Tom,
I had thought that flights from NY or Boston might be the way
to go, as you have confirmed. We pay $950/person and always go to
Heathrow as its closer to the midlands where we have our house. You
would think going for a longer period would be cheaper rather than
more expensive. We usually stay around three weeks, or thereabouts,
I hadn't realized one month was the limitation.
Cheers,
Bea
On 1/16/01 4:06 PM Thomas Campbell writes:
>
>
>Bea,
>Bonnie asked me to answer part of your email and she will answer the
>remainder tomorrow.
>When we fly to the UK, we drive from Charleston SC to Charlotte NC where we
>take a British Airways flight to Gatwick. The trip over takes about 7 hours
>and the return trip is about 8 hours.
>The faster way to the UK would be to fly from Charleston to Dulles and then
>fly out from there or flying to NY, which has direct flights from Charleston
>as well. Obviously the fastest trip from the USA to the UK is from Boston,
>which is probably 5 to 6 hours.
>On prices, beacuse we stay for 3-4 months at a time tickets for Economy
>Class cost around $1000. The cheap tickets stop at a month.
>Take care, Tom
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bea Hopkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 4:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Fw: Newfoundland wells
>
>
>>Hi Bonnie,
>> Hope you will be going to St. Rochelle?. It was a small town we
>>drove
>>through at a great pace which looked absolutely picturesque. Am not sure
>>I have the name right thought. If I recall correctly it was south of
>>Vanne.
>>The museum at the latter also quite fascinating.
>>
>> I was the guess of a French archaeologist who was whisking me from
>>one
>>salt site to the next - no wells included!
>>
>> >The basin of the well at St Cado is flooded with sea water at high
>>tide.
>> >Does that count?
>>Do you mean the brick well itself? And no flooding with seawater would
>>not
>>count, but presumably there was a fresh-water spring close to the sea
>>which was
>>captured in the well?
>>
>>I envy your trip along that coast and with a goal in mind too. Bet you
>>will
>>enjoy those large plates of shrimp they serve up for lunch.
>>
>>May I ask when you go to Europe from north Carolina do you fly from
>>Washington
>>to Paris? Am also wondering what that costs compared to our direct
>>flights from
>>Los Angeles. Those long trips are so hard for us to stand nowadays. We
>>just came
>>back from a 7 hour flight from L.A. to Papeete and that too was
>>difficult. So I
>>keep thinking we should try to break our journeys to Europe.
>>
>>We actually had two whole days of rain here last week before a glorious
>>two day
>>weekend. Today it is cloudy and cool. I think we managed about 3.5
>>inches before
>>it stopped (together with a small earthquake of 4.6!) after two months
>>without any
>>rain. I have a feeling you are now getting the brunt of that storm? Is
>>it still
>>humid there?
>>
>>Bea
>>
>>
>>
>>On 1/15/01 10:59 AM Thomas Campbell writes:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi, Bea!
>>>
>>>I certainly don't remember any of the waters tasting salty. The wells are
>>>generally well cared for in Brittany so I managed- at the very least- to
>wet
>>>my lips with some of the water at each site we visited. (Heaven only knows
>>>what was actually in the water but it certainly LOOKED potable and I never
>>>got sick.)
>>>
>>>The basin of the well at St Cado is flooded with sea water at high tide.
>>>Does that count?
>>>
>>>We plan to be back in Brittany for 8 weeks next year and I have already
>got
>>>a list of close to a hundred 'fontaines sacrees' that we should be able to
>>>visit. (Assuming, of course, that I can keep Tom moving at a smart pace.)
>>>I will keep notes for you and let you know whether we find any saline
>>>waters.
>>>
>>>Hope all's well with you in California- and that you're staying dry!
>>>
>>>Bonnie
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Bea Hopkinson <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Date: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:58 AM
>>>Subject: Re: Fw: Newfoundland wells
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi there,
>>>>
>>>>While in Brittany last year did you come across any saline
>>>>saintly wells?
>>>>
>>>>Bea
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 1/11/01 7:56 AM Thomas Campbell writes:
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Thomas Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:50 AM
>>>>>Subject: Newfoundland wells
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Phillip:
>>>>>I just saw your note to the Holy Well List. I'm starting to do some
>>>>>geneaology and am tracking my family back well, "North" - is all I know
>>>>>at this point.
>>>>>
>>>>>In the course of map-reading I was fascinated by the huge number of
>towns
>>>>>in Newfoundland that are named for French (Breton) saints. I have been
>>>>>wondering since I saw that whether there is a tradition of holy wells
>>>>>where you are?
>>>>>
>>>>>We were in Brittany last year and spent most of out time tracking down
>>>>>"fontaines sacrees" named for saints whose names, at least, made it to
>>>>>North America.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks for the help. I never thought I'd find anyone to ask this
>question
>>>>>of.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best,
>>>>>Bonnie Bennett (Benoit) Campbell
>>>>>Charleston, South Carolina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
>>
>>
>>Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
Beatrice Hopkinson 73071,327@compuserve
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