Hello Meli - I am also in the planning stages of what will be my 4th visit.  My cousin in Cornwall has recommended that I look on www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk and www.nationalrail.co.uk for train tickets.  It has also been recommended, by the same cousin, to get a first class ticket, if you can, for a more comfortable ride and less "chavs".  It is my understanding that one can take the Express from Heathrow to Paddington quite easily and quickly.  Previously, I have always driven down, but want to try the train this time, hiring a car once I arrive in Cornwall. Regarding lodging, I always rent a cottage for a week in one place and another in a different location and do my excursions from a home base.  But if you want a B&B and like a bit of posh, try a look at http://www.trereifepark.co.uk.  A place I stayed at a few years ago, since refurbished, is the Old Coastguard ( http://www.oldcoastguardhotel.co.uk/ ).  Can't beat the views and the food is awesome. Sorry I can't help with your family stuff, although my Harrys did come from Godolphin Cross in Breage and my GG Grandparents are at rest in the churchyard at St. Breage.  Enjoy - the gardens will be lovely in April!!  Talk a walk in a bluebell wood  Kitty, in sunny Northern California --- On Tue, 1/29/13, melibob4@texasbb.com <melibob4@texasbb.com> wrote: From: melibob4@texasbb.com <melibob4@texasbb.com> Subject: [CORNISH] Help please with planning my trip! To: CORNISH@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 4:01 PM 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: Perhaps John Francis Ladner, b. Sancreed 1703 who married Alice Tonkin in St. Breage in 1732 were the parents of my Edward.  Lots of family trees on Ancestry.com show them as parents of a bunch of kids, my Edward among them.  But his parents might have been Thomas Ladner and Prudence Harvey, also of Sancreed, so I don’t know about them. Edward Ladner  8 Mar 1752,  Sancreed  m. Jane Roberts  b. 1745  ? Cornwall on 28 Oct 1780 in St. Levan.  I think they had James, Prudence, Edward and James, all in  St. Levan.  Edward’s will:  He died between 08 Apr and 11 May... He died in St. Levan, proved in St. Buryan. Will of Edward Ladner proved 11th. May 1815 at Deanery of St. Buryan  held by Cornwall Record Office  transcribed by Corinne Thompson. His son  and executor Edward was mine as below: West Penwith Resources - Home        St. Levan Baptisms (1694-1812) LADNER Edward     27 Mar 1787     son of Edward and Jane      Was he really 3 years old, or is there an error in his birth date or baptism date?      From somewhere,  I have a birthdate of 27 Mar 1784 in St. Levan. This Edward (I call him III) married Sarah Ellis on 19 Jun 1818 in St. Levan.  Sarah's birthdate of 14 Mar 1792 is followed by her baptism date of 10 Apr 1792 in St. Levan, daughter of Thomas Ellis and Phyllis Tregear. So, my question is,  Will there be sites to visit or pictures to take of things in St. Levan that are extant from the late 1700s and early 1800s?  Like the church or cemetery or etc?  And I wonder the same about Sancreed and St. Breage. Thanks for any suggestions.  I can rent a car in Penzance.  Is there a nice hotel there or a B & B that someone recommends? Meli in Texas ------------------------------- 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