Pounds, pence; dollars and sense.
Asked by one of my friends in Mr Cyr’s 4/c class what it’s like in England, I thought I’d comment on a few of the differences I’ve noticed between here and North America. Beyond a) the use of pounds/pence vs. …
Year: 2011
Information animal vegetable and mineral
After a very enjoyable evening spent with friends Dru and Trevor in Maenporth, I was off to Penzance. Growing up exposed to Gilbert and Sullivan, I was eager to visit the city whose name is immortalized in one of my …
Up and Down Like a Fiddler’s Elbow
Cornwall is an old Gaelic word that means lots and lots of really, really steep short hills that will cause you much pain when riding a bicycle. Okay fine, that might not be quite right, but that’s what I will …
Hooray for Callington
Riding out of Dartmoor National Park Tuesday morning, I passed through Princetown before stopping in the town of Tavistock for a few essentials. Pleased with having found locally made cheese, organic bread and a tube of toothpaste, I was soon …
Who Knows What is Good or Bad; Welcome to Dartmoor
Who knows what is good or bad? That mantra is one I have come to incorporate into my personal philosophy on life. It comes from the Buddhist tale of a farmer and his neighbour. Whenever something happened to the farmer …
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