01 February 09 - 16:44What Do Dartmoor Ponies, Pirates, Stoneage Man and The Mayflower have in Common?
All of them can be found in the Devon and Cornwall part of this great nation.
Just after Christmas we decided on having a few days down in the south west of the UK and what a great few days they were. We headed off into Dartmoor, hoping that we would see at least one of the few thousand Dartmoor Ponies left in existence. Well, we certainly did...and more than one!! I can tell you, their insulation was far better than mine, because once I was out of the car for more than three minutes, my interest in Dartmoor Ponies was about as much as my interest in death by hanging. It was bloody freezing up there!!!
The next day we trooped through extremely small country roads trying to locate a stone age monument that Kathy claimed was massive and should have been able to be seen from the moon!!! (Maybe she was thinking of Stonehenge or the Great Wall of China!!) Anyway, after 1 1/2 hours of trekking, we came across this massive monument, but only by turning our heads sideways and blinking at exactly the right time. It was supposed to be well signposted. However, like in Hitch Hikers Guides to the Galaxy, it was somewhere behind a sign that said Beware of the Tiger!!!
We also managed to meet a man on the way to St Ives but he wouldn't let us know abourt his marital relationships so we couldn't confirm or deny the story any further!
We then head off to Plymouth where we saw the area that both Captain Cook and the intrepid travellers who sailed the Mayflower to America set off from. Quite an awesome experience really.
Finally, we saw Penzance and Land's End.
The next day, Eden was an absolute bubble of excitement as we ventured to three massive bubbles full of plant life. Do you know where we were going? Come on, think about it. Eden excited, lots of plants inside big clear bubbles??? Of course...THE EDEN PROJECT. Eden was so proud to take us there, and CJ was so polite and kind in letting her believe it was hers (again). When you name your kids, make sure that there are equal monuments and places with their names on them. Unfortunately, we made a serious error in judgement when choosing our names, and CJ only has a little bakery chain in Australia and some abstract shop we saw in Amsterdam!!
A great little trip and I would certainly love to go down there again!
one commentCome on no puns about penzance having no pirates???? Andy Im dissapointed.. hehe
The Aussie Flemings - 03 02 09 - 05:16
