Title: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: Piglet on July 23, 2006, 08:17:09 pm
I see you're back - how was the holiday?
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: LangTall on July 24, 2006, 01:57:27 am
Damn, still not finished on reading up, and I'm already noticed. ;D
Kernow was very nice, being set up just between Looe and Polperro I've had some nice driving around on very small roads, wrong sided from my point of view. ;)
Spent some time at the monkey sanctuary, Tintagel (wasn't as bad as pronounced), Polperro itself (took a sail out on the 'Smuggler' along side the coast), Eden project, took a terrace a few times in Loo (2 Guinness and 2 cokes for 8 quid wasn't that bad, also the view on the beach fro that terrace wasn't) and had to spent some time at a cheese farm for brownie points (yes I know, my girlfriend is kinda weird).
Had a good drive back to Dover, was there only bit more there an hour to early, checked in (figured I didn't have enough time to do something else then wait) finding out after checkin' in that there was at least a 45 minutes delay, ferry did set sail with an hour delay. There is no fun in entertaining 2 kids on the dock in Dover I can tell ya!
Met some guys on the mongolrally, www.mongolrally.com (http://www.mongolrally.com), they started that day in London on the drive over to the capitol of Mongolia in cars you normally wouldn't expect to manage Le Mans for example. ;) How bout an 20 year old Skoda espacially swooped up in Poland... Although there is an SPS crew atending ;) http://minis2mongolia.com/ Hopefully better welded as an other mini. :p Already gave it a thought to attend in 2008, have got to much plans already for 2007 to get this one squeezed in. Pictures might follow, although they will be the standard holiday pictures. ;)
Kernow was very nice, being set up just between Looe and Polperro I've had some nice driving around on very small roads, wrong sided from my point of view. ;)
Spent some time at the monkey sanctuary, Tintagel (wasn't as bad as pronounced), Polperro itself (took a sail out on the 'Smuggler' along side the coast), Eden project, took a terrace a few times in Loo (2 Guinness and 2 cokes for 8 quid wasn't that bad, also the view on the beach fro that terrace wasn't) and had to spent some time at a cheese farm for brownie points (yes I know, my girlfriend is kinda weird).
Had a good drive back to Dover, was there only bit more there an hour to early, checked in (figured I didn't have enough time to do something else then wait) finding out after checkin' in that there was at least a 45 minutes delay, ferry did set sail with an hour delay. There is no fun in entertaining 2 kids on the dock in Dover I can tell ya!
Met some guys on the mongolrally, www.mongolrally.com (http://www.mongolrally.com), they started that day in London on the drive over to the capitol of Mongolia in cars you normally wouldn't expect to manage Le Mans for example. ;) How bout an 20 year old Skoda espacially swooped up in Poland... Although there is an SPS crew atending ;) http://minis2mongolia.com/ Hopefully better welded as an other mini. :p Already gave it a thought to attend in 2008, have got to much plans already for 2007 to get this one squeezed in. Pictures might follow, although they will be the standard holiday pictures. ;)
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: Piglet on July 24, 2006, 11:20:17 pm
Sounds like you had a good time ;D
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: alibongo on July 25, 2006, 12:00:46 am
hey bud looks like you had a great time ! polpero is a really nice place shame it gets so so busy this time of year ! if you go in the winter its a ghost town!
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: vqdave on July 25, 2006, 10:26:02 am
cornwall in the winter is great. No tourists and big seas. Get yourself your favourite fishing village on the Roseland peninsula, settle down in your favourite drinking hole with a pint of doom or tribute and watch those waves breaking over the sea wall, fantastic.
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: LangTall on July 27, 2006, 01:09:33 am
Have one fun story to add:
Was wearing my Team JPC polo while attending the Eden project, and had a good laugh about the elderly lady who didn't quite understand the sentence on the back. ;D she spoke of a 'laiver' to be punished instead of a liver, so had to explain it to her. And yes, she was British. :-\
Was wearing my Team JPC polo while attending the Eden project, and had a good laugh about the elderly lady who didn't quite understand the sentence on the back. ;D she spoke of a 'laiver' to be punished instead of a liver, so had to explain it to her. And yes, she was British. :-\
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: Paddy_NL on July 27, 2006, 12:32:37 pm
Didn't hear that one before. Someone did ask me once why the LNER (http://www.lner.info) was evil though :-\
(http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/avatars/96334744743394baa60548.jpg)
(http://forum.drinkingforholland.com/images/avatars/96334744743394baa60548.jpg)
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: Andy Zarse on July 27, 2006, 06:20:36 pm
Have one fun story to add:
Was wearing my Team JPC polo while attending the Eden project, and had a good laugh about the elderly lady who didn't quite understand the sentence on the back. ;D she spoke of a 'laiver' to be punished instead of a liver, so had to explain it to her. And yes, she was British. :-\
Was wearing my Team JPC polo while attending the Eden project, and had a good laugh about the elderly lady who didn't quite understand the sentence on the back. ;D she spoke of a 'laiver' to be punished instead of a liver, so had to explain it to her. And yes, she was British. :-\
The Laver is evil? Who? The great Aussie tennis player?
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/furniture/in_depth/tennis/2002/wimbledon/legends/rod_laver.jpg)
PS Was it the famous Cornish Yarg cheese factory you called at? Did you know it's called yarg cos it's the maker's surname spelled backwards.
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: vqdave on July 27, 2006, 07:24:24 pm
always buy some yarg from ralphns in Portscatho (my regular cornish haunt) as well as some rodda's and oggies.
Bloody emmets everywhere this time of year!!
Bloody emmets everywhere this time of year!!
Title: Re: How was Cornwall Lang_Tall?
Post by: LangTall on July 27, 2006, 09:13:09 pm
Have one fun story to add:
Was wearing my Team JPC polo while attending the Eden project, and had a good laugh about the elderly lady who didn't quite understand the sentence on the back. ;D she spoke of a 'laiver' to be punished instead of a liver, so had to explain it to her. And yes, she was British. :-\
Was wearing my Team JPC polo while attending the Eden project, and had a good laugh about the elderly lady who didn't quite understand the sentence on the back. ;D she spoke of a 'laiver' to be punished instead of a liver, so had to explain it to her. And yes, she was British. :-\
The Laver is evil? Who? The great Aussie tennis player?
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/furniture/in_depth/tennis/2002/wimbledon/legends/rod_laver.jpg)
PS Was it the famous Cornish Yarg cheese factory you called at? Did you know it's called yarg cos it's the maker's surname spelled backwards.
And nope, some 'small' farm a few miles outside of Liskeard, where they produce about 1000 kg of cheese a day.
