The wandering around today centered on the town of Launceston in
Cornwall. This place has a totally
different feeling to it. Everyone was
calm, unhurried and just generally moving around in an almost slow motion. It was quite amazing and very relaxing.
We explored the entire town center which was interesting because it was
very hilly and some of the streets were quite steep. We got quite a kick out of the signs in the
washroom in the town hall. Everywhere
you go here, no matter the town, it is twinned to at least some other town in
the world. Well, the washrooms here have
a sign that the toilet is twinned to a toilet in Uganda!
We took in the Launceston Castle which was begun in 1066 and which has
a colorful history as a prison of which George Fox, founder of the
Quakers, was the most famous prisoner. He suffered harsh confinement here in
1656. Launceston Castle was also used as the base for the Cornish Royalist
defense of the county.
I got a pretty good shot of the town hall through the south gate of the
castle.
Then we visited the St. Mary Magdalene Church which was built between
1511 and 1524 and the outside has hardly changed since that time. Photos just can’t give a good understanding
of this place. It is immense and the
sculptured granite which covers the outside walls is described as “unparalleled
in England.” I only have a photo of the
front from a distance which doesn’t really show anything unusual.
We had a walk around the Launceston Steam Railway depot which was quite
cute; easy to spend a couple of hours just wandering through this depot. Folks come here for a picnic lunch.
Finally, we ended up in the Jamaica Inn in Bodmin Moor for the night. Interesting, as we have, of course, read and
heard the Daphne Du Maurier's novel and audio book several times.
Sending love R/P
Nice shot through the castle gate
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