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
-- 
Protect the Earth
It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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On 8-2-2014 13:44, Doctor John wrote:
> On 08/02/14 08:34, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Too many tourists at Stonehenge (I hate
>> tourists ;-) )
>>
>
> They are tourists, we are travellers

I stand corrected :-)

Thomas

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Hi(gh)!

On 08.02.2014 13:44, Doctor John wrote:

> They are tourists, we are travellers

Absolutely! And, REAL travelling means open-end travelling, never 
knowing when or if ever to return... preferably non-motorized! Such as 
riding 20 years long on horseback from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, 
walking from Cologne to Kabul, biking through all Siberia to Bering 
Strait (in winter of course!), or circling the globe single-handed, 
right through the Roaring Forties!

But... won't we miss POV-Ray on such a journey? Of course, there are 
laptops, but nowadays many countries' customs officers get quite nervous 
when faced with travellers bringing sophisticated electronic gear with 
them...

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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