On 8-2-2014 10:44, Stephen wrote:
> 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.

Aaah! the cider! When in Penzance, go to the Turks Head!

>
>   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.

Exactly.

>
>> Too many tourists at Stonehenge (I hate
>> tourists ;-) )
>>
>
> Even when we are ones. We hate the others. :-)

Oh yes! Noxious little critters! :-)

Thomas

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