In The Footsteps of my Ancestors

Mawgen is a small, delightful country village on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. Today I am here to explore the footsteps of my Cornish ancestors. I am sitting here on a bench, listening to the birds, feeling the sun's warmth and enjoying peaceful lunch of Cornish pasty and coffee My view across the narrow road is of a row of delightful stone cottages. One is called Primrose Cottage - that pretty well describes the quaintness of the village. Being in the village of my maternal ancestors, going back at least to the 1600's, makes this a very special day for me. I spent a very long time wandering around the church and graveyard where they were christened, married and buried. I even found two of their graves from the mid 1800's. The church itself dates back to the 1200's. It was very moving for me to sit in the same church and walk the same lanes as my ancestors of over 300 years ago. I am truly blessed