Sean Day <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
>
> Thanks Michael,
>
> As so many have pointed out ;-) plenty of seaweed on the beaches around
> the UK, I have seen many rock pools with sand/rocks and seaweed
> especially on my many visits to Cornwall.
> BTW, is that the Mevagissey you are visiting?
>
> Not only did I look at the IRTC entry you mention I based my rock
> texture on that image as well. I may credit the authour ;-)
>
> Sean

Seems I need an major update of my seaside experiences. During the last years I
only took short strolls at a mudflat area and cannot remember any living seaweed
there. But as I think about it now, there were small washed up dead ones.

And yes, it is Cornwall. My wife has determined the place. Someone must have
lost a garden nearby.

Best regards,
Michael.

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On 05/02/2014 6:02 PM, MichaelJF wrote:
> And yes, it is Cornwall. My wife has determined the place. Someone must have
> lost a garden nearby.

Is that the Lost Gardens of Heligan?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Gardens_of_Heligan

I was there years ago and it is worth a visit.

I hope that you wait until the weather is better, though.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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MichaelJF wrote:
> Sean Day <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
>>
>
> Seems I need an major update of my seaside experiences. During the last years I
> only took short strolls at a mudflat area and cannot remember any living seaweed
> there. But as I think about it now, there were small washed up dead ones.
>
> And yes, it is Cornwall. My wife has determined the place. Someone must have
> lost a garden nearby.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael.
>

Hi Michael,

Yes, the Lost Gardens of Heligan are well worth a visit, I have been 
there a couple of times and you can easily spend a couple of days 
covering the gardens as they are pretty large. I have also been to 
Mevagissey (a long time ago) as I recall it was a very nice place 
although it is currently getting a lot of bad weather but I am sure it 
will be OK by summer.

Also, if you are driving/can make the journey, both Trebah and 
Glendurgan gardens are fantastic and 2 of my favourites in Cornwall 
(about 1.5 hours drive from Mevagissey).

Sean

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Hi(gh)!

On 02.02.2014 21:04, Cousin Ricky wrote:

> In the Virgin Islands, there is plenty of seaweed on some of the beaches,
> growing in tidal areas (or on rocks, as Alain mentioned) or washed up on the
> beach.

...not to forget the famous nori and kombu seaweeds of Japan! Yumyumyum! 
Uuuuumaaaaamiiiiiii....

See you in Nipponspace!

Yadugaru

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Sean Day <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Yes, the Lost Gardens of Heligan are well worth a visit, I have been
> there a couple of times and you can easily spend a couple of days
> covering the gardens as they are pretty large. I have also been to
> Mevagissey (a long time ago) as I recall it was a very nice place
> although it is currently getting a lot of bad weather but I am sure it
> will be OK by summer.
>
> Also, if you are driving/can make the journey, both Trebah and
> Glendurgan gardens are fantastic and 2 of my favourites in Cornwall
> (about 1.5 hours drive from Mevagissey).
>
> Sean

Hi Sean and Stephen,

many thanks for your suggestions. From all I saw so far the Lost Gardens of
Heligan are a must spending a holyday in this area. A place of real beauty. I
plan to revisit the "stairway to heaven", as my first wife put it, at Tintagel
too. My last visit to the U.K. was 2001 at a town a little bit to the west of
Cornwall, Torquay. Unfortunatelly the landscape was closed at this time (the
Dartmoor and even Stonehenge) due to the foot and mouth disease.

I hope the weather will be fine during the mid of august.

Best regards and thanks,
Michael

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On 07/02/2014 6:36 PM, MichaelJF wrote:
> Sean Day <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
>
> Hi Sean and Stephen,
>
> many thanks for your suggestions. From all I saw so far the Lost Gardens of
> Heligan are a must spending a holyday in this area. A place of real beauty. I
> plan to revisit the "stairway to heaven", as my first wife put it, at Tintagel
> too. My last visit to the U.K. was 2001 at a town a little bit to the west of
> Cornwall, Torquay. Unfortunatelly the landscape was closed at this time (the
> Dartmoor and even Stonehenge) due to the foot and mouth disease.
>

Shame about the restrictions and you not getting to see Stonehenge.

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.

> I hope the weather will be fine during the mid of august.
>

A good chance, I would think.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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

Thomas

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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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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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On 08/02/14 08:34, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Too many tourists at Stonehenge (I hate
> tourists ;-) )
> 

They are tourists, we are travellers

John
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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