Last day on holiday today so up early to get all those jobs done before hitting the road at 09:30. Home by 1pm and unloaded and ready to watch England's finest hour where we thrashed the Slovenians 1-0. Touch and go for the last quarter of an hour though.
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Thursday 24 June 2010
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Tuesday 22nd June
Clear blue skies, beautiful view across the river here at Baltic wharf.
Travelling by ferry into Bristol today for a wander around the town. Had lunch at a bar on Welsh Back down by the canal and then went wandering around the city trying some new places for a drink.
Then it was time to get back for the Argentina match with it's predictable outcome.
Travelling by ferry into Bristol today for a wander around the town. Had lunch at a bar on Welsh Back down by the canal and then went wandering around the city trying some new places for a drink.
Then it was time to get back for the Argentina match with it's predictable outcome.
Monday 21 June 2010
Monday 21st June
Bit of cloud this morning and not much of a breeze. Off to Dyrham Park this morning before going to Paul & Rita’s in Wales for dinner. 
Dyram Park is a grand baroque house with spectacular sweeping views towards Bristol and was designed by Talman for William Blathwayt, Secretary at War during the reign of William III (of Orange). Lavish 17th-century collections reflect the fashion for all things Dutch, including paintings and furniture. Later 18th-century additions include the Victorian domestic quarters where we joined a taster tour. Lovely formal gardens to the back of the house leading round to the parish church.
Turned out to be a beautiful day and Wales was as nice as England – had a nice BBQ at Paul & Rita’s and saw Anna & David with the boys just before we left, then back to see the end of the Spain Honduras match where the Spanish remembered how to play football. I hope England remember on Wednesday.
Dyram Park is a grand baroque house with spectacular sweeping views towards Bristol and was designed by Talman for William Blathwayt, Secretary at War during the reign of William III (of Orange). Lavish 17th-century collections reflect the fashion for all things Dutch, including paintings and furniture. Later 18th-century additions include the Victorian domestic quarters where we joined a taster tour. Lovely formal gardens to the back of the house leading round to the parish church.
Turned out to be a beautiful day and Wales was as nice as England – had a nice BBQ at Paul & Rita’s and saw Anna & David with the boys just before we left, then back to see the end of the Spain Honduras match where the Spanish remembered how to play football. I hope England remember on Wednesday.
Sunday 20th June
Up at the crack of dawn as we’re leaving Cornwall today to go to Bristol. The plan was to set off at 10am but we failed the lights test. Fortunately just a loose bulb and we still ended up in Bristol at about 2pm after 184 mile drive – you forget just how remote Cornwall is. Part of Bristol was coned off to a cycle anywhere event but a kind council worker took pity on us and moved the cones out of the way so we could get to the site. 
Set up in about 15 minutes and drove to Clevedon Court which is a medieval manor house which has been added to in a higgledy-piggledy way over the last few hundred years which gives it loads of character although all the photos look a bit strange. 
Lovely layout of the ancient gardens but not a lot of colour at the moment. There was still time to get to another National Trust property today that is just a few miles away at Tyntesfield. It’s an enormous estate with what appears to be a superb gothic mansion but unfortunately it was covered in scaffolding and so we decided it was one for another day. Even so we had a lovely mile or so walk through the estate and woodlands.
We decided to eat early as we wanted to get back to the caravan to see the Brazil vs Ivory Coast match so we headed back to the site at Baltic Wharf and ate at the Cottage Inn on the waterfront right next to the site, with such good weather, it was heaving!
Set up in about 15 minutes and drove to Clevedon Court which is a medieval manor house which has been added to in a higgledy-piggledy way over the last few hundred years which gives it loads of character although all the photos look a bit strange. 
Lovely layout of the ancient gardens but not a lot of colour at the moment. There was still time to get to another National Trust property today that is just a few miles away at Tyntesfield. It’s an enormous estate with what appears to be a superb gothic mansion but unfortunately it was covered in scaffolding and so we decided it was one for another day. Even so we had a lovely mile or so walk through the estate and woodlands.
We decided to eat early as we wanted to get back to the caravan to see the Brazil vs Ivory Coast match so we headed back to the site at Baltic Wharf and ate at the Cottage Inn on the waterfront right next to the site, with such good weather, it was heaving!
Sunday 20 June 2010
Saturday 19th June
Cloudy overnight but blue skies and sunshine by 9am. Headed off to Godolphin which was built in the 15th century and was at one stage, the largest house in Cornwall. It’s being renovated at the moment an not a lot was open. 
