St Ives St Ives is one of the bigger towns in West Cornwall, but even here the roads next to the coast, where everybody gravitates towards, are still as tiny and windy as the bendy, narrow numbers of Newlyn and Mousehole (pronounced ‘mouzal’). We popped in to those two places with the car on Monday… Continue reading Cornwall – The Rest of our Visit
Month: June 2023
Cornwall – Carn Euny and Botallack
Yesterday inadvertently turned into History Corner with a couple of trips to sites bearing witness to Cornwall’s past. Having now purchased some milk the night before, we could relax and take our morning cups in the jovial Port Meirion 'Crazy Daisy' crockery that the house contained. It was a Sunday after all and neither of… Continue reading Cornwall – Carn Euny and Botallack
Cornwall – Land’s End and Sennen Cove
I haven’t done any travel blogging for a while, mainly because we haven’t done much in the way of travelling, so as we're down in the depths of Cornwall for a week I thought I would. Friday – Driving We knew, despite Google Maps suggesting it would take six and a half hours, that the… Continue reading Cornwall – Land’s End and Sennen Cove
Sandringham Half – and Fried Chicken
I’ve just eaten my first KFC in two years. I get a yearning for it once in a while because I have this childhood memory – probably a false one – that it was a tasty treat of a meal. When I was a kid, we used to have the occasional takeaway – pizza, fish… Continue reading Sandringham Half – and Fried Chicken
Shirley Jackson – The Lottery
This morning, I read a short story by Shirley Jackson. She’s famous for The Haunting of Hill House. Today’s story was called The Lottery. It apparently elicited the biggest post bag the New Yorker magazine had seen for a piece of fiction. Jackson said, later, that there were only a few positive ones, and they… Continue reading Shirley Jackson – The Lottery
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