Excellent adventures in travel
Polruan, across the harbor, lives in a different historical time zone than Fowey. Accessibility is by passenger ferry. Polruan has a Dr. Who telephone box that functions as (gasp) a telephone box, with socialist inspired transportation assists to promote citizen engagement in democracy. Although I’m not sure such a system would be much of an … Read more
Editor’s note: Crystal is contributing some pictures, which accounts for my mug showing up here and there (including some “adds” to the first 2 blogs for this trip). Monday’s grey skies and drippy forecast made the Eden Project a natural choice. We set off from our Safe Harbour on the #25 bus, first exploring another … Read more
The Boddinick ferry carried us across the harbor’s upper neck. The little free library in Boddinick. Perhaps a gift from Dr. Who? Up the hill and a sharp right into the former grounds of a long vanished great house. Wild onion and bluebells abound. It was a misty day. We detoured up to St, Wyllow’s, … Read more
After many legs – and many forms of transport – Crystal and I arrived in Fowey, Cornwall, late Saturday afternoon. The travel gods were with us: no airplane delays from Denver, super fast transit through Heathrow customs and the train snafus were in our favor. From Heathrow Terminal 2, “The Queen’s Terminal,” we rode the … Read more