Monday 9 August 2021

Visit to Cornwall 2021


Last week my family and friends took a trip down to Cornwall for a weeks holiday. We were very lucky with the weather, it only rained on the last two days!
 Two places I wanted to visit were St Michael's Mount and Tintagel Castle, here's a few photos to bore you all to tears.....


 












 
 





 

The Causeway. I wanted to walk across it, but the tide was against us.


WWII Pillbox



























King Arthur







I also stumbled across the Shipwreck Treasure Museum in Charlestown.





























Lastly a quick snap of Stonehenge on the way home.



 

37 comments:

  1. Lovely part of the country and good to support ;ocal museums etc after the last 18 months they must really be suffering.

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  2. Nice pics. Off there tomorrow. Haven't done Tintagel since the bridge went up but might try the Mount this year.

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  3. Super travel and museum photos, Ray. What is the connection to Napoleon?

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    1. I think they were from someone who was one of his guards in his final years.

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  4. Awesome castle! That's one thing I enjoyed when I lived in London - all the castles to explore.

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    1. We've a lot of history on the country and loads of places to visit.

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  5. Nice pics and looks like a good place to visit.

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  6. Amazing historical artifacts and castle, Ray! Love the regimental drum and blunderbuss, oh, and the samurai armor too!

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    1. The Samurai armour was a bit of a surprise.

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  7. I visited both places 20 years ago, so it was good to refresh my memory through these photos Ray. There were quite a few things I don't remember seeing at all.

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    1. I'm sure they swap things over every year or so, just to refresh the exhibits.

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  8. Looks like some grand places to visit . Glad you enjoyed yourself

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  9. Nice photos, the shipwreck museum looks great!
    Best Iain

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  10. Great place to visit; I've been to Tintagel, but can;t recollect the shipwreck museum on my visits to the south west - it looks great,

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  11. Looks like you had a nice trip. In in Blackpool this week (with side jaunts to a couple of museums) so I'll have pictures of my own to share in due course!

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    1. Excellent! Hope you're not driving everyone mad.

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  12. Nice images Ray. Around 1978 my family visited Brittany and specifically Mont St Michel, which is a mirror image of St Michaels Mount....I have always wanted to visit the English version...maybe one day!

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  13. Always good to see Cornwall. Some good stuff in the pic's Ray.

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  14. Enjoy your break Ray, while we are back in the UK we hope to get a Cornwall visit in, although V and I do tend to go in February when it ain't so busy

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  15. Thanks for sharing - the paintings of the St Michaels Mount ECW surrender and of the 1938 Grenadier Guards marching over to the Mount have great Wargames scenario possibilities. The pillbox has a beautiful view of the sea and coast.

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