Today we explored Fowey, a charming and extremely picturesque medieval town in Cornwall. While some of us spent the day visiting a mansion and castle, most of us spent the morning at the Eden Project. In the afternoon, we either strolled in the Lost Gardens of Heligan or walked in the hilly countryside surrounding the harbor.
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Fowey, 6/19/2022, National Geographic Explorer
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Berit Solstad, Naturalist
Berit grew up on the rocky shores of Marblehead, Massachusetts. In the tidal cove behind her family’s home she found horseshoe crabs, eels, and feeding frenzies of fishes and birds. Low tides exposed clam flats, crabs, mussels, and snails. She explor...
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Ancient Isles: England, Ireland, and Scotland
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Unst and Lerwick, Shetlands
This morning we arrived to Unst, which is about 200 miles west of Norway and the most northerly island of the Shetlands and all the British Isles. Dozens of Viking longhouses have been found here; we were able to see replicas of a Viking ship and a Viking longhouse. While many of us had a tour of Unst’s highlights, another group went birdwatching in Hermaness National Nature Reserve.
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Foula and Mousa Isles
Today we got to visit two very special places in the Shetland Islands, Foula and Mousa. On Foula, a small group of people live a bucolic lifestyle. They are isolated from the world and dependent on the ferry or a small airplane to provide them with the necessities of life that they cannot grow, raise, or fish for themselves. The second Island, Mousa, is the site of a Neolithic broch used in the Iron Age and dated at 300 BC. Brochs are found only in Scotland, and this is the best-preserved broch in the country.