Travels and adventures in retirement

The weather forecast was for showers so we planned to take the bus to Glendurgan Gardens. But first Judith got up to do the Park Run which was at the University in Penryn. The 5k run there was up and down a hill 3 times 😳 I am glad I haven’t developed this addiction. Next…

Well I must confess to staying up last night watching the election results….it all started to get exciting about 2.00am as more constituencies finished counting the ballots and announced their result. (For my American family and friends this involves large teams of volunteers from both and/or all parties counting paper ballots as Britain doesn’t use…

The only pre-booked event for this week was an interview with Sarah Corbett about her newest Craftivist Collective Handbook for Gentle Protests at the Penzance Literary Festival. The interview was at 3.00pm so we had the morning free to explore a bit more of Cornwall. The distance but most direct roads is 27 miles and…

Today we explored Falmouth. But first Judith went out for her 7am walk around Kimberley Park sharing it with a number of dog walkers. After breakfast we set off down Killigrew Road walking down the long hill to the Moor, central bus stop. We got there early and we dropped into the Sue Ryder charity…

So we are staying at Buzzard’s Rest. It is a well laid out compact one-up one-down, which if it had a third floor and was located in Philadelphia, PA would be called a “ trinity”. It is attached to the host’ house and the entrance is up an outside staircase with a balcony to sit…