Wow, where does the time go?? I feel like I just blogged and it's been three days already! So here's a recap of our time in Cheltenham so far. For our first outing, we decided to visit a Roman Villa in Chedworth. This involved numerous back roads but they are a smidge better here than Cornwall. We found the place, in the middle of nowhere I might add, and it turned out to be ruins that were accidentally discovered while some farmers were planting crops. They are...

We bade farewell to Pippa, and left our cosy cottage in Coverack, heading for Cheltenham. It's located in the Cotswolds, which is another region of England. We were watching the movie, We Bought a Zoo on tv the other night, and I was wondering where the actual place was--turns out, only 90 miles from Coverack and on the way to Cheltenham! So we decided to pay it a visit. Armed with a brand new Atlas and my phone GPS, I managed to get us there on major roads, wi...

For our last day in Coverack, we decided to see if we could find this hidden sculpture park that our hostess had told us about several days ago. Both of us were pretty worn out from all the hiking we've been doing, not to mention the driving to get where we are going. It's a constant state of alert, and just wears you out! So staying local sounded good to us. We drove to the main part of Coverack and managed to find a spot to park. We asked a local store owner f...

We drove over to another National Trust site today called Glendurgan Garden. I wasn't really all that keen on going, mostly because I was tired, but am so glad I did! It was just beautiful, and so well cared for--and we saw plants we've never seen before today. We walked all around the grounds, and ended up down at the sea. One of the old timers we ran into told us that the area had been a staging place for the D Day invasion, and the entire cove was full of boa...

It was rainy, windy and chilly when we got up, but we didn't let that stop us from going on a nature walk at a place called Lizard's Point. It's the southernmost part of Cornwall, high up above the water. They only give the guided walk every Wednesday, so this was our only chance to do it. I was bundled up in my long sleeved shirt and jacket, with earmuffs and scarf--it wasn't really all that cold, but the wind was howling and it was drizzling--not ideal hiking ...