VirtualTourist Member Geoff_Wright
| Page Views: 37,356 | Afloat Again by Geoff_Wright - last update: Apr 10, 2008 |
. Last Monday, 7th April, our yacht 'Appledore Belle' was re-launched into the River Tamar, near Plymouth, Devon. I've spent many, many hours refitting her this year, and hope to be using her for some adventures around the Cornish and Devon coasts. High on my 'wish list' is a trip to the Channel Islands, where she is registered. She left Alderney in the early 1980's, and it's about time she returned.
Watch out for my seafaring adventures!
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Meeting Berni and Carl
Our last holiday was to the Algarve, in Portugal, a place we had wanted to visit for several years, We went to Albufeira in October 2004, for a week, and had a wonderful time. My Albufeira page can be found here:
Albufeira, Portugal
Have you heard of the famous Eden Project, in Cornwall? All the information and pictures are to be found in my Saint Austel page.
Click here to go to Eden:
The Eden Project
One of the many places we visited during my uncle and aunt's visit from New Jersey in 2004 was Looe, in South Cornwall. It was a glorious day, and you are invited to visit my Looe Page, here on VT. Just click this link:
Looe, South Cornwall
In October 2003,we were fortunate enough to be in New Hampshire and Vermont , USA, just as the leaves were turning. One of the prettiest small towns we visited was Grafton, in Vermont, voted as the sixth most attractive place in the USA, by 'USA Today'. Take a look at my Grafton page: Grafton, Vermont
In the two weeks, we managed to visit Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York (State), Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Washington DC. We met some great VT frends, as well as many wonderful American folk. New pages will be written up in due course. Thanks to you all.
US STATE QUARTERS
Hello to all my American friends! I'm collecting all of the American State Quarter pieces, which start from Delaware and end up in about 5 years time with Hawaii. I have most of the ones currently in circulation (thanks to my VT pal Phil in Oregon (Phildeni), and my Aunt and Uncle in New Jersey. But I am missing the following, minted in 2006: Colorado and Nevada., and for this year, 2007, Wyoming and Utah when they are released!.
Many thanks to Tara (Londonlover) for sending me the Illinois Quarter.
Thanks to my uncle and aunt from New jersey, I now have the Missouri, Arkansas and Michigan quarters too.
And lots of thanks to Gene (kierk1), who has obtained North and South Dakota, Idaho, Washington and Montana for me.
So any of you who are headed to England this year, I would appreciate it if you can look in your small change and see if you have any of the missing Quarters, that you could bring over with you? Obviously, I'll pay you the going rate, LOL! Thanks in advance.
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Click here to view current weather in the Plymouth, England, area:Plymouth weather
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| Harpers Ferry West Virginia |
|  | Civil War MonumentsI take a great interest in watching movies associated with the American Civil War. So, knowing that we would be visiting northern Virginia, we made a small detour into West Virginia to visit the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. Well worth the trip, which was an interesting drive in itself, crossing the Shenondoah River. Take a look at my Harpers Ferry travel pages: Harpers Ferry Page
We also visited the famous Gettysburg National Military Park, which, if you are in the south of Pennsylvania, you should make an effort to visit.Gettysbury National Military Park |
The Virtual Tourist Team Some folk here on VT are occasionally finding it difficult to read text using the VTML Handwriting font. I have therefore copied my Vt Handwriting texts into normal fonts, but also left the handwriting font, just to confuse you all the more, LOL.
Thanks to this guy (Giampiero) and Stephanie for their great efforts to encourage me to LA!. The party was great, the company even better, and my memories will last a lifetime. You'll read about my adventures in my pages, when I find a spare moment to write them up.
Thanks to this guy (Giampiero) and Stephanie for their great efforts to encourage me to LA!. The party was great, the company even better, and my memories will last a lifetime. You'll read about my adventures in my pages, when I find a spare moment to write them up.
