Once again we successfully embarked on our journey by 7:30 am today. We set out on England’s M25, the major road circling London, then transitioned to the M3, and eventually, by hook or by crook, we ended up on the A30, through Salisbury.
We were well on our way to making it all the way to St. Ives by 2 pm or so until we saw a sign for a castle that we’d watched a documentary of on TV… Castle Drogo. This is the last castle built in England, around the years 1911 through about 1931. Here I realized just how small English roads could actually be! The road up, and the road down, were single lane wide paths. Imagine meeting up with a delivery truck on that! One has to backup until one finds a wide spot in the road!
After 2 hours at Drogo, we made a bee-line for Chy-An-Creet, the little bed & breakfast that we were to stay at in St. Ives. We arrived around 5, then walked down to the cute little village of St. Ives (a 12 minute walk down), where we ate our first and only… so far… hamburger in England. After our burger and an ale, we wandered back to the B&B (a 15 minute walk UP). After I caught my breath, we grabbed our jackets (it was chilly – as usual) and drove off for the 19 mile drive to Land’s End, via Sennen Cove. This road was also a very narrow trip! Here we walked down to the cliffs on the furthest most point of the Island of England. We saw a marvelous sunset, then headed back.
On The Road II 