We were already talking about returning to Cornwall next year
as we packed the car
Dense with so much more to do,
we will be back
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| Cottage In Hampshire |
Our drive home would be 5 hours,
so we broke it up with a few stops along the way
Our first destination: Plymouth, Devon
In England,
Our first destination: Plymouth, Devon
In England,
Plymouth is the town at the mouth of the River Ply
The River Dart meets the sea at Dartmouth
These same-named American cities now seem funny to me,
named out of context
These same-named American cities now seem funny to me,
named out of context
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Flags fly over the Mayflower Steps Plymouth, Devon |
I was interested in coming here because Plymouth is where the Mayflower departed in 1620
One of my ancestors was on that ship
One of my ancestors was on that ship
The Mayflower brought the first settlers (the Pilgrims)
to America
Equally significant to Australia,
Plymouth also sent off the first ships destined for its penal colony
to America
Equally significant to Australia,
Plymouth also sent off the first ships destined for its penal colony
I was really amazed how two countries got their beginnings
from the same harbor!
We're so interconnected :)
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| Mayflower Plaque Plymouth, Devon |
We visited the worthwhile Plymouth Mayflower Exhibition
which was small and therefore quick (just what the doctor ordered)
which was small and therefore quick (just what the doctor ordered)
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| Tea House in Devon (as in Devonshire cream) |
Lucky me, I was in the land of the 'Cream Tea'
which meant tea, scones, and clotted cream available everywhere
A specialty in this part of England
Next stop was the seaside town of Lyme Regis, Dorset
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| Lyme Regis, Dorset |
These colorfully painted houses were a surprise to me
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981),
starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, was filmed on location here
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| The Cobb Made famous in film, A French Lieutenant's Woman |
Frequented by royalty, poets, writers, and painters during Tudor times,
this seaside town was also popular with Jane Austin
Isn't it charming?
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| Lyme Regis, Dorset |
This is part of the Jurassic Coast,
famous for international fossil hunting expeditions
and quality geology (so I hear)
My son will just tell you it was 'cool!'
famous for international fossil hunting expeditions
and quality geology (so I hear)
My son will just tell you it was 'cool!'
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| Fossil imprints on the rocky beach Lyme Regis, Dorset |
So after an ice cream top-up
We got back in the car to head home and saw this
Yellow fields of rapeseed!
{be still my floral heart}
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| Fields of Yellow Rapeseed (think Canola oil) |
And more quaint villages along the carriageway ('highway')
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| Somewhere in Dorset |
And so here was the end of our rainbow
The most delicious and quaint country pub ON THE PLANET
(a tip from TripAdvisor)
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| The Chestnut Horse Easton, Hampshire |
Not only was the food FANTASTIC
but we kept talking about how we could live
in this hamlet and commute to school & work
But for now, we just have to settle with the possibility of this being our best family vacation.
ever.
- all photos by moi -
Trip To Cornwall
Day One (here)
Day Two (here)
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