We also always take the train. Lots of good things to watch for like the white horse on the hill, the small boats on the canal, the Tamar bridge and Tamar river etc. Takes us right into where we want to go. > Ann and List members: > We always take the train down to Cornwall - a lovely ride with great > scenery!  Then we hop a bus over to Bodmin and rent a car when we need > it.  Makes a smaller hole in our travel budget doing it that way!  We find > the train goes just about everywhere we want to go, so don't have a car for > very long - we take a car up to Devon  - Tavistock and area - still almost > in Cornwall!  I agree with everyone so far. > Sher > > > > > At 06:09 PM 24/01/2013 -0800, you wrote: >> >> >> Eating pasties, purchased in Hayle, at Lelant Station in 2007 was a very >> memorable day for Alan and me.  And ~ I have taken the train from London to >> Penzance, and back several times. Why rent a car until you arrive in >> Cornwall? >> >> >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, and the branch line to St Ives, via Lelant and Carbis Bay has to be one >> of the most beautiful routes on earth (althouth I admit I'm biased, because >> Anna and I often sit at Lelant Station to eat our lunch and watch the birds >> on the estuary). >> >> >> >> >> >> And the wonderful thing is that if you come to Cornwall by rail, you can >> still come in all the way from London and finish up at the end of the >> country at Penzance, where the train has to stop or it would roll off into >> the ocean (via St Erth)!!! >> >> >> >> John. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5549 - Release Date: 01/21/13 >> 21:23:00 > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to > CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject > line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, email > CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >   Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842

The last time I was in Cornwall in 2004, I took the train down from Paddington. The train was full of soccer players and their fans, on their way to Plymouth for a game. What a party! Once they got off the train, it was so quiet the rest of the way to Bodmin, it was weird!!! Jan in California ----- Original Message ----- From: <hainesc@msu.edu> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] was: Lelant trivia Now: train to Cornwall We also always take the train. Lots of good things to watch for like the white horse on the hill, the small boats on the canal, the Tamar bridge and Tamar river etc. Takes us right into where we want to go. > Ann and List members: > We always take the train down to Cornwall - a lovely ride with great > scenery! Then we hop a bus over to Bodmin and rent a car when we need > it. Makes a smaller hole in our travel budget doing it that way! We find > the train goes just about everywhere we want to go, so don't have a car > for > very long - we take a car up to Devon - Tavistock and area - still almost > in Cornwall! I agree with everyone so far. > Sher > > > > > At 06:09 PM 24/01/2013 -0800, you wrote: >> >> >> Eating pasties, purchased in Hayle, at Lelant Station in 2007 was a very >> memorable day for Alan and me. And ~ I have taken the train from London >> to >> Penzance, and back several times. Why rent a car until you arrive in >> Cornwall? >> >> >> >> Ann >> >> >> >> >> >> Oh, and the branch line to St Ives, via Lelant and Carbis Bay has to be >> one >> of the most beautiful routes on earth (althouth I admit I'm biased, >> because >> Anna and I often sit at Lelant Station to eat our lunch and watch the >> birds >> on the estuary). >> >> >> >> >> >> And the wonderful thing is that if you come to Cornwall by rail, you can >> still come in all the way from London and finish up at the end of the >> country at Penzance, where the train has to stop or it would roll off >> into >> the ocean (via St Erth)!!! >> >> >> >> John. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5549 - Release Date: 01/21/13 >> 21:23:00 > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to > CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject > line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email > CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842 ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message