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What I did on my holidays
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scribb1e and I went to Cornwall, where we stayed in a cottage with a sea view. We saw the Eden Project. I'd been before, and not thought much of the place, but it's much more fun when it's not raining and you can do the outdoor parts as well as go in the huge geodesic domes. We found the Lost Gardens of Heligan, which were pretty and, considering the amount of work and though which had gone into them, downright impressive. Their farm shop also sold us some fine rump steak.
Continuing the gardens theme, we visited some Japanese Gardens, which were very tranquil until a coachload of white-haired old ladies went on the rampage through the place. We'd already looked around by then, and had settled down to have lunch, so their calls of "Cooeee! Deirdre!" did not disturb us too much. After that, we went to St Michael's Mount on foot, and, as you can see from the photograph, had to return by boat.
We also found a tiny beach you could only reach on foot, and imitated Jack Vettriano paintings.
The weather was pretty warm most of the time, so I borrowed
scribb1e's Tilley hat.Holiday viewing was Buffy season 5, which we felt was tightly plotted and much better than the previous season. I got started on re-reading Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver. On my second pass, unrushed because now I know how it ends, I'm savouring the expansiveness of the writing rather than just wishing he'd get on with it. The Diary of a Manhattan Callgirl, which we found in Tescos, failed to either titillate or to arouse much other emotion: it's sort of Brigit Jones with hookers.
