Orkney

We've had a great time on Orkney, especially today. Yesterday was mostly spent driving from Inverness and on the ferry, and the weather was not great. It was extremely windy at the mainland port town of Thurso - we took one look at the choppy waters and immediately swallowed two Dramamine each! But the ferry was larger and nicer than we expected and the crossing was remarkably smooth given the

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by Jour ~ Saturday, October 2, 2010 0 comments

A Rainy Day in Cornwall

On our last full day (Monday July 23rd) in Cornwall, it rained freakishly hard for most of the day. So the pictures are terrible, but we had a really fun and memorable time anyway. And we were very lucky not to be affected by the terrible flooding all around Britain, either on vacation or back at home, so we couldn't complain too much.After our Full English breakfast at the Penzance B&B (which

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by Jour ~ Thursday, August 2, 2007 0 comments

Cornwall: Old Stones, Fish & Chips and a Castle

Sunday morning we had a decent breakfast in our Exeter B&B, where we sat next to a 60s-ish couple and their granddaughter. They were very chatty and immediately asked where we were from upon hearing our accents. They are from Dallas and their kids live in England; their cute little granddaughter had an English accent. Immediately after breakfast we set out on the road again, continuing west

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by Jour ~ Saturday, July 28, 2007 0 comments