plymouth >> mayflower steps

just another day shopping & stuff in plymouth but this time we fancied a meal out in the evening, after embarrassing carol by taking pictures of the mayflower steps. ('we are not tourists we live here' she said). well we live in cornwall just across the river. I noticed a sculpture well a representation of a fish/lobster/shrimp. it is directly overlooking the steps. unbelievably I had never seen it before just goes to show how visually unaware I am. any way the sculpture must have inspired us as we then went to indulge ourselves with a lovely meal of seafood tapas.

sorry about the picture quality (taken on my phone).

it is time to pay a visit to truro >> pre christmas

even though I live in cornwall I rarely visit truro, a place I really like.
it is one of those places that is big enough to be small, if that can make sense. what I mean is that it is a city that can be walked around easily (I like walking around places you see so much more). a bit like york or winchester two other cities I really like. so tomorrow I will be having a good look around hoping to be able to enjoy the atomsphere of a pre-christmas saturday in cornwall's only city.

more truro links
truro.cornwall.net
wikipedia/truro
acornishriver.co.uk/truro

it's a nice idea >> local shops

you would think that living in the area I do (cornwall). local shops would be successful but that is just not the case. we have many shops geared totally for the seasonal visitors, selling tourist trinket stuff (probably made in china).
but more and more the big super-stores/supermarkets the nearest an 18 mile round trip. but we use it most weeks it is a shame that local shops just cannot compete, and that the price is all that seems to matter.
oh well! the video says it better than I can.

I haven't given up

just in case some of you had thought that I had stopped blogging far from it. I have however a whole heap of work to get done this week, so I haven't been able to research stuff and write much. I do have these pictures taken on monday for you, should be back to normal blogging by the end of the week.