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Land’s End, Cornwall

Catherine Lee

You just MUST go to Land’s End, honest, just once in yer life!  Even if you are not starting or ending a Land’s End to John o’ Groats marathon.  GO!  Not to see Shaun the sheep, dinosaurs, llamas and all the other theme park attractions (yep, they’re all there, honest!) but just to get to the furthest end of the country and look out over the magnificent cliffs and see the sea, the rocks, the lighthouse, and the amazing seabirds.  It is fantastic! And even if you don’t come from Doncaster – or even know where it is.  As you … Continue reading Land’s End, Cornwall

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St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

Catherine Lee

What a place!  An island at high tide, connected to the mainland at low tide by a causeway ~ and then on top of the island, what used to be a Benedictine Monastery, then converted to a castle and garrison, and now also a kind of family home and museum…. St. Michael’s Mount is run by the National Trust, along with the St. Aubyn family ~ really well-organised and well-run, and I was so pleased to be the first person in there today! Had a wonderful morning climbing up all the steps, enjoying the views and the sun ~ it’s … Continue reading St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

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Porthleven, Cornwall

Catherine Lee

Staying for a few sunny days in Porthleven, Cornwall with my good friends, Tess, Tallis, Joseph, Jacob, Joy, Suki, Hinge and Bracket. Quite a family.  But then that includes a whole host of chickens, dogs and cats…. and I’ll leave it to you to decide which is which. All VERY hospitable ~ they clamber all over to show their warm welcome! Quite a beauitful little town ~ with gorgeous houses too… Thank you to my wonderful hosts for a great few days holiday ~ beautiful place and fantastic weather – YES! Continue reading Porthleven, Cornwall

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Truro Cathedral

Catherine Lee

There’s only 3 cathedrals in the UK with 3 spires, and Truro Cathedral is one of them, and guess what? Sadly none of those spires are open to the public. Now I like something to go up or go in or go down, so if a cathedral has a crypt or a tower or spire, or even a high gallery, well that’s for me!  But Truro keeps its spires secret unto itself, so we could only look up at them ~ and imagine. Truro is way down in Cornwall, the far SW of England, and the cathedral is Victorian. Kind of … Continue reading Truro Cathedral

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On the road with Elvis….

Catherine Lee

You never quite know what you’re gonna find in this country ~ and so it was that on my way down to S.W. England along the A303 today, found myself passing Stonehenge for the first time in my life ~ and then a hour or so further along, there was Elvis and his friends hanging out at an American diner on the same road…. There’s Elvis and his friends cruising along on the wall of a diner all covered with signs of the iconic Route 66 in the USA.  Driving along the A303 and such an association with Route 66 does … Continue reading On the road with Elvis….

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Salisbury Cathedral

Catherine Lee

Another day, another cathedral ~ and another cathedral tower too – yippee! And so it was that I found myself today at the top of Salisbury Cathedral looking down on the world, and the world as it is around the cathedral is really quite beautiful ~ the city of Salisbury, the cathedral close, the river and the hills in the distance…. Amazingly, the cathedral took the grand total of only 38 years to build, and that in the middle of the 13th century ~ certainly no hanging about.  In the next century they added the spire, pretty magnificent, the tallest … Continue reading Salisbury Cathedral