Holidays in Devon and Cornwall

After the 1000 mile trip to Devon and Cornwall during the long weekend we were actually going to drive down to Dover to look at the cliffs ('Dovers vita klippor i solnedgang' as the Swedish band Style sang about in Eurovision) and the castle. Instead we got tickets for Chicago and as it turned out - yesterday was the last show ever of Chicago in London...!

Our trip started in Torquay. We drove down Wednesday evening so that we would have a whole day ahead of us. We started with a model village - really impressive. They also had some owls...

On the way back we drove by Stonehenge. Unfortunately it was closed and completely dark so we'll have to go back but in the meantime we got a good preview. 

I wonder how well this store would manage in the real world... 

A city street from two sides below... Impressively well built. Well worth a visit

After Torquay we drove to north Devon and Croyde where we had surfing lessons. We stayed in Clovelly, a little fishing village. As this whole area the tide take its toll... Surfing was hard but fun. The last day (of two) I managed to 'catch a wave' - i.e. surf a wave on my own without help from the instructor... :) Unfortunately, and naturally we had no chance of taking our cameras to the beach. After Devon we went on to C

After Devon we went on to Cornwall and St Ives, which was maybe the nicest and most picturesque of all cities we visited. 

Lots of sea gulls so you can imagine the noise...

Then we were off to Lands End, the most eastern part of England. Rugged and beautiful!

We went back in the dusk to try to catch the sunset. We brought tripods, monopods and lots of camera gear but it didn't matter - too cloudy... Better luck next time! But we had some fun while there and we DID catch some red light in the sky. Better than nothing! 

Finally we went to Penzance where we visited a fish festival in an adjacent town. We bought a big lobster. Because of the rain we had to eat in in protection of the trunk of the car. Delicious!