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| Mary at Mount Washington NH |
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Mount Washington, New HampshireHampshire in England is rather flat compared with New Hampsire in the United States. During our last couple of days in New England, we managed to conquer Mount Washington, or rather half of it. We couldn't drive the whole eight miles to the summit due to the snow and ice. Mary was happy with just over half way. It's a rair-raising drive up - and down - in first gear all the way!!
VT doesn't have Mount Washington as a location, but it is at Glen House, NH. Click here to visit: Mount Washington
Stop Press!!
I've finnally got around to creating my Mount St. Helens page. Click here for all the pictures and information:Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
Multnomah Falls can be found along the old highway, bordering the beautiful Columbia River, which acts as the State Line between Oregon and Washington State. (See my Oregon pages for more details) Oregon's Waterfalls Page |
Click here to view the current weather in the Camborne, Cornwall, area: Weather in Camborne, Cornwall, England
Three Million Visitors and counting..
Want to know all about the world famous Eden Project? Three Million Visitors since opening! Then visit my Saint Austell Page. Just click here:
The Eden Project
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| | Antequera, Spain We visited the beautiful Costa Del Sol, in Spain, lats March. The weather wasn't very good during the second week, not on the caost anyway, so we ventured inland. There are many beautiful towns only an hour's bus ride from Malaga or Marbella. Antequera, Andalucia, Spain
I have recently found this web site about Ferry and Rail Services Worldwide. Take a look at it if you are interested in Ferry or rail travel: Rail, Sea and AirTravel
And here is another super Travel Site:
World Travellers Net |
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Hello fellow traveller, thanks for taking the time to view my pages. I am constantly updating them as time goes on, and I get more and better information and photos. I live in Cornwall, in the South West of England, and my main interests are my four horses (see some of them on the following pages, offshore sailing and sightseeing, especially in my own neck of the woods. So these UK pages will be devoted to where I live; don't forget to visit this beautiful area of England when you come over! Also look at my UK travelogue pages, which I will be adding to as often as I can, including my Exeter and Dartmoor pages, but you'll have to go to Bristol to view them . (with the new VT locations, I really ought to re-write those pages now, I'll do it soon).
I spent 2 years in Oman, in the Middle East in the 70's and will return there when I can. Anyone from the UK who has been recently might like to update me. Now read on.
Hello fellow traveller, thanks for taking the time to view my pages. I am constantly updating them as time goes on, and I get more and better information and photos. I live in Cornwall, in the South West of England, and my main interests are my four horses (see some of them on the following pages, offshore sailing and sightseeing, especially in my own neck of the woods. So these UK pages will be devoted to where I live; don't forget to visit this beautiful area of England when you come over! Also look at my UK travelogue pages, which I will be adding to as often as I can, including my Exeter and Dartmoor pages, but you'll have to go to Bristol to view them . (with the new VT locations, I really ought to re-write those pages now, I'll do it soon).
I spent 2 years in Oman, in the Middle East in the 70's and will return there when I can. Anyone from the UK who has been recently might like to update me. Now read on.
Here is a likk to a weatther site for Camborne, in mid-Cornwall,in case you want to visit:
Cornwall'sWeather Today | | |
| | The Fence If you have a bad temper, please read this.
"There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily graduallly dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his tenmper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temnper at all. He told his father aout it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. the days passed and the young boy was finally avle to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said: "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say 'I'm sorry', the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one."
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DUNK67 Thu May 1, 2008 07:50 UTC
Happy belated birthday Geoff, hope you had a good one. | Stephanie Wed Apr 30, 2008 21:03 UTC
Geoff - Gosh, darn - I missed your birthday. Hope it was a great one. XOXOXO Stephanie & Gerry | JudyinPA Wed Apr 30, 2008 18:44 UTC
Hi Birthday Boy, Hope you had a good sail and enjoy traveling with your boat. It is fun to start a new way of travel at our ages. | Polskigirl Wed Apr 30, 2008 16:04 UTC
Geoff!!!!! Happy BD.... so late but with best wishes and lot of kisses. Yesterday we had a big trouble in all the country with the electricity service, so i cant connect. More than 70% of the country were without light..... |
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