Cornish delights

I haven't had much time to blog for the past week, but have to relate the fabulous sights we saw during our holiday in Cornwall the week before last. Unfortunately it poured with rain for 90% of the time, but that didn't stop us wandering around both the Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project, and indeed the weather may well have kept the worst of the crowds at bay.

Heligan was excellent, the productive gardens are a real eye-opener. The rest of the gardens are just stunnig too - especially the Jungle valley, which we nearly didn't go and look at because it's a bit of a walk from the rest of the gardens, and it was raining. However I'm glad we did because it was fantastic.

The Eden Project just blew me away completely. You cannot comprehend the size of those biomes until you are actually standing next to one - pictures just don't do them justice. The humid tropics biome is simply amazing (and very very hot!). So much to see, I could fill up pages, but I will just say go and see it!



The first photo is a shot across the ex-clay pit towards the humid biome. The second is a shot of one of the waterfalls and lakes in the humid biome itself.