With my passport in for renewal, we grasped the opportunity to visit more of the UK. The options that we had was Scotland or Cornwall. In retrospect we definitely made the right decision as it was snowing in April. Yes, for all those people down under, that is snowing in mid Spring! Easter weekend, and there is the uncertainty of how much traffic will there be? What should have been a 5 hours drive turned to a 7 - 8 hour drive. We stayed at a very cute 4 rooom B&B called the Lower Barn just to the left of woop woop land. After dropping our luggage, we set our sights on indulging in all the creamy goodness of Cornwall. Cornish ice cream, Cornish fudge, Cornish butter, Cornish cream, Cornish fairings ... the list goes on. We did try to obtain an even balance of the food and exercise (90/10 split?) with some sight seeing around Lizard (England Most Southern Point) and Kynance Cove. Another highlight was dinner at Rick Stein's restaurant in pictureque Padstow. Marisa's obligatory food pictures above.
After 2 nights in Cornwall, we broke up the return trip with a 1 night stop at the Rectory Hotel, Malmesbury. Malmesbury is regarded as the oldest town in the UK and resides within the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds villages is likened to your favourite movie. You can keep visiting them, but you never get sick of it and never fails to enthrall you. It is a beautiful thing to see the villages keep their character over the centuries to allow you to fall back in time and feel that bit more British. "You know what I mean!"
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