Ahh it's winding down and I'm getting a bit sad. Soon I'll be leaving for Bath tomorrow, and no more Gina. It will not be so long until the next time i see her! Today was our last day hanging out together and the fun, silly and good times will have to wait until next time. I'm very happy i got to meet Kelly too, she is a great person and has made me feel very welcome and cooks a great stir fry!
Since we had seen pretty much everything Gina had planned for us, she did some research last night and found a little town north of Newquay called Tintagel where there is the Tintagel castle, the legendary home of King Arthur. Now whether this is the actual home of King Arthur is one thing, but the place is magical. Waterfalls, caves galore, one in which Merlin lived, he must've been small or kept his stuff up high if it was the cave near the ocean! It has dramatic coastline that is breathtaking, rolling green hills that meet sheer cliff faces (no relation to cliff richard). It's on an island which was joined by a modern man made series of stairs, lots of the stairs for poor Gina. I only like seeing sites now that have steps, no steps, forget it. It's shrouded in mystery and knowledge of the area and the castle is very vague. So it's open to interpretation. I have my own interpretation. Please let me divulge..... During my time in Europe i have managed to take castles by force, some by snowball force and some with a pen, because the pen is mightier than the sword, apparently. And today i walked to the highest part of the castle and proclaimed tin my name, and banishing any thought that King Arthur lived here because there is no freakin evidence. So there is three castles that have taken, one more to go. I will have another travel partner with me to take the next one. You can't take castles by yourself people laugh at you. It's such a beautiful place, and it was great to walk through caves, watch Gina slide around on ice paths, dodge dog shit, give tips on photography and other stuff too ;-) But it was such cruisey and relaxing day, met some of her work friends and the cute one who teaches her about cool interesting stuff, a bit like i used to. Today was just like every other day we had spent together five years ago. It's a shame i will be leaving but I'm so glad i got to see her and the place she calls home. And the next time i see her wont be soon enough.
Tomorrow off to Bath via three train changes, another walk around the town, gander at the Xmas markets, a nice long sleep before i get behind the wheel and drive to some secret locations and share some cool things with stegglés (Rachael).
Short and sweet, just like Gina. You take care of your girl G!
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