{"id":1936,"date":"2022-06-23T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2022-09-12T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T22:02:52","slug":"cornwall-6-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/uk-2022\/cornwall\/cornwall-6-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornwall, 6 May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What should have been a four or five-hour drive from Hereford to Maenporth stretched to almost seven. The long drive came with many vexations, all made worse by not having cell coverage to cope with the poor signage. There were detours and delays, some caused by road work and others by heavy traffic: it was Friday and&nbsp; Cornwall is a very popular holiday spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cornwall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cornwall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cornwall.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cornwall-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cornwall-768x711.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The peninsula of Cornwall. Maenporth, our destination, is marked; <br \/>it lies just outside Falmouth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We stopped at the Falmouth ASDA to replenish supplies, and the clerk helping us with the self-checkout told us about the flora dances in Helston to be held tomorrow, that they went on all day.&nbsp;Added that to our itinerary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Headed on to our vacation rental, a large, well-furnished apartment in a modern building, a short walk from the sea. We learn too late its signal disadvantage: The road to the apartment is stressful to drive&#8211;one very narrow lane, two-way traffic, blind corners, no shoulders, stone walls. Two miles of terror. We shall neither leave nor return to our quarters casually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/outtakes\/driving-in-great-britain\/\">See rant on driving in GB.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/outtakes\/traveling-abroad-without-cell\/\">See also rant on traveling without cell service.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should have been a four or five-hour drive from Hereford to Maenporth stretched to almost seven. The long drive came with many vexations, all made worse by not having cell coverage to cope with the poor signage. There were detours and delays, some caused by road work and others by heavy traffic: it was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/uk-2022\/cornwall\/cornwall-6-may\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cornwall, 6 May<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[56,81],"class_list":["post-1936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cornwall","tag-countryside-gb","tag-hotels-and-vacation-rentals","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1936"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions\/2362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radegunde.com\/notebook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}