Sir Piers Edgcumbe of Stonehouse was able to build two mills and a new bridge c1525. This bridge with it's mills was built alongside an ancient causeway that used to link across the creek in the past. The mills would process grain for the making of bread and beer. The mills Were still going when in 1807 a toll gate with lodge was installed, much to the annoyance of the locals! By the early 1900s both The mill and toll gate had gone.
We took the Bongo for it's first overnight test run yesterday. We chose Tencreek Holiday park near Looe as it is local with good facilities and we weren't too sure what we would find when we unpacked the awning.
We now have a better idea how to setup the awning and we now know we were missing some awning/vehicle attachment parts. We were also without electric hookup as we stripped it out the previous week when it transpired the entire system had been jerrybuilt and the fusebox was full ...
I passed the RSGB Amateur Radio Foundation exam (25/26) today. I used the excellent (and free) Essex Ham Foundation Online training course to study for this.
