Charleston
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
and
St. Michael's Mount
and
St. Ives
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
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After spending a wonderful day
visiting the Eden Project and exploring The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Christine
drove us to Charleston to see the tall ships.
"Charlstown is the familiar TV location for Poldark and The Onedin Line. |
Afraid it was too hard to get good pictures of
the tall ships.
They were close together and it was dark in their
dock.
But, trust me, it was really cool seeing them
in person!
Kids (8 to 10 years old) jumping of the harbor
wall - fun past time!
Christine, you can never tease Lenny and me
about how much we're on our cell phones!
Not EVER!!!
Charleston had lots of really cute 200+ year
old buildings.
Christine, Lenny and I picked a pub/restaurant
to eat,
but we left when they refused to serve us. We went back to St. Ewes to a recommended pub and had one of our better meals. |
St. Michael's Mount
We got up on Wednesday, July
25, had a wonderful breakfast at our B&B and set out towards our next
stop-over - St. Ives. At one point on our ride Lenny looked up towards
the left (we were scheduled to head right) and
said "Look at that over there! Is that a castle?" Christine
made a swooping left turn and we headed to St.
Michael's Mount!
"In Cornwall this former Benedictine Priory and Castle is the jewel in Cornwall's crown. Home of the St Aubyn family for 300 years. Separated from the town of Marazion and the mainland by a 500 yard long granite causeway, only reachable by boat when the tide is in."So Christine says "We'll take the boat over and walk back. I said, "Yeah, right!" OK, she was right yet again! |
I guess I didn't take any digital pictures at St. Michael's Mount. Don't worry, one day I'll scan some photos to fix up this section! |
On the walk back from the Mount, we checked out
this
pile of rocks which is also unreachable when
the tide is in.
One last shot of St. Michael's Mount from the
pile of rocks
St. Ives
We were really excited about St. Ives! We were scheduled to stay at a several hundred year old "haunted inn", the Skidden House Hotel. (Click to read its history and about its ghosts!) The staff wasn't quite as friendly as our B&B's at first, but lightened up before we left. The place was really cute though. Although I don't REALLY believe in ghosts, I was worried enough about the ghosts to NOT stay awake alone! |
I guess I didn't take any digital pictures at St. Ives either. What was I thinking? I'll scan photos for this part too! |