We spent all day Sunday riding back to Penryn on the train. On Monday we went out sailing on a day trip up the coast from Falmouth. The boat was made by the pilot Luke Powell. We had a great time. There was one other person sailing with us. We …
Sara’s family tree includes the Leslie clan and she learned that the homeland of the clan was located in Aberdeenshire in the town of Leslie.
Looking for castles and ancient sites.
We went to Aberdeen to visit Kate and Scott.
Here are some more of Edinburgh, mostly along the Royal Mile in the heart of the city. The royal castle and the Holy Rood castle are connected by the Royal Mile. There is also a picture from the National museum.
I’ve been somewhat absent-minded about bringing my camera along on outings. Sara has some pictures from Brad & Billie’s visit and from Edinburgh castle. Maybe I’ll get some of those posted here. Meanwhile, here are some of my pictures from Scotland. The room we stayed in was in this building. …
In 2002, two Peruvian shamans visited the Eden project and while they were there they made these paintings on the wall of the tropical biome.
On Wednesday we took the train to St. Austell to see the Eden project. It has the largest tropical greenhouse in the world, and a separate Mediterranean greenhouse, plus lots of displays and gardens. It was built on the site of an old clay mining operation. The clay was used …
The legends say that Tintagel is where Ygraine, Duchess of Cornwall, gave birth to Arthur. Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote about it in his history of Britain in about 1100. People of Cornwall are skeptical of that, but it created a good tourist business. In about 1250 a nobleman built a …
We have been watching old Doc Martin episodes so it was fun to go to Port Isaac, the town where they film the series. To the left is the old school were lots of scenes are shot. That’s Tintagel in the distance, about 12 miles away. That’s our next …
