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Title: Cornwall and the Eden Project, March 2014
Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:16:10 PM: At the end of March my wife and I spent a few days in Cornwall to celebrate my 70th birthday (if celebrate is the right word for entering my eighth decade!). There are many good reasons for visiting Cornwall - proper pasties, saffron cake, good beer etc etc - but the Eden Project (http://www.edenproject.com/ (http://www.edenproject.com/)) has to be one of the top ones. Here are some photographs, starting with the view from the entrance and the walk down to the biomes.
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:18:14 PM: Now the "largest rainforest in captivity", the Rainforest Biome.
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:26:24 PM: And now the smaller Mediterranean Biome.
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:34:48 PM: And some tulips.
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:38:19 PM: No alpine biome unfortunately, but the next day we went out on Bodmin Moor in freezing weather with snow and hail showers, and traversed the two highest points in Cornwall.
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:40:44 PM: Some views from Brown Willy, and a memorial at Rough Tor.
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Post by: johnralphcarpenter on May 13, 2014, 01:42:46 PM: One final view, and a picture especially for Anne Wright.
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Post by: Maggi Young on May 13, 2014, 03:35:32 PM: Nice way to celebrate, Ralph - and even though the views and scenery are wonderful - the glimpsed beach is glorious - I think it must have been much more comfortable to enjoy the plants in the Eden Project domes!
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Post by: Yann on May 13, 2014, 06:58:41 PM: Nature in a capsule, weather was cold outside?