Jenn and I shared a pint at the Blue Anchor in Helston
Our vacation continued with a short flight from London to Newquay (pronounced New-key, for the non-English speakers), a town on the Atlantic coast in the southwestern county of Cornwall. From Newquay, we drove (with a left-handed stick on the left-hand side of the road) through Seworgan, Gweek, Helston, Wendren, Penzance and Land’s End over the course of two days. Jenn’s genealogy research provided the impetus for planning this trip, and these small towns held potential answers to the many questions that come with hundreds of years of history.
In Helston, we stopped for a couple hours and found a 15th century inn & pub where Jenn’s relatives used to collect their paychecks for working in the mines. Having time for a quick pint, we ordered one of their homemade brews (pictured above). In Wendren, we found the tombstone of Jenn’s great-great-great-grandfather and in Seworgan, we stayed the night in an old church (now a bed and breakfast) that her ancestors may have called their own.
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