Sadly we left Boscastle on our last day in England. It was the only day we had not really planned and the only night we had not pre-booked accommodation. We though it would be easy....especially as we considered staying in Oxford. Famous last words. Turns out it was almost impossible to get a family room under $500 and even 2 double rooms were scarce. The local youth hostels only had dormitory style beds, and I couldn't do that to Cass! Sharing bathrooms was cha...

We picked a great day to visit the Eden Project. Stan had read about this place years ago and was keen to visit. An old old disused clay quarry has been redeveloped into the most amazing network of gardens, learning centre and these 2 enormous biomes - big plastic bubbles that house an enormous variety of plants one has a tropical theme, the other a Mediterranean theme. There is also a Core learning centre which housed this "seed" sculpture. At first we thought o...