel, but you can see why. ^^^A hiker we met on the way: “There’s not really a castle there, you know. Just a bunch of ruins.” Us: “YAY, RUINS!!!” ^^^Amazing views, too. ^^^”Gallos,” a recent sculpture installation referencing the legend that King Arthur’s castle was here.
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Turning north on the Coast Path, we headed to Tintagel Castle. The path was a much easier walk, and took us by old quarries in the cliffs and through lambing pastures. We made it in plenty of time! Now it was time to face those steps. I do not like going down normal stairs. These…
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The trail was very steep near the beach, and that was tough coming back, but we did it and we were glad of it. We took a break, then went back, turned right, and hiked the Coast Path to Tintagel Castle.
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There were caves! Neither of us had the guts to go to the very back of one long one, since it got dark back there. Sandy, who had his reservations at first about coming down here, suggested that maybe we could spend the rest of the day on this beach. But it was our only…
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Several posts with many photos and little commentary, because I don’t know that many synonyms for beautiful. So take a hike with us here. Yes! We could see the ocean from our bedroom window after all! After a great breakfast, we walked a short way down to the Coast Path from our B&B, the Penallick…
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Trerice was one of those travel plans that I was not going to change. We also had Pendennis Castle on our agenda for today, but I realized that it was going to be too much for one day. At least Trerice was on the way to our next destination near Tintagel. Trerice was built in…
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^^^Walking to St. Michael’s Mount ^^^Morning view from our hotel window (and the hotel pool!) The owner of the restaurant seemed quite sad when I told him that we did not have time to have breakfast with him. Someone we had talked to the night before said that his mother had run the hotel for…
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^^^Looking back at our hotel in Penzance from the waterfront. Our wonderful hosts, Judy and Jeremy, made us a full English breakfast on Monday morning. We sat over coffee and chatted for about as long as we could. It was interesting to hear their perspectives on Brexit and politics. One observation that Judy made about…
slowly she turned 