If the bluebells are in bloom while you are in Cornwall be sure to go to Lamorna valley. It looks like a carpet of blue under the trees. It is a sight to behold and one you will never forget. I also recommend the stones Lanyon quoit, Men-an-tol and Chun castle west of Penzance. If your family were miners you may want to visit the mining site of Geevor Mine and take their tour. You learn about the miner's life and how the Mine worked and got through a mine tunnel. It is located along the coast by St Just. Just a few of the places I enjoyed visiting. The walk from Sennon Cove to Lands End is wonderful and easy and you get the feeling of the area with out the commercial parts. There is no way you can see every thing in one visit I have been there 17 times and still have placess I want to see. Connie in Utah Hello, one and all! Your comments about taking the train from London to Penzance has been wonderfully helpful, as I have been going through fits trying to plan my trip coming up in April. As a result, I will fly from Houston to London and go by train to Penzance. But I will have to get from Heathrow to the Paddington Station. Is it easy to use the Express service? I don't know how long to plan between arrival of the plane and departure of the train. Or should I get a cab to take me to the train? Also, does anyone have an opinion about United, British Airways or Iberia? They all arrive about 7:00 am and the train leaves at 10:00 am. Is that enough time to transfer? By the way, the fare is $75 going to Penzance, but coming home 3 weeks later from Truro, it is $331.00 Why in the world such a tremendous difference? Yikes. Now, when I am in Penzance, I want to see all the important places in the area. I figure on being there from the afternoon of the 9th til the 14th, when I will go on the train to Truro. What should I not miss between Penzance and Land's End, etc. I will be working on my LADNER line:

If you think of going to Geevor, do go about 200 yards down the road and experience one of the nicest pubs in Cornwall, the North Inn at Pendeen. It is unpretentious, does reasonably good pub food plus some of the best curries anywhere, good beer and proper Cornish friendliness. They do do excellent B & B but I must admit I'd be surprised if they are not already fully booked. Also go to the working steam engine at Levant, just the St Just side of Geevor - well worth visiting. Connie is right - you'll never see it all in one visit. We've been visiting that patch at least once a year for the last forty years or so and are constantly finding things! cheers Catherine -----Original Message----- From: Connie Saunders <dccows@comcast.net> To: cornish <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:03 Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Help please with planning my trip! If the bluebells are in bloom while you are in Cornwall be sure to go to Lamorna valley. It looks like a carpet of blue under the trees. It is a sight to behold and one you will never forget. I also recommend the stones Lanyon quoit, Men-an-tol and Chun castle west of Penzance. If your family were miners you may want to visit the mining site of Geevor Mine and take their tour. You learn about the miner's life and how the Mine worked and got through a mine tunnel. It is located along the coast by St Just. Just a few of the places I enjoyed visiting. The walk from Sennon Cove to Lands End is wonderful and easy and you get the feeling of the area with out the commercial parts. There is no way you can see every thing in one visit I have been there 17 times and still have placess I want to see. Connie in Utah Hello, one and all! Your comments about taking the train from London to Penzance has been wonderfully helpful, as I have been going through fits trying to plan my trip coming up in April. As a result, I will fly from Houston to London and go by train to Penzance. But I will have to get from Heathrow to the Paddington Station. Is it easy to use the Express service? I don't know how long to plan between arrival of the plane and departure of the train. Or should I get a cab to take me to the train? Also, does anyone have an opinion about United, British Airways or Iberia? They all arrive about 7:00 am and the train leaves at 10:00 am. Is that enough time to transfer? By the way, the fare is $75 going to Penzance, but coming home 3 weeks later from Truro, it is $331.00 Why in the world such a tremendous difference? Yikes. Now, when I am in Penzance, I want to see all the important places in the area. I figure on being there from the afternoon of the 9th til the 14th, when I will go on the train to Truro. What should I not miss between Penzance and Land's End, etc. I will be working on my LADNER line: ------------------------------- 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