More Cornwall photos, as I magically have a quiet evening in amongst all the viewings (I think I'm up to 7 now, just this week).


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We went to the Dartington Crystal factory last week (http://www.dartington.co.uk/) as Crishna makes glass things and likes glass and generally feels about glass the way I do about card making supplies (/beads/yarn/oh God I have too many hobbies). Also, they have a glass blowing experience thing and we wanted to blow glass.

The visitor centre has ( Read more... )

 So yes, I am a lucky person who got to go away again this year. As usual, Crishna and I went to Cornwall, where we got incredibly windblown due to all the walking and cliff paths. And as you'll see throughout the photos, the weather can best be described as unsettled.

The place we were staying was right on the beach (Mawgan Porth), which was ( Read more... )

 While we were in Hastings, we went out to the fabulously-named Herstmonceux Castle as it wasn't too far away. It's a 15th-century moated castle, and the name is explained thusly:

By the end of the 12th Century, the family at the manor house at Herste had considerable status. Written accounts mention a lady called Idonea de Herste, who married a ( Read more... )

 In August, I went down to my aunt & uncle's in Hastings with the parents and my niece. We stayed for a week and it was good fun, though not relaxing as, well, my family is not known for being quiet. Ever.

The weather was mostly really nice, but not too hot, which was a relief after Paris. I even got to go to the amusements this time, and we went ( Read more... )

 
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Here's the link for all the photos, in case anyone's interested (there are actually more than I've posted): https://picasaweb.google.com/113754479164189520069/Cornwall2012#

( Lots of pics )

( Lots of photos )

Tintagel was great. We only did about half the castle but it was gorgeous, and the weather helpfully held out (it was also where I realised how awesome the camera function on my camera is).

The remains at Tintagel today are from a 13th century castle built by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Amazingly, the site had no strategic value at this point and ( Read more... )

Just the Tintagel pics left to post, pretty much. And then I've got my Paralympics pics to post.

( Rocks and sand and sea and sky )