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Thread #132207   Message #2989789
Posted By: ollaimh
19-Sep-10 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Suggest great places to visit Devon/Cornwall
Subject: RE: BS: Suggest great places to visit Devon/Cornwall
we spent a week in cornwall last spring. tintageal is better than even the advance billings, but the walk along the shore there is even better. there is a creek between tintagael village and boscastle called rocky valley. there are ruins of several former mills going right back to a brinze age labyrinth carved on the wall of the canyon almost at the ocean. a great walk, but taxing forthe infirm.

i also enjoyed the hurlers, a double ring of standing stones near the other coast and on all maps. we were there when it was misty. very eerrie and fun. there were ponies and sheep looking statue like. then one ram came running at me. i didn't realize it was a ram and just stood there looking at him. i guess my intrangience made him think better off it.

however cornwall has the worst roads i have ever driven? never trust a gps, the shortest route will take you down lanes that are about wide enough for a straw. locals drive them at break neck speed. and they casn be ruse about slow driving tourists, the only rude driver i found in the uk. that wasn't expected at all.

however there is a strong local folj tradition. many clubs and the cabin we rented on rocky creek was one of the most beautifull spots i've ever stayed in. its at the most recent but derilict mill. the hollow is lovely there.

i also went to the arthur stone and noted that there is oghan inscribed on it. they have several translations , none of which seem to be complete enough to tell what it says. however no one seems to have thought where there is ogham there is gaelic. a gaelic translation makes more sense to me. the word ri(king) is clear. and a name. perhaps the artorious' given name latini. the posted translations are assuming latin or cornish which make little sense.