We are staying at St Austell which is just a few miles from The Eden Project, this was one of our objectives in coming here so that's where we headed. The weather was cloudy and a bit cool.
This area has been a clay mining district and a disused clay pit about 60 metres deep was acquired with the purpose of showing what could be done by recycling the site into something of use and for education. The site consists of two large biomes, or glasshouses which are constructed with a steel frame in mainly hexagonal shapes filled in with plastic pillows.
One biome is used to recreate a warm dry atmosphere and displays plants from Mediterranean and African climates while the larger one is tropical rain forests. Both are filled with plants and displays which make the whole thing interesting.
Outside the biomes the gardens are also beautiful displaying a large range of plants. The project is very much into ecological measures and educate without appearing to do so.
We spent several hours there and when we left it was starting to rain. They use buses to get you to and from the carpark. As the weather by this time was less than delightful we decided we would just go for a drive to Megavissey, a coastal village just down the road. Parking is not possible in these villages and you either park out of the village or just drive through it. We decided to have a look at the docks which would be very picturesque in the sunshine, but in the rain, with grey skies, grey sea and grey roads beside the docks it all looks pretty much the same. With no railings beside the seafront it is a bit creepy when you just have to keep going until there is a place to turn around. We survived that bit of driving much to the bewilderment of a local who just stood in the doorway shaking his head at us. (Stupid damn tourists)
Back to the hotel for tea and in for the night.
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