Yesterday we arrived at the old coaching inn at Sherborne. Jane and Gary’s room on the second floor was ready, but mine on the first floor wasn’t. The landlady said to leave my bags at the desk and she would take them up. I went into bar for a pint of the local ale and was given it free because of inconvenience. Gary came down later and had to pay for his.
The Half Moon Inn, Sherborne.
By the time Gary came down I had finished my pint.
The next morning before breakfast, I went for a walk around the area and took a few photos. Then after breakfast Jane and I walked over the road to the local church and abbey.
We left the hotel and headed towards the Beer sandstone caves, a place they have been mining sandstone since Roman times. We were on narrow , very narrow roads--one car wide. Up hills and steep twisting declines until eventual were arrived at the caves. Extremely interesting with a good guide, but unfortunately I had to turn back because I felt unstable on the uneven wet floor.
From here we drove across to Cotehele an old manor house that featured in a murder mystery by Carola Dunne. A marvellous authentic building, rooms covered in tapestries to keep the heat in and draughts out. Massive fireplaces in each room, and lots of creaky stairs.
In the story one of the suspects is locked in a room. He didn’t try to escape instead he opened the door to the wine store and got drunk instead. Also the heroine listened to conversation in the big haul through a spy hole in the wall. The small black dot high on the left in the second photo, and the other side of it in the fourth photo. The first photo tapestry draped room while the third is the wine cupboard.
From here it was straight to Flushing with one stop at Sainsbury in Turo for groceries.
Seasalt cottage in Flushing.
Flushing just over the Fal river from Falmouth.
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