The garden is around 700 years old and is fascinating to stroll around.
The Lifeboat Inn at Coverack beckoned us at lunch time and so we sat in the small fishing harbour and had our fish and chips out of the paper they were wrapped in.
Beautiful views of the cove on our walk back to the car. 
Wasn’t able to get a car park ticket out of the machine as it wasn’t printing but by the time we got back, there were a few hundred tickets on the ground and it was continuing to print a stream of tickets on it’s own. On the way back, we stopped at Mullion Cove and then back to the caravan to start packing up as we’re leaving for Bristol tomorrow.
The garden is around 700 years old and is fascinating to stroll around.
The Lifeboat Inn at Coverack beckoned us at lunch time and so we sat in the small fishing harbour and had our fish and chips out of the paper they were wrapped in.
Beautiful views of the cove on our walk back to the car. 
Wasn’t able to get a car park ticket out of the machine as it wasn’t printing but by the time we got back, there were a few hundred tickets on the ground and it was continuing to print a stream of tickets on it’s own. On the way back, we stopped at Mullion Cove and then back to the caravan to start packing up as we’re leaving for Bristol tomorrow.
Friday 18th June
Another glorious day with clear blue skies and a heavy dew in the morning. Drove to Glendurgan Garden near Falmouth which has been built around three valleys
and slopes down to the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River where you can sit on rocks and watch the world go by - a lovely walk.
Very close by was the Ferry Boat Inn down on the river at Helford where we stopped for a coffee – beautiful views across the river and hillsides.
Lunchtime took us to the Norway Inn on the main road to Truro for a snack – very nice pub with St Austell Ales. Then it’s off to Trelissick Gardens in Feock near Truro – it’s been designed around a valley that slopes down to the river Fal.
There’s plenty of colour for June but is probably at it’s best in the spring. As we walked down to the river, we picked up a locally made ice cream and ate it watching the car ferry cross the river.
We stopped at Truro on our way to Pete’s at Crantock and had a little wander around the town. Not a huge attraction. Then it was off to Pete’s for dinner and to watch a dreadful England performance against Algeria who I had predicted that we would beat about 12-0, sadly we drew 0-0.
and slopes down to the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River where you can sit on rocks and watch the world go by - a lovely walk.
Very close by was the Ferry Boat Inn down on the river at Helford where we stopped for a coffee – beautiful views across the river and hillsides. 
Lunchtime took us to the Norway Inn on the main road to Truro for a snack – very nice pub with St Austell Ales. Then it’s off to Trelissick Gardens in Feock near Truro – it’s been designed around a valley that slopes down to the river Fal.
There’s plenty of colour for June but is probably at it’s best in the spring. As we walked down to the river, we picked up a locally made ice cream and ate it watching the car ferry cross the river.
We stopped at Truro on our way to Pete’s at Crantock and had a little wander around the town. Not a huge attraction. Then it was off to Pete’s for dinner and to watch a dreadful England performance against Algeria who I had predicted that we would beat about 12-0, sadly we drew 0-0.
Thursday 17th June
Housework day today and hopefully a chance to let the sunburn recover a little. Went out early and got enormous Danish pastries and Cornish pasties for lunch – best to leave Jean in peace to battle with the washing machines! Walked down to our local beach at Gwithian Towans across the sand dunes and had a coffee at the beach/surf café where they provide internet access so that Jean could do some work and I could check the Fantasy football. Took a drive to St Ives after lunch – found a parking space down by the harbour and had a stroll through the town. 
Not really our kind of place too busy and really not very interesting – perhaps you need to be in the mood to browse the arty/farty shops which we obviously weren’t. We stopped at the Bluff Inn on the way home which we’d been to before at the New Year but was shut then. 
It’s a beautiful outlook from the garden of the pub across to St Ives in the west and to our beach and lighthouse to the east. No real ale though – it’s a lager/tattoo pub. Home for a sandwich and more footie.
Not really our kind of place too busy and really not very interesting – perhaps you need to be in the mood to browse the arty/farty shops which we obviously weren’t. We stopped at the Bluff Inn on the way home which we’d been to before at the New Year but was shut then. 
It’s a beautiful outlook from the garden of the pub across to St Ives in the west and to our beach and lighthouse to the east. No real ale though – it’s a lager/tattoo pub. Home for a sandwich and more footie.
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