Eden Project

Today is Tuesday.

We started off by heading to Truro and yet another Cathedral. The weather had improved, that is the wind had gone away and was replaced by a dense mist.

Steven was on a mission to find milestones today.

 

His favourites are the ones with roman numerals.

 

In Truro the first thing we discovered after Steven drove the camper van straight through, what looked to be a shopping mall, was a viaduct.

The Cathedral was impressive, it is a modern Cathedral built in the 1800’s.

However the Cathedral was designed to incorporate the 12^th century church it was replacing. It’s an interesting union of two buildings with the Cathedrals typical arches and the original church’s barrel ceiling.

While we were there a school choir came in and sang some hymns, after they had finished one little girl, couldn’t have been more than ten years old, sang a solo of amazing grace that bought the entire Cathedral to a silent standstill. It was a touching moment.

 





In the Cathedral there is a carved freeze depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus, it is carved out of terra cotta and it’s detail is spectacular, unfortunately there is a column in front of it.

 

After the Cathedral we had a quick look around Truro and in typical English fashion, the narrow streets made for some rather hair raising manoeuvres.




We then headed off for the rather spectacular Eden Project

 



The biospheres of the Eden Project are set into an old china quarry and they quite take your breath away.

They are constructed from a polygon grid of steel with inflated plastic bags in them, similar to the ones that are being used on the new Canary Wharf railway Station in London.

They are constructed from a polygon grid of steel with inflated plastic bags in them, similar to the ones that are being used on the new Canary Wharf railway Station in London.

Inside the spheres are controlled environments with plants from all over the world. It is more than worth a visit. A climb up to the suspended and rather wobbly viewing platform is worth the wait so that you can look down on it.

                     Tammy found a spider to stamp on.







 

After the Eden Project we headed into the Exmoor national Park, the fog cleared a few times for us to see the amazing views.

We drove through tree lined tunnels and across some amazing old bridges, some of them almost too narrow for the car.

As we camped in the Exmoor park for the night the sky cleared and the mist lifted.

On the bright side tomorrow is forecast to be the same as today, oh well, it could be worse.