Usual resolve to leave early but not away from Dave and Sylvia’s at Redruth until 10 am. Off to Padstow, nice place but overrun with older coach tour tourists and the small village of Rock across the bay looked a much better bet. Lynds was first in the queue for Rick Steins Fish and Chips at noon –very disappointing –routinely get much better at Riba in Devonport.
Then across Bodmin Moor to North Hill where Richard Tucker ( g-g-gf) was born-another amazing 15th century church and churchyard, and on thru more narrow lanes and high hedgerows to Calstock, a village on the banks of the Tamar River just on the border of Devon and Cornwall. Here Edward Tucker and Jane Kitto ( g-g-g-gm/gf) were married and first son Edward born. Fairly spectacular rail viaduct here which then killed the river trade down to Plymouth. So have finished with the Cornish Tucker ancestors and visited them all –only place we didn’t get to was St Veep where Edward snr was born.
Up and over Dartmoor –whilst a sunny day for us you can see how bleak and foreboding it could be there in the mist and rain. Sort of reminded us of Desert Rd.
Then onto M5 motorway and speedily up to Cheddar where had a nice room with ensuite bathroom for the 4 of us at the YHA. Heaps of French School children there too. Indian Takeaways for first time in England this trip –enough left over for lunch next day
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