Topsham
The Jaguars are not the same when we are not together. It was sad that we had to part.
We have made it to Topsham, close to Exeter, where Sue and David, cousins (a few times removed) of Geoff live. This is the coolest house ever. It is right on the street and looks small outside but when you go in it's big and has lots of rooms going in and around all over the place. There are two staircases going upstairs. David and Sue are very welcoming and we have been having a great visit.
Newquay is a wonderful place. We had no idea what it was like before we got there, but it is a surfer town. (Surfers in Britain!) We found a really great B & B and good places to eat. Our trip to the family sites was an adventure. The car only seats five people and when we were travelling around in Wales, Lisa just sat on Richard's knee in the back seat. However for our Cornwell trip, she sat in the very back where the luggage goes (the boot). She said it was very comfortable. The churches we went to were beautiful. They were both down little country lanes and in quiet corners, surrounded by old cemeteries where you could spend all day reading gravestones. A good trip. Tintagel was good too, rumoured to be King Arthur's castle. We not only believe it was King Arthur's, we think we have his DNA because we have Cornish roots.
Our trip to Exeter was good. We dropped Anne off at the train station because she is going on to Oxford to visit a friend. It was funny, when we left our B & B this morning, there was mail for Anne - Liam had sent her a post card from Bangor on Friday and it got to Newquay this morning!
David and Sue are going to take us for a drive around the area tomorrow and to meet their daughter. Geoff will be glad to have someone else drive for a change. I am becoming a better navigator.
We have made it to Topsham, close to Exeter, where Sue and David, cousins (a few times removed) of Geoff live. This is the coolest house ever. It is right on the street and looks small outside but when you go in it's big and has lots of rooms going in and around all over the place. There are two staircases going upstairs. David and Sue are very welcoming and we have been having a great visit.
Newquay is a wonderful place. We had no idea what it was like before we got there, but it is a surfer town. (Surfers in Britain!) We found a really great B & B and good places to eat. Our trip to the family sites was an adventure. The car only seats five people and when we were travelling around in Wales, Lisa just sat on Richard's knee in the back seat. However for our Cornwell trip, she sat in the very back where the luggage goes (the boot). She said it was very comfortable. The churches we went to were beautiful. They were both down little country lanes and in quiet corners, surrounded by old cemeteries where you could spend all day reading gravestones. A good trip. Tintagel was good too, rumoured to be King Arthur's castle. We not only believe it was King Arthur's, we think we have his DNA because we have Cornish roots.
Our trip to Exeter was good. We dropped Anne off at the train station because she is going on to Oxford to visit a friend. It was funny, when we left our B & B this morning, there was mail for Anne - Liam had sent her a post card from Bangor on Friday and it got to Newquay this morning!
David and Sue are going to take us for a drive around the area tomorrow and to meet their daughter. Geoff will be glad to have someone else drive for a change. I am becoming a better navigator.
posted by Theresa at 4:28 PM
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Forgot to say that we stopped at a National Trust house, forget the name, but it was beautiful. You could tour the upstairs and downstairs so could see where the servants lived and worked. And the grounds were lovely too but it was rainy so didn't spend too much time outside.
I am glad you explained how you all fit in the car, I was imagining whoever lost the coin toss, might have to be bungy corded onto the roof. Sounds like postal service is good within the country, must have been a glitch in the Cdn system, that delayed Anne's Christmas parcel. Or perhaps, it sat in Copenhagen for awhile.
The two weeks you have been gone seem to have gone by in a flash, Grace and I are still getting along. Maybe the fact that I am in the basement a lot and Grace is upstairs helps with that.
Your comment about becoming a better navigator, makes me think there is more of Mom in you than we thought.
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