Hi Brian: Here in the sunny (but cool in the mornings) Colorado, I am just elated to know that the flame will start in Cornwall and I may be mistaken, but I think it is because Cornwall is considered the very end tip of England. I was interested to know that Humphrey Davy lamps are used to carry the flame and so appropriate. I felt an affinity with your ancestor's comment, for I too was left much to myself as a child and made my own discoveries and sort of formed myself. Have a beautiful day in Australia, though you may be sleeping by now:-) Best wishes, Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Millett <bmillett@u030.aone.net.au> To: cornish@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 19 May 2012 22:04:38 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Helston and the Olympic Flame Dear Listers, Even in sunny (but cool-in-the-mornings) Australia, the impact of the Olympic torch was here though I didn't know that the flame was to be landed in Cornwall, highly appropriate that it should be in Cornwall, where so many

Just going to bed Joan Goodnight Pat in Perth, Western australia On 20/05/2012 10:55 PM, Joan in Colorado wrote: > Hi Brian: > > Here in the sunny (but cool in the mornings) Colorado, I am just elated to know that the flame will start in Cornwall and I may be mistaken, but I think it is because Cornwall is considered the very end tip of England. I was interested to know that Humphrey Davy lamps are used to carry the flame and so appropriate. I felt an affinity with your ancestor's comment, for I too was left much to myself as a child and made my own discoveries and sort of formed myself. > > Have a beautiful day in Australia, though you may be sleeping by now:-) > > Best wishes, Joan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brian Millett<bmillett@u030.aone.net.au> > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sat, 19 May 2012 22:04:38 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Helston and the Olympic Flame > > Dear Listers, > Even in sunny (but cool-in-the-mornings) Australia, the impact of the > Olympic torch was here though I didn't know that the flame was to be landed > in Cornwall, highly appropriate that it should be in Cornwall, where so many > ------------------------------- > 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 > >