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  MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22ND 2014 - Holiday Inn Plymouth, Armada Way, Plymouth PLYMOUTH Up at 6 am for breakfast, then headed out for the day. LAND'S END     The welcoming sign at Land's End.       Isn't the view absolutely gorgeous?       The "Knight's Arms".      A lighthouse is visible in the distance when the fog isn't rolling in. CORNWALL From Land's End, we headed to Cornwall to see St. Michael's Mount.       Once upon a time, until 1099, St. Michael's Mount was 5 to 6 miles away from the sea, built deep in the forest.  In November of that year the sea flooded the area.  Today it is an island with a man-made causeway for access.  The current building dates to the fifteenth century.    ST. IVES    The church at St. Ives.  Notice the narrow streets - they're not very vehicle-friendly!         A lot of cobblestone streets, and very narr...

  SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST 2014 - Holiday Inn Plymouth, Armada Way, Plymouth  LONDON  Up at 6 am to join the breakfast buffet at 6:45 am so that we could meet our fellow travelers and board the bus at 7:45 am.  We met our bus driver (James) who turned out to be a phenomenal driver, and our guide (Ian MacLean Walker) who was a font of historical information throughout our tour. We drove around RAF Northolt, where the late Diana, Princess of Wales' body was repatriated to Britain, while Ian told some stories of that time and the outrage of the people. SALISBURY - STONEHENGE Our first stop was the iconic Stonehenge - a UNESCO World Heritage site.  The site is thought to date from 3000 BC and was supposedly completed around 1600 BC.  Just seeing the site sends goosebumps down your spine!    The iconic view of Stonehenge's sarsens.  Due to problems with vandalism and graffiti, access to the actual stones is limited and well protect...

  LONDON - Hilton London Metropole, Edgware Road, London We arrived at Gatwick Airport outside London England at approximately 10 am.  Went through the formalities easily, and went to the area where we were to meet our Globus host who would transfer us to the hotel in London.  We met another couple there who were taking a different Globus tour - they were from Oshawa.  After waiting for an hour, she telephoned Globus to find out where our host was, as he/she had not yet shown up.  They couldn't find any paperwork telling them we were landing that morning, but eventually they had an "Aha!" moment and sent an emergency host to get us.  We lost over two hours of sightseeing time in London because of this error.  However, the "emergency host" (Tom) who came for us was wonderful, and gave us the scenic tour around the city so that we could see the major sights even though we were arriving too late to enter them. After checking into the hotel, w...

TORONTO We left immediately after Gord finished work to head for the Toronto Airport to catch our flight to London England.  We had opted to purchase the Option Plus plan for our flight, but we won't do that again - although Toronto accepted our luggage under OP, they did not have a separate advance boarding lane for OP so we had to join the regular queue to board the plane.  Nice plane, but very little sleep to be found!