On 08/02/2014 8:34 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 7-2-2014 20:01, Stephen wrote:
>> On 07/02/2014 6:36 PM, MichaelJF wrote:
>> If you have the time, St Ives is worth a visit.
>> A Barbara Hepworth and a Tate museum. Small but worthwhile. The light is
>> said to attract artists.
>>
>
> And don't forget Penzance (and St Michael's Mount). It has its own
> charm, far from the tourists flocking to St Ives ;-).

Ah! tourists, emmets and grockles. :-)

It is nice round there and the cider is not to be missed. Nor is the 
Eden Project.

  And inland, there
> are a number of very interesting prehistoric monuments that few tourists
> visit and which - imho - have a particular atmosphere lacking at
> Stonehenge, because of their wild and lonely setting on the moors, so
> good walking boots required.

The isolation of these monuments adds immensely to the atmosphere. I've 
seen a couple in the Highlands, small, by comparison and remote. Not 
another person for miles around. Quite spiritual. Stonehenge on the 
other hand is a victim of its own success.

> Too many tourists at Stonehenge (I hate
> tourists ;-) )
>

Even when we are ones. We hate the others. :-)


-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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