Come and take a trip around Cornwall my old home

Glad you enjoyed it MQ, the only drawback is that it's probably the busiest UK tourist area so it's very busy in the summer, and driving anywhere means sitting in traffic jams for hours..but out of season it's lovely..

RR...someone else said that to me about Doc Martin..lol... but I don't watch it..
 
I do an annual hiking/walking trip to the UK going to a different area each year. I spent a few weeks in Cornwall while Brexit vote was going on, basing in Penzance and taking public trans to other towns and walking portions of the coastal trail. It was pretty nice. The coastal trail was quite flat and easy, but walking around those towns on the coast is where the real workouts are.
I was really fascinated by the lifeboat stations all over. Had no idea of such a thing. A lot of history for many of those stations, and dramatic rescues. Those single lane roads were really interesting too. I don't drive in the Uk, always using bus and train. While taking bus commutes to small towns, there were a lot of "standoff's" on these lanes trying to figure who was going to back up because it was impossible to have a bus and car pass by one another. Usually, the car would back down to let the bus through. Did see one heated exchange while on top section of double-decker bus over who was going to back out and who had the right-of-way..
 
retiredtraveler said:
I do an annual hiking/walking trip to the UK going to a different area each year. I spent a few weeks in Cornwall while Brexit vote was going on, basing in Penzance and taking public trans to other towns and walking portions of the coastal trail. It was pretty nice. The coastal trail was quite flat and easy, but walking around those towns on the coast is where the real workouts are.
I was really fascinated by the lifeboat stations all over. Had no idea of such a thing. A lot of history for many of those stations, and dramatic rescues. Those single lane roads were really interesting too. I don't drive in the Uk, always using bus and train. While taking bus commutes to small towns, there were a lot of "standoff's" on these lanes trying to figure who was going to back up because it was impossible to have a bus and car pass by one another. Usually, the car would back down to let the bus through. Did see one heated exchange while on top section of double-decker bus over who was going to back out and who had the right-of-way..
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All rural areas, towns and villages have those country one lane roads where only one vehicle at a time can pass... I have that here where I live on the rural edge of London.. No double decker buses are allowed down those roads, there wouldn't be the space for one.. but yes there's quite often standoffs between car drivers or drivers trying to pass horses and riders...
 
Keesha said:
That’s a beautiful area to live. I like boswinger the best. Less populated
Many areas look a bit similar to Newfoundland but more upscale
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I've never been to Boswinger, but around the whole of Cornwall there's many little towns and villages which are stunningly beautiful...I like Boscastle, and Fowey...but Penzance I'm not so keen on..
 
Beautiful scenery, I enjoyed watching the video very much, thanks for posting it Holly. Must have been soooo nice to live there! :sunglass:
 
Manatee said:
Very pretty, I only got to see London and Coventry which are so completely different.
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Ha !!! Like Chalk & Cheese... In fact London and Coventry are completely different to each other too...but yes our countryside couldn't be more different than our cities, yet they're cheek by Jowl.
 
In spite of living for many years in Hampshire, I only made it to Cornwall on business (a project for a well known pasty maker). Never made it into the ranks of grockle (or is it emmet in Cornwall).

Anyway, in the spirit of friendly north-south rivalry, I searched around for a video of my current home in Aberdeenshire.
This one gives a brief glimpse including some views from near to my home. The video opens round 'Bullers of Buchan' which was mentioned in Dr Samuel Johnson's tour of Scotland in the mid 1700's. The video ends with a glimpse of the 'Stonehaven fire festival where the marchers parade through the town swinging blazing balls of fire.

 
Capt Lightning said:
.....Anyway, in the spirit of friendly north-south rivalry, I searched around for a video of my current home in Aberdeenshire.
This one gives a brief glimpse including some views from near to my home.
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I have to do another trip to that area to see the coast where you are. I was in Aviemore last year while hiking the Cairngorms. But, I never made it further east than Grantown. There is a tiny town, with my surname in Aberdeenshire, but there is no public trans to it so I didn't try to get out there. Another trip, I'll hit the coast
 
Holly, You are very fortunate to have lived in such a beautiful quaint area. Here where I live, we have a lot of English influence in our architecture because many of the towns were established by English after they arrived here in the US. In fact, the little town that I grew up in was named after an English village, Hallam, England. Our county seat is also named after an English town, York, England. Beautiful!
 
oldman said:
Holly, You are very fortunate to have lived in such a beautiful quaint area.......
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I'm hijacking the thread.

Ok, for you Uk'ers. I had a discussion years back, on TripAdvisor, about the use of the word 'quaint'. I used it in an early posting stating how I wanted to visit 'quaint' towns in the Cotswolds. Several people told me that 'quaint' is a pejorative in the UK. It basically means 'redneck' (as we use it in the US), and is insulting. Others (UK posters) stated that it wasn't a negative to them, and a few stated it was a negative, but they knew what we Americans meant by it. It really turned into a lively discussion with over a dozen postings on the subject.
I stopped using that word on TripAdvisor and substitute 'picturesque'.

What's your take on it?
 

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