On my third day in Cornwall I avoided the usual tourist traps entirely, because I was in search of my ancestors’ home: a tiny little place called Tremayne, which is towards Land’s End, in the hundred of Penwith. To get there I caught a train to Camborne, then a bus to Praze-an-Beeble (no, really!), and […]
After my little misadventure at Camelford, I started the next day out of position, and had a long way to go just to get back to my real hotel in Truro for a change of clothes. So for my day’s excursion I didn’t want to go too far from Truro, and luckily Falmouth is only
After the Exeter conference my holiday proper began. I travelled by train down to Cornwall, to Truro where I made my base for the next few days. Truro is the county seat, though it’s not a big town by any means. (Nowhere in Cornwall is, which is part of its charm.) It does have the
Later the same day that I arrived at Heathrow and visited Salisbury, I was down in the southwest of England — Exeter, to be precise. I was there for a conference but arrived a day early so I could have a poke around. There are indeed some things very worth seeing in Exeter, although the
It must be about to time to start posting photos from my trip (blame Alan!) My first destination was in Wiltshire, and is best introduced by Nigel Tufnel: In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, lived a strange race of people: the Druids. No one knows who they were, or what
I’m flying out today for London, and from there to Exeter, Truro, Cardiff, Conwy, Leicester and then London again. I’ll probably have internet access most of the time but blog updates will no doubt become more irregular. I hope to meet some of my readers while in Blighty, especially those who have promised me pints!
A mix of things I missed and things which weren’t there last time: The Guernica tapestry at the Whitechapel Gallery. Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler at the British Museum. Outbreak 1939 at the Imperial War Museum. As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe. IWM Duxford. HMS Belfast. Museum in Docklands. Victoria and Albert Museum. Tower of London.
Last time I did this, it worked very well, so I’m going to try it again! As mentioned recently, I’m going to holiday in the UK for three weeks in September. I’ve pretty much done next to no organising for this, so it’s time I did. Where should I go? The constraints are that I’m
Yep, me! On current plans, I’m flying in to Heathrow on 9 September and flying out on 1 October (if I’m not mistaken, on an A380 both ways). It’s mainly for a holiday and to catch up with people, but I will also be attending the Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945 conference
