Launceston - Methodist Church
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St. Mary Magdalene Church, Launceston, Cornwall
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Launceston Town Center
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Approach to Launceston Castle
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Launceston Castle - a 13th century round tower built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall
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Launceston Castle - so many stairs!
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Launceston Castle
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Launceston Castle - Looking out over Cornwall
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Launceston Castle - Inside the tower
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Launceston Castle - Looking out over Cornwall, from the very top of the tower!
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Launceston Castle - So high up!
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Launceston Castle - Out the back gate
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St. Michael's Mount - Waiting for the ferry from Marazion
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St. Michael's Mount - Harbour and view of the village
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St. Michael's Mount - More stairs up to the castle
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St. Michael's Mount - The Terraces, looking at the Priory Church
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St. Michael's Mount - The Priory Church
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St. Michael's Mount - View from the terraces, out over Mount's Bay
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St. Michael's Mount - View from the gun batteries across the bay to Marazion. At low tide, you can walk from the mainland to the island on the path visible under the water.
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St. Michael's Mount - Castle exterior
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St. Michael's Mount - The sun comes out across the harbor!
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Land's End - The most western point of mainland Britain.
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Land's End - Looking north along the coast
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Land's End - Keep heading west, eventually you'll hit Canada.
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Land's End - A long way from home! (And windy like, whoa!)
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The Eden Project - St. Austell, Cornwall
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The Eden Project - A sunny greeting on a cloudy day
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The Eden Project - A theme park for ecofreaks and gardening geeks. I'm in heaven!
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project - Mother Nature
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project - a beet as big as my head!
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The Eden Project - Inside the rainforest dome
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The Eden Project - The sacred bean. Coffee!
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project - WEEE Man, made from electronic waste
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The Eden Project
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The Eden Project
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Pendennis Castle - Falmouth, Cornwall
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Pendennis Castle - Entrance to the fortress, across the moat.
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Pendennis Castle - Afternoon cream tea. Cornish clotted cream is my favorite.
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Pendennis Castle - Built under order of Henry VIII in the 1540s
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Pendennis Castle - East Bastion Ramparts
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Pendennis Castle - Entrance to the castle
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Pendennis Castle - Looking out over the westerm ramparts
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Pendennis Castle - I'm getting better at skinny, dark, twisting stairways
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Pendennis Castle - The roof and lookout turret
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Pendennis Castle - Back down the stairs from the roof
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Pendennis Castle - Exploring the grounds
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Pendennis Castle - Side entrance
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Pendennis Castle - tunnel to Half Moon Battery
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Pendennis Castle - Barracks, built in 1902
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Tintagel - The path from the village to the castle
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Tintagel - along the path
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Tintagel Castle - First view of the castle ruins, the mainland courtyards. The medieval castle was built in the 13th century, but it is thought that fortresses stood here all the way back to the 3rd or 4th century.
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Tintagel Castle - The bridge and stairs to the Island
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Tintagel Castle - Looking southwest-ish from the bridge
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Tintagel Castle - The bridge was made of wooden stairs, but beyond that were stone steps. The sign did not lie.
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Tintagel Castle - The beach on the northeast-ish side of the bridge, the Haven.
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Tintagel Castle - The Island Courtyard. Legend is that Tintagel Castle was where King Arthur (of the round table) was conceived, thanks to some of Merlin's magic.
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Tintagel Castle - The path from the island courtyard to the top of the island
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Tintagel Castle - View across the Haven to Camelot Castle Hotel
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Tintagel Castle - View from the island
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Tintagel Castle - St. Juliot's Chapel ruins
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Tintagel Castle - View from the top of the island
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Tintagel Castle - From the top of the island, looking over the Mainland Ruins and on into Tintagel Village. My B&B is the 5th building from the right.
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Tintagel Castle - They're really not kidding.
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Tintagel Castle - A wall along the southern cliffs (I think?)
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Tintagel Castle - Storytellers in the Island Courtyard.
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Tintagel Castle - Storytellers in the Island Courtyard.
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Tintagel Castle - View of the Island Stairs from the Mainland Courtyard
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Tintagel Castle - Upper Mainland Courtyard
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Tintagel - Glebe Cliff, the trail from the castle to the church
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Tintagel - Glebe Cliff trail
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Tintagel - Glebe Cliff
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard with Tintagel village in the background
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Tintagel Parish Church - the present church was built around 1150
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Tintagel Parish Church
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Tintagel Parish Church
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Tintagel Parish Church - One of many makers and memorials inside the chapel
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard. Some of the graves may date to the 6th century
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard
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Tintagel Parish Church - graveyard
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Tintagel Parish Church - War memorial for Tintagel soldiers
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Tintagel - On the lane heading back to the village
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