Finally got the time zone sorted out for the Blog. The post date and time should now be our local time.
We spent much of the morning exploring Looe, a working fishing village. The tide was out again, it was about 12 hours after we looked last night. Looe is in a steep valley, built on either side of the river/estuary, so there are some very
steep roads with great views. We worked off most of our breakfast walking up & down a number of them & pondering the complexities of trying to drive a motor home through them and around corners.
Spent some time talking to a local, who just happened to have a beautiful, nutty Italian Spinone, also called an Italian wire-haired pointer.
From Looe, we drove to Polperro, a very touristy but attractive village that supports what looks to be a small fishing industry. Still struggling to find good coffee. With a double shot and a bit of sugar we are surviving. Polperro is situated in a similar way to Looe, in a deep valley, so we got a whole lot more excercise. Roads in and out are one car wide again, so
we had some reversing to allow cars past. At stages, the roadside vegetation was almost touching the car. We’re amazed at how polite the drivers are here. Those who don’t thank you for letting them in or stopping so they can pass are in the very small minority. Bus and truck drivers also wave thank you. Even when we were waiting to do a U turn, a car stopped and waved us through.
A small but expensive car ferry took us across near the mouth of the river Fowey and we wandered around looking at the same but different narrow, steep roads and the old buildings (one we saw is dated 1430 – hard to comprehend a building so old).
Thanks to our National Trust membership, we visited Lanhydrock, an amazing Victorian country house set on hundreds of acres. More than 50 rooms were open for viewing and all beautifully decorated with heaps of wood panelling and ornate carved timber arches over doors and along passages. The National Trust here has a great attitude to recreation, allowing kids and dogs to run & play and picnics on the estate, though not, of course, in the formal gardens and courtyards.
We ended up in a very comfortable B&B near Bodmin, near the middle of Bodmin Moor. Very nicely appointed with a couple of very low sections of ceiling. Naturally my head can tell you how hard they are. I’m still a bit too tender to clean up the hole in the top of the head. Not leaking much now!
We spent much of the morning exploring Looe, a working fishing village. The tide was out again, it was about 12 hours after we looked last night. Looe is in a steep valley, built on either side of the river/estuary, so there are some very
steep roads with great views. We worked off most of our breakfast walking up & down a number of them & pondering the complexities of trying to drive a motor home through them and around corners. Spent some time talking to a local, who just happened to have a beautiful, nutty Italian Spinone, also called an Italian wire-haired pointer.
From Looe, we drove to Polperro, a very touristy but attractive village that supports what looks to be a small fishing industry. Still struggling to find good coffee. With a double shot and a bit of sugar we are surviving. Polperro is situated in a similar way to Looe, in a deep valley, so we got a whole lot more excercise. Roads in and out are one car wide again, so
we had some reversing to allow cars past. At stages, the roadside vegetation was almost touching the car. We’re amazed at how polite the drivers are here. Those who don’t thank you for letting them in or stopping so they can pass are in the very small minority. Bus and truck drivers also wave thank you. Even when we were waiting to do a U turn, a car stopped and waved us through.
A small but expensive car ferry took us across near the mouth of the river Fowey and we wandered around looking at the same but different narrow, steep roads and the old buildings (one we saw is dated 1430 – hard to comprehend a building so old).
Thanks to our National Trust membership, we visited Lanhydrock, an amazing Victorian country house set on hundreds of acres. More than 50 rooms were open for viewing and all beautifully decorated with heaps of wood panelling and ornate carved timber arches over doors and along passages. The National Trust here has a great attitude to recreation, allowing kids and dogs to run & play and picnics on the estate, though not, of course, in the formal gardens and courtyards.
We ended up in a very comfortable B&B near Bodmin, near the middle of Bodmin Moor. Very nicely appointed with a couple of very low sections of ceiling. Naturally my head can tell you how hard they are. I’m still a bit too tender to clean up the hole in the top of the head. Not leaking much now!
Loving your blog, Gill and Rick. The trip sounds idyllic thus far. And oh for your weather! Winter is well established here. Brrr.
ReplyDeleteStay well and safe. Love, sue and peter.