October 14--Lots of Rain

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you. --Randy Pausch

    Friday the 13th was another fine day in England. We left Bath and drove to Glastonbury. This is the new age, crystal-toting, psychic-reading, woowoo capital of the world. I'm into that sort of thing, but even this was a lot for me. The entire town smells like incense. We were there to tour the remains of the Glastonbury Abbey. It claims to be the site of the graves/tomb of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere.
    I had a lovely lunch of a broccoli and cheese turnover and chocolate chip shortbread (a new favorite I've discovered here). These were purchased at "Burns The Bread Bakery."
    We left Glastonbury. The English countryside is emerald green and beautiful. On our way to Lanhydrock, the bus driver put on the Beatles Greatest Hits, and at least six of us at the back of the bus had a great time singing along. Lanhydrock is a country estate home that you can tour, to see how the family lived and then the servants as well. Alas, it was raining fairly hard, and the walk to the house was steep, going down. Fortunately, after touring the grounds, there was a golf cart type ride back up to the coach park.
    We then drove to Newquay, where we are staying at the Esplanade Hotel with an awesome view of the sea. The water is very rough and it is windy like Kansas. From our hotel (loads of windows), we can see a castle-style hotel out on the point, with a golf course along the coast between us and that hotel. I plan to squeeze in a walk along the shoreline before we leave here.

    At dinner we saw a man with a t-shirt that says: My wife told me I have only two faults. 1) I don't listen 2) Something else. LOL!!!  
    Today we explore the Cornwall area and enjoy a Cornish Cream Tea. La-di-dah...
        Leta

Lady Chapel, Gastonbury Abbey

Lanhydrock