Welcome to Clovelly

Today we went to Clovelly, a totally unique, small village on the north Devon coast.
It's built on a hillside and it has only one main street, which is completely cobbled as are the other streets in the village.
Of course, it's a car free place and a type of wooden sledges is used to carry goods; donkeys are used for this as well.
At the bottom of the village, where the main street ends, we can find the tiny harbour sheltered from the atlantic storms by a big stone wall.
You can see more photos at the web gallery.

Marconi & Cornwall

It was 1901, a few years ago, on December 12, Marconi, a brilliant Italian engineer, was able to transmit a transatlantic signal between Poldhu, Cornwall (Click on the photo to enlarge) and Newfoundland, Canada.
It was the first wireless communication and we can say, the radio, TV, Internet were born at that moment, in fact, in some areas of Latin America, the telegrams are known as "marconis" remembering its origin.
You can find more information at BBC or typing "Marconi Cornwall" keywords in Google.

I went to Truro again

Today I went Truro again. Mr. Host had to go to Truro and I came with him. He went for a business meeting, in the meantime I walked around the streets taking photos and window shopping.
On the way back, he told me about the first transatlantic radio transmission made from Poldhu in Cornwall, a place not far from Truro, but this story's coming soon in a new post.

Spain vs England

The Independent says: "England have no answer to Spain's pass masters" with reference to the Spain vs England match, last night.
We went out to dinner, so when we got home, I only saw the second half. It seemed to me that England were overtaken with the Spanish play.
To be honest, I have to say I saw this international match in a different light because I'm in England.
Terminaré en español como piden algunos/as de mis compañeros, en especial Isabel (¡Que no se pase nadie con las fotocopias!) e Irene (¡Ojo con la tabla periódica!). A todos les envío un cariñoso saludo y espero, en breve, volver a disfrutar de su compañía.

I went to Manderley

Today I went to Manderley... and I hope to go back some day.
Today's my birthday. I went to Fowey with Mrs. Host following in the footsteps of Daphne du Maurier. We'd have liked to visit Manderley (actually named Menabilly) but unfortunately, it's private property and people can't get there.
We walked around Fowey, a small town with narrow streets which could have been a fishing village in the past, but nowadays, it seems to me that it's mainly for the tourists.
We were able to see Ferryside, the house where Daphne du Maurier stayed before she moved to Menabilly. This house is on the opposite side to Fowey at the mouth of the river Fowey. It's a big white house with light blue windows and doors. It looks very nice.

Hatherleigh Market

Hatherleigh is a small town set in Devon but near Cornwall. It seems to me a very traditional farming area where the cattle market is or was quite important.
Today we visited the weekly street market which is held in the same place as the cattle market but on a different day. Perhaps owing to the weather there were not many people.
Later, we had lunch in a cosy deli, cheese and ham toasted sandwiches with an espresso.
More photos.