FINAL UPDATE

This is our last stop so no more Penguins from me till my next trip. Heading to Heathrow tomorrow for an afternoon flight. Home Monday afternoon nz time. Thought I'd send some photoes from 2 of our favourite spots which we have visited this week. The Minack Theatre is amazing. Built on a rugged cliff by a lady using small garden tools then eventually with help from a couple of Gardener friends. Shows are still performed here regularly and the tourists flock to see it all.. As well as looking incredible the story of its conception and construction is worth a visit to Google . Then we have the dear wee historic fishing village of Clovelly. A very steep cobbled street tumbles down past gleaming white 14th century cottages to the tiny harbour. No vehicle access. Donkeys or sledge carry goods up and down. It's a heart pumping walk back up the hill to the car park. 🥵 Also worth a Google search. I have learnt that the Britz love dogs almost as much as flags and bunting. 🐶 cafes and restaurants welcome them. I am sick of narrow windy one way streets in town and narrow country lanes with sharp blind corners. 🫣 I have noticed an abundance of cars with scrapes along the side probably not worth a repair. Looking forward to getting home for a decent coffee ☕️ Pasties in abundance and not many pies in this area anyway. Don't like the Pasty. ☹️ You know how cafe staff at home say "enjoy" well if you ask for something here the very nice response is always "of course you can". 😁 yellow lines don't mean no parking!!!! You can park facing either way. Trucks drive in the left hand lane on the motorway!!! And everywhere you go town, small country village, beach, garden or any tourist spot requires you to use the parking meter. Usually 1 pound for an hour or sometimes 1 - 2 hours. Virtually no street parking in town in fact our accomodation in Barnstable didn't even have customer parking. We had to use a car park up the road which luckily gave free parking from. 6pm to 8am. Anyway we've had a good trip, explored lots of wee nooks and crannies, seen some real gems, learned some more history and feel we know Cornwell and Devon pretty well, AND we're still enjoying each other's company ☺️ Roger did a pretty good job booking our accomodation with only one that was a disappointment. So sorry the pics muddled themselves again 🙃 photo shows our attic room in Barnstable. Another 3 flights of narrow windy stairs with 2 heavy cases 🥵 poor Rog. That's it for now. 👋En savoir plus