Day 6:  From Hotel to Booking Offce For Car Unit 12 Embarkment Lane–Plymouth

 

 

Ok this is where we enter the unknown zone—I mean I know that they  (or we–who ever you’re talking to) drive on the wrong side of the road and the steering wheel is an an opposite side of the car and so on and so forth—and we didn’t even know how horribly narrow the average road was when you get away from the main routes—and we didn’t know that double parking in lanes of traffic  in smaller villages was often done making it extremely hard to maintain two way traffic through those roads with all that double lanes in a small but busy downtown.

 

 

 

The gentleman who owned the inn dropped us off and we had no problem getting a vehicle except it was a nine passenger SUV making it an even busy hazard on the biggr roads.  At least it was automatic

 

 

 

 

Round abouts are insane—-and not common in this country when we made this trip in 2008—–Getting on is relatively easy but picking wher you get off and how you can get over there maybe a bit of a challenge if you’re anything like me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIPS FOR AMERICANS (OR FIRST TIMERS) DRIVING IN THE UK

What’s the best way to travel the UK? By car, of course! How else can you witness the splendor of the Lake District or Brecon Beacons? But wait, before we go off on a tangent about our favorite places, we’d like to focus on driving. Driving in the UK is a little different than the USA (as well as most other parts of the world) and you should probably know a few things before getting behind the wheel.

 

 

 

 

 

“How Narrow?” – More Tips For Americans Driving In The UK

More hints and tips for visitors driving in the UK for the first time, especially from the USA.

 

 

 

 

CAR RENTAL UK

 

With over eleven thousand miles of stunning coastline, the United Kingdom provides some of the most scenic drives you will ever experience. Arrange a car rental in the UK with Auto Europe and make your way from one historic landmark to the next. Drive your UK rental car to England and get your fix of stylish city life in London, then break west to bask in the sunshine of beautiful St. Ives. Travel to Scotland and get lost in the myth and wonder that encompasses this unique country, as sparkling lochs litter the sprawling landscapes and ancient fortresses and stoic towers break into the sky. Explore the rugged coastline in Wales and meander through beautiful villages of ancient legends and traditional lifestyle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finding the right way ’round — a lesson in navigating British roundabouts

I would like to take this opportunity to explain the differences between roundabouts and traffic islands in Britain and give some hints on how to safely navigate each.

 

 

 

 

 

CORNWALL WALK – St Just-in-Roseland

Our walk today is taken from a brand new book called Roseland Walks, it’s a circular walk of nearly 3 miles around St Just in Roseland, on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall. This walk offers stunning views across the Carrick Roads towards Falmouth. The walk takes you to St Just Creek before heading towards St Mawes, before returning to St Just in Roseland over elevated fields. Within this video we also explore the beautiful St Just in Roseland Church, the current day church dates back to the 13th century, and sits in the most unique waterside semi-tropical garden setting.

 

 

 

 

 

Liskard (above)

This village is a market town along  our next route.  A stannary and market town above the Looe river valley  that still retains many of its original VIctorian shop fronts:  Guild Hall, Clock Tower and town hall.  There is a renovated Stuart House–venue for the arts with a garden and a site that King Charles I stayed for 6 night in 1644 during the Civil War.

 

 

It was orginally called Liscarret and had a market from ancient times (See Doomsday book)

 

 

Liskard & District Museum

Includes ancient pipe well and mural of a pig meadow

 

 

Starting in Roselan where left off go .9 mile

 

 

Turn right on A38–go 3.7 milees

 

 

 left on A390–go 8.7 miles

 

 

Bear left on Castle Hill—go 1.4 miles

 

 

Turn left on B3269–go 3.6 miles

 

 

 

Continue on A3082–go 1.0 mile

 

Arrive at the centre of Fowey England

 

 

Cornwall’s history has been shaped by the tin and copper mined here for at least 3,000 years—when overseas merchants were the distributors for the metal mined here.  It was a thriving industry from then until mid 19th century when it began to decline.  This resulted in changes in employment and large numbers imigrated to Australia, New Zealand, South Africia and of course to the US and Canadia—resulting in the relocation of some 20% of the areas’ males between 1861-1901.  The method of cornwall’s survival first came to the area in the second half of the 19th century with the building of the railways and with the trains came the first tourists who are still the main contributor to Cornwall’s income.

 

 

 

 

This former quarry is now a paradise for thrill-seekers with a huge zip wire ride, cliff top swing, freshwater coasteering and a host of other high adrenaline activities on offer..  The main attraction is the Zip which measures nearly 500m..

 

 

 

 

Driving in Great Britain on a non-GB licence

Use this tool to see if you can drive in Great Britain with your non-GB driving licence.  Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Located beside the road leading to Fowey stands an ancient weathered stone masuring som 7′ the standing stone is set on a concrete base.  It was relocated from an area closer to Castle Dore

The inscription is in Lating and says Drustanus lies here—Drustan being a variant of the nam Tristan.

 

 

 

Photograph: Nicole Kwiatkowski/Shutterstock

 

 

Foye (Foy)

We stoppd in Foye and had lunch in a cafe just down the winding, slanting streets—with a stone veranda over looking the water—-in a town that Daphne du Maurier oft visited—where her parents purchased a holiday home and at that cottage she wrote her first novel.   When we visited there the white former boathouse with royal blue-painted eaves near the ferry’s moorings housed her son Kit private residence.

 

 

 

But Daphne was not the only writer who wrote here…Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) called it Troy Town, not Foye—in his humourous novels that put the town on the map. He resided here in a house called Haven.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step by Step Car Hire Process in UK

At VroomVroomVroom, we understand that renting a car can be confusing at times. Understanding the process from research to return means that your car rental experience can be a positive one. Take a look below at our step-by-step guide next time you rent a car in the UK.

 

 

 

Fowey – Cornwall – England – 4K Virtual Walk

Join us for a walk around Fowey, Cornwall, England. Our walk starts on Fowey Town Quay with beautiful picturesque views over the River Fowey and across to Polruan. From here you can catch the Polruan passenger ferry, which is well worth the trip!

 

 

 

Just as the sprawling house of Manderley cast a spell over the second Mrs de Winter, so too did its real life inspiration, Menabilly, which Du Maurier eventually lived in after the novel’s publication

 

 

 

 

DRIVING IN THE UK: TIPS FOR VISITORS

Last updated: September 10, 2021. Written by Laurence Norah -We’re big fans of self-drive road trips when we travel, and we especially love road tripping around the UK since we are currently based there. We’ve written a number of guides to exploring the UK on your own, including a detailed 1 week UK itinerary and a 2 week UK itinerary, as well as a detailed guide to driving Scotland’s epic North Coast 500.

 

 

 

 

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAPHNE DU MAURIER’S CORNWALL

includes video How to Spend a Weekend in Cornwall

 

 

 

 

Jamaica Inn (1939) Full Movie

Set in the Georgian era in Cornwall in 1819. After the death of her mother, young Mary (Maureen O’Hara) travels to the Cornish coast seeking her Aunt Patience (Marie Ney) . Stranded on a windswept, isolated road, Mary meets Humphrey Pengallan (Charles Laughton)

 

 

 

“We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic—now mercifully stilled, thank God—might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion as it had before.” — Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca