Thanks to Elizabeth for the photo!

Just got back from the beach with Jill’s family and we had a very good week!  Our lasagna went over well and Jill enjoyed holding little Ryan … Read more »

Okay, here are some thoughts about the places that we visited and the things that we did in Cornwall … it was a great trip and we found some cool places while we were there!

Since we had Phoenix with us the whole time, everything that we did had to be dog-friendly to some extent.  Cornwall (or at least the area around Crantock/Newquay) is very dog-friendly!  We had no problems finding a place to have a nice meal or a pint with the dog.  Details of how dog-friendly each place is will be given below … but generally, it was quite easy to find places that were incredibly dog-friendly while we were there!

Accommodation:

Highfield Lodge – Dave & Lisa, the owners, have a great B&B.  They are extremely dog-friendly (the only place that dogs are not allowed are in the breakfast room during meals or left alone in the room anytime other than during breakfast) and they have a small kennel, in case you need a place to leave a dog during a dog-free period (£5.00 for a full day).  We had a lovely room on the back side of the hotel facing open countryside … rooms on the front of the hotel have a distant sea-view, but are evidently smaller.  The room was well-decorated and nicely furnished, especially considering the high level of usage they must get from dogs!  Of all of the B&B owners that we have come across in our travels around the UK, Dave & Lisa were two of the best.  They came and picked us up at the rail station in Truro.  They loaned us a map and coastal path guide.  They answered all of the questions that we had about the area and pointed us to great dog-friendly places.  Without their input, our vacation would not have been nearly as good as it was!  So, this is a highly recommended place to stay and they even make a very good Cornish breakfast.  (PS – If you are interested in staying here and have children, sorry!  While they allow pets, they do not allow children under the age of 14 … which means no crying babies or whining children.) Read more »

Scenes from the next Harry Potter – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – are currently being shot on a Welsh beach!  While I have never been to the beach that it is being shot on, it looks alot like the beaches that we saw in Cornwall.  The beach, called Freshwater West, is one of the best surf beaches in the UK (like many of the beaches that we visited).

Either way, if they leave the cottage that they built, it will become a great local landmark (and a great boon to the local tourism economy).

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That is the video that I made of the trip, we took a decent number of videos – especially of Phoenix.  Jill posted photos on Facebook earlier this week.

I will post some more information about our trip soon … I hope you enjoy the video!

PS – This was my first attempt at making a video since I got my new computer … iMovie is very easy to use!