Beautiful morning, cloudy but blue skies. Off to Penzance first –found a laundromat (which was much needed cos no washing done since London) very close to car park and sea front–wandered around and then had another adventure as one of our party’s cashflow card was swallowed by the Barclays Bank cash machine!! Then headed north and stopped at Breage at the 15th Century church where our our 5x great grandmother Jane Kitto was baptized in 1793 ( she became Mrs Tucker and emigrated to NZ in 1841). Amzing church with painted friezes and huge churchyard.
Then it was off to Falmouth to meet up with Tracey and Chris ( from Kohukohu) and their daughter Tammy and sit in the sun by the sea and consume an enormous genuine Rowes Cornish pasty ( apparently the large crusty bit on the side is for the tin miners to hold on to with their dirty hands) and a local beer. So nice to see them on the other side of the world and in their own environment.
We then raced off towards Lost Gardens of Heligan with one or two false turns (despite our trusty GPS but mostly cos Helen, the driver, didn’t listen and her reaction time was not fast) and arrived there just before 4.30 pm-got in for 2 for 1 deal and had a wonderful 1 ½ hours before they closed. Highlights for Lyndsay were the restoration of jungle area and the ponds and the espaliered fruit trees, not to mention the walled veggie garden. Anne and Helen were very taken with the glasshouses, especially the peach house which was a passively heated glasshouse with espaliered peach trees facing south for sun in spring and summer. The huge walled vegetable garden was similarly impressive-pink flowered minature broad beans were outstanding and the asparagus –everything in their café is grown on the site. Kaye liked the non shearing sheep (they rub their wool off on trees) and Peter Rabbit who was just nibbling the grass minding his own business
Then home to Merrits Rd via the Tescos in Redruth in time for the 8 pm specials-3 cartons of rhubarb lite yoghurt for 1 pound and our 4 buns for 3 p. Kiwis traveling economically!!
Observation –can go from one very very narrow lane, to single lanes with a white line, to 2 lane motorways and vice versa within a very short space of time. Also more wind farms.
Then it was off to Falmouth to meet up with Tracey and Chris ( from Kohukohu) and their daughter Tammy and sit in the sun by the sea and consume an enormous genuine Rowes Cornish pasty ( apparently the large crusty bit on the side is for the tin miners to hold on to with their dirty hands) and a local beer. So nice to see them on the other side of the world and in their own environment.
We then raced off towards Lost Gardens of Heligan with one or two false turns (despite our trusty GPS but mostly cos Helen, the driver, didn’t listen and her reaction time was not fast) and arrived there just before 4.30 pm-got in for 2 for 1 deal and had a wonderful 1 ½ hours before they closed. Highlights for Lyndsay were the restoration of jungle area and the ponds and the espaliered fruit trees, not to mention the walled veggie garden. Anne and Helen were very taken with the glasshouses, especially the peach house which was a passively heated glasshouse with espaliered peach trees facing south for sun in spring and summer. The huge walled vegetable garden was similarly impressive-pink flowered minature broad beans were outstanding and the asparagus –everything in their café is grown on the site. Kaye liked the non shearing sheep (they rub their wool off on trees) and Peter Rabbit who was just nibbling the grass minding his own business
Then home to Merrits Rd via the Tescos in Redruth in time for the 8 pm specials-3 cartons of rhubarb lite yoghurt for 1 pound and our 4 buns for 3 p. Kiwis traveling economically!!
Observation –can go from one very very narrow lane, to single lanes with a white line, to 2 lane motorways and vice versa within a very short space of time. Also more wind farms.
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