Two whole days ago, and we've been having a well-earned rest after the rigours of the holiday. On the left, a picture taken on our first, and on the right, a picture taken on our last day. Ha flippin' ha, eh? Well, it was bound to happen.
We went to the Blue Reef aquarium in Newquay, which is the most charming aquarium I've ever visited - small, but perfectly formed. I found my favourites, the jellyfish, and Sid found Nemo and would NOT be dragged away.And we saw the Green Flash! It was quite, quite perfect. (Jeremy didn't believe me, a) that it existed, and b) he banged on about latitude and atmospheric conditions and blah blah blah. Imagine my intense irritation when, on the first possible evening, I had my camera to my eye, and missed it, AND JEREMY SAW IT. Aaaarghh!) I learned my lesson the next night though, and was privileged to see, for a fraction of a second, the most beautiful green.
Our way home, on a very beautiful and warm day, took us through Lacock, where, to Kit's excitement, part of Harry Potter had been filmed. The Cloisters, and the rest of the Abbey, are indeed fascinating, but the item that caught my eye was the Monastic Drain.What?
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Wow, Sylvia. Seeing these green lights is almoust like seeing the Aurora Borealis! Or at least a little like it.
Nearly catched one of your life goals!
Your holiday sounds terrific to me and the weather CLEARLY brightened up ;)
Interesting point - why oh why oh why didn't I put 'Seeing a Green Flash' on my List Of Things To Do Before I Die? Then I would have had a tick! Yay!
Haha. Why do I have the feeling, you are poking fun on me all the time?
NO! Not even slightly! I did actually think that the green flash was a bit borealis-y, honest!
But it is a shame that one can't write a set of life goals retroactively. What a sense of global well-being that would generate.
Ooh, we LOVE the Blue Reef in Newquay. Went there with J when pregant with A, and, if memory serves correctly (which OBV it never does) with J and A when R was on the way.
And thanks so much for telling us about the Monastic Drain. On Googling this I learnt much more than I ever really needed to know about monastic habits.
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