London, Cornwall, Wales

Peter was a little disappointed that we were not in London for the royal birth - he even made a trip to BUckingham Palace to check out arrangements.

Any way after enjoying ourselves we made our way to Cornwall using the British Rail system. Without any hassles we arrived in Cornwall - met by our friends. We then managed to pick up the car and found our way to our little cottage. I must admit our friends did assist us, I am not sure we would have found the right un named little lane if they did not know the district. We had packed our Tom Tom and it has proved to be invaluable in our. Drives around. Over here, all little places have their own postcode , so you just put in the code and it seems to find where you need to go - very clever .

Peter has been so good, he has insisted on driving ( lucky really as my reversing would not b a pretty on these little narrow roads). Anyway - Peter has don so well on little lanes, fast motorways and anything in between .

We spent a week in Cornwall, and our friends were amazed just how much of the country we saw. While it has been fairly crowded, the roads have still been manageable, and towns are not a long distance apart.

Our little cottage was at a small area called Ladock, and it was near our friends who live at St Agnes. We went down to LAnds End, and up as far as TIntadgel ( the home of King Arthur)

Other favourites were Fowey (pronounced Foy), Megavissey, Padstow, Truro and Falmouth.

We then went with our friend Mary to a little village in Wales Laugharn ( pronounced Larn) where Irene's god daughter is a vet. It is the home of Dylan Thomas ( pictures below is his writing room - green garage) and is a very pretty place. We stayed overnight in a B&B and the next morning went to Picton Castle as a frind of MArysbwas competing in a carriage event. there certainly was som money in horse and carriage. We had a lovely picnic lunch out of the back of the car - not quite Melb cup standard but great.  When Peter was introduced he noticed he had a polo shirt on ith a Bundanoon insignia, itnturned out he had been over in Australia last year. It was only a very quick ( and unexpected) trip to Wales but we would certainly go back again.