Our trip to Cornwall today. First stop was St Michael's Mount, a castle fortress on an island just off the coast. Across the bay we could see Penzance and down to the south where Kelynack would be. Onto St Ives where we had lunch (cornish pasties) and a browse around the shops and the waterfront. On the way to St Ives we passed some places with familiar names, e.g. Truro, Redruth, Camborne and St Erth. We would have liked to have gone to Penzance and Kelynack but...

Departed Cardiff for Plymouth but first stopped to visit Bath and Glastonbury. Bath: According to legend, Prince Bladud, who had contracted leprosy, was cured after bathing in the hot muddy waters of the hot spring. In gratitude, Bladud founded the City of Bath around the springs in 863BC. In AD 43 the Romans started the development of 'Aquae Sulis' as a sanctuary of rest and relaxation. In AD 70, the Romans built a reservoir around the hot springs, and then a s...