John Burke's a-Musings

Friday 9 August 1996. We left Tintagel and a few miles away we came to Boscastle where we had tea. We looked in vain for the real cottag...

Wednesday 7 August 1996. After dinner in a small village pub (both the village and the pub were small) we went to find the Merry Maidens sto...

Tuesday 6 August 1996. All those adventures in Mevagissy and it was still only just after lunch! We drove to Wendron Forge, which has a tin...

Sunday 4 August 1996. It's lunchtime and it's taken all morning to get from Porth to the centre of Newquay. We've managed t...

It's Friday 9 August 1996 and the last day of our Cornwall holiday. We walked into Newquay for the final shopathon. Not too bad as we se...

Thursday 8 August 1996. We drove to Lands End. On the way we saw a column of smoke and a few yards farther on found a car on fire. A fire en...

Wednesday 7 August 1996. After the stones we stopped in Mousehole, which the locals pronounce "Mowzil". A bit like Polperro th...

Wednesday 7 August 1996. Dad and Fran left me at Chun Castle and I walked a couple of hundred yards to Chun Quoit, pronounced "choon...

Wednesday 7 August 1996. The Cornwall holiday continues... We split up for the day, Mum and Dad coming with Fran and myself round some stone...