England -- Travels...

We tried to see as much as we could during our time there. We did a number of day trips and saw alot of the beautiful countryside.

After chilling out on our first day, Laura took us to Loebar pool which was just outside Porthleven. It was about a 15 minute drive from Helston. The walk to the beach gave us a beatiful view of the Coastline. The beach was nice but we could not go in the water due to the dangerous surf and currents.
Here are some Pics.



Gwithain Beach
When we got to England, Mark was very eager to take us Surfing. He is a member of a surfing club and was able to get us some wet suits and a couple of boards. We packed up the crew, strapped on the boards and headed off to Gwithain Beach, about 30 minutes away. (If you haven't realized yet Helston is 30 minutes away from everything).

The beach was awesome and there was a pretty good surf happening also.

We all had a great time "Surfing" and there were no serious incidents.

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St. Mawes
We loaded the car and went to St. Mawes Castle which was one of the venues we were considering to get married at. We made the trip to Falmouth and took a ferry to St. Mawes. It was an absolutely beutiful day and the scenery was equally beautiful.

St. Mawes is a quaint little village and it was a short walk (all uphill) to the castle. The pictures we saw on the web prior to visiting do not do it justice.
After our visit to the castle we finished the trip with some lunch at the Rising Sun Pub and an Ice cream.
Here are some pics of St. Mawes.



Paul and I went to a beautiful and unique castle - St. Michael's Mount. It was originally a military fort but was later sold to a family who still lives in it to this day. The family leased it to the National Trust which is a non-profit society that maintains all the historic properties in England. It depends on the tide how you get to St Michael's Mount. If the tide is out you can walk on the cobbled path but if the tide is in, you have to take a boat. The tide was in the day we went. There is also folklore (created for the children I am sure) that says there was once a giant on the island which a brave child slayed by setting up a trap for the giant to fall in. There is a heart shaped rock on the steep path up to the castle which is said to be the giant's heart where you can stand on it and feel his heart beat (cute eh??) The inside of the castle really gives an idea of the splendour of the day since it has original furniture from different inhabitants of the castle.

We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the castle, here are some pics of the outside.



Kaels, Paul and I went to a amusement park our last day in England. It is walking distance from my sister's house. It was mostly Kaels and I that went on the rides as anything that goes in a circular motion makes Paul sick.

Here are a few pics