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August 2024
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    Pendennis Castle & St. Mawes

    August 11, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

    Falmouth city is located at the mouth of Carrick Roads, a large bay at the cornish coast. On Falmouth side there is Pendennis Castle and counterpart on the opposite coastline is St. Mawes. In the 16th century the canons were not able to cover the complete coast to coast range, so 2 castles, a bigger and a smaller one, were built to guard this significant seaway. Nowerdays they are connected by a ferry line.

    As member of the english heritage organisation we could access both places for free and found again 2 nice historic places, grown during the centuries and their happenings. In the bigger Pendennis Castle you can see classic canons, and after crawling through narrow windows (to save time to go arround) you stand at WW1 and WW2 coast artillery infrastructure. The smaller St. Mawes scores more with the nice landscape around and the small village close to the castle.    Read more

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    Perranporth

    August 12, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Some places at the northern cornish coast were explored without the family, who were chilling some days at home. On one of these days I found Perranporth Beach - One of the highlights of the journey for me where I hope I can see it a second time somewhere in future again.

    Perranporth beach is a dream like sandy beach seamed by rugged cliffs in the distance . Nice waves coming in continously, offering you all possibilities from swimming over bodyboarding to surfing.

    In addition you can hike on the coastal path along the cliff and enjoy the view. For me that is the perfect opportunity to search also for a geocache. Most of the time this activity offers you hidden places you would otherwise don't see. This time I discovered a smuggler cave. After an adventurous rabbit path down the cliff I ended up some meters above sea level where some holes invited me to have a view inside. Created by a combination of nature and quarrying, some of these caves are used ages ago to hide some smuggled goods. Today I found a great photo spot and my geocache.    Read more

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    St. Michael's Mount

    August 13, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

    There was a day, the morning was cloudy and rainy, a light spray of water everywhere - Days where the choice is to stay at home or to not set a food outside - And the decission was to visit St. Michaels Mount, a tidal island southwest of Cornwall.

    Fortunately this decission was not that bad as it sounds because the weather cleared up and the location was very interesting. Durring mid tide we arrived by boat in the small medievian harbour and at the end of the day we left the island via the footway which is only accessable during low tide. The castle itself is built on the mountain and has therefor many different levels. It was constantly in use and has a rich history. Besides the building is a small garden going down to sea level which is also worth to see.

    A legend about St. Michaels Mount is telling a story about a fearsome giant and his defeat. All that remained was his heart in stone. The legend continues that if you put your ear near enough to the heart of stone you will hear the giant's heartbeat...    Read more

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    Falmouth Week Air Show

    August 14, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Part of the annual Falmouth week ist the Falmouth air show. We went from our Swanpool home to Gyllyngvase Beach and saw some nice maneuvers in the blue sky. Respect to the pilots! Also respect to the view point choise of some residents...Read more

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    Trebah Garden

    August 15, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

    Trebah Garden - What a beautiful place! During our journey we saw some palms on the streets, sometimes some very nice front yards and in St. Michaels Mount also a remarkable garden area - But Trebah Garden, a valley full of rich mediterranean nature, maintained in every corner, leading down to the ocean, is the top highlight out of this stuff!

    You can see different greens of palm trees and fern, bambus and gras. You walk under giant rhubarb, some meters high, to make you feel you are back in prehistoric jurassic times. You walk down the water garden and hear the flow. You swim through an ocean of white and blue hydrangeas (Hortensien). You smell everywhere the fragrance of the flowers. You can stay eye to eye with a sea monster in the pond. And at the end you reach a kind of private beach where you can sit and relax before you are going back to leave this garden paradise.    Read more

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    Land's End

    August 16, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Large distances in England can be described by the term "from Land's End to John o' Groats". This range is the traversal of the length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, in the southwest and northeast.

    We visited the southwest point on a cold and foggy day. There was no lighthouse, no cliff, no ocean - only a big white nothing with a Land's End marker and a realy good indoor minigolf course. We played the course and took a photo at the signpost. That's all we did.

    But one question remains - Maybe for the future - Will we ever made the 874 road miles from Land's End to John o' Groats?...

    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land's_End_to_Joh…)    Read more

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    Penzance Wildlife Cruise

    August 17, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    One of the days in Cornwall we did a wildlife cruise in Penzance with Mermaid Pleasure Trips. We were just curious what we will see and hoped for some dolphins. And indeed, pretty early we saw 2 of them swimming around our boat for some minutes. A nice experience!

    Thereafter we drove a large round through the bay. We met some cormorants and passed St. Michaels Mount by boat on the coast side - Seeing the footpath under water.

    Sidefact - Jakob was the captain of the boat for a short time. Handling the steering wheel and (a bit) the throttle was great.    Read more

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    Torquay

    Aug 18–21, 2024 in England ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Torquay, the birthplace of Agatha Christie, was our homebase for the next 3 days. The city slogan is "The heart of the English Riviera" which creates some expectations we did not find during these days. But we enjoyed the small things on the way like minigolf.

    A nice experience was Jakobs first drive in a ferris wheel and looking over the harbour from the top. Here we spotted also the Little Pearl - Maybe it is the little sister of the Black Pearl from captain Jack Sparrow? You never know...    Read more

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    Tintagel Castle & Merlins Cave

    August 18, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Tintagel Castle - According some legends the place where king Arthur was procreated and wizard Merlin lived in his cave. Leaving Falmouth and heading to Torquay we decided to make an excursion to this magical place at the northern coast of Cornwall.

    The location is remarkable - The ruins of a medieval castle are located at a very exposed position on top of the coastal cliffs. The ways around the castle are steep and you go over a high bridge connecting the castle ruins with the island behind. There you find a ghostly male figure wearing a crown and holding a sword - Commonly called the "King Arthur statue".

    Beneath Tintagel Castle you can find Merlins Cave passing completely through Tintagel Island on sea level. At low tide this cave is accessible and a nice experience. Opposite to the main entrance is also a small waterfall which completed the impression that magic exists on this place.    Read more

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