Today was much more beach weather. We walked to the town for another look around and to visit the St Ives Tate Gallery. The beaches definitely looked better, and the tide was in. The beaches at St Ives are actually pretty nice. There is plenty of sand even at high tide and they are quite […]
Day 32: July 22nd
Well we got the full British summer experience today. Unfortunately the excellent views out to sea from the dining room were wasted. However the breakfast is excellent with lots of variety and a great cooked meal selection. We decided to walk down to the town and donned raincoats and borrowed an umbrella from the hotel. […]
Day 31: July 21st
Check outs in the UK are often a very civilised 12 noon and such was the case at the Maltsters Arms. Nevertheless we opted for an early breakfast (they start at 8.30am) and again all enjoyed the scrambled eggs and salmon. Pauline had suggested we do the coastal walk from Looe to Polperro as she […]
Day 30: July 20th
Our second day in Devon with Pauline was a trip up into the Dartmoor National Park for some walking and a picnic. The weather was great for both activities. After a very nice breakfast at the Maltsters Arms (their scrambled eggs with salmon and a wedge of lemon was delicious) we headed first to Totnes […]
Day 29: July 19th
Breakfasts begin at 8.30 at the Maltsters Arms which is very civilised. We had the full English breakfasts (our first for the trip) and then set off with Pauline for a tour around coastal Devon. We were relying on Google maps for direction (as you do) and she directed us left up this road just […]
Day 28: July 18th
We didn’t have to check out until noon so got caught up with some admin and then set off for Devon via some more Cotswold villages. First we went to Upper Slaughter and then to Lower Slaughter but neither had anywhere obvious to park and both were rather more like something out of a film […]
Day 27: July 17th
We didn’t sleep that well but no fault of the room. Mike has a very heavy cold or sinus (definitely weak genes given he’s had an upset stomach, infected tooth, migraine and now cold/sinus in the last 10 days)!I was scared I’d fall down the bathroom steps given my recent bathroom disaster.We had a very […]
Day 26: July 16th
We had a noon check out from our hotel so the intention was to go to the mall when it opened and then set off for the Cotswolds. We headed over to the new mall across the road at 9.45 only to find it looked remarkably closed. That would be because it doesn’t open until […]
Day 25: July 15th
We decided to do a hop on hop off bus tour around Cardiff to get our bearings. Well that was not entirely easy as it is not clear just which are the sightseeing bus stops, even with the online route map. However we eventually found a nearby one after asking several different bus drivers. Some […]
Day 24: July 14th.
We have managed to book an emergency dental appointment in Cardiff for Mike this afternoon which is a relief as his tooth is very bad. Fortunately the Panadol seems to work well. We had another nice breakfast in Tenby (muesli followed by poached eggs) then headed off for our 2.5 hour drive to Cardiff. This […]
Day 23: July 13th
We had a very good breakfast at our accommodation. You pre-order the day before for the required time (the chef is very literal about the time and cooked items are ready on the dot). I decided on mushrooms on toast and had some muesli and yoghurt also. Mike had the poached eggs and muesli. Neither […]
Day 22: July 12th
Well I woke up feeling slightly better but looking one hundred times worse today. As the day has worn on my black eyes have got worse and people definitely look at me funny! It was cold again this morning but not raining. We had to check out by 10 so made our way to a […]