The Big day out…

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Weekend Visitors…

Roseanne, Ted and Mabel drove down to Polperro in their new Landrover (about 5 hours) and we went fishing, crabbing in the rockpools (as they do here with buckets and nets) and caving with a dinner at The Blue Peter Inn.

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Day trip…

On Thursday 14th of march I Drove towards Plymouth to Kingsand and Cawsand…

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It was a stunning day with lots of sunshine and ended in a nice plate of fish and chips, with mushy peas, at the Blue Peter Inn in Polperro.

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Awoke to Sunshine in Polperro…

The view from my cottage this morning…

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Bodmin Moor…

Well it was very bleak and I don’t know how Heathcliff and Cathy ever survived as well as all these stone age types building monuments and stone circles…

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Snowshowers…

Drove the lane ways to Golitha Falls and amidst showers of light snow explored this pretty area.

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The puddles were frozen…

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It was beautiful

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Road trip..Day 2..

It’s freezing again…1 degree and a roaring gale! Lovely drive from mosehole via Lamorna and Porthcurno to Land’s End. literally felt like I was being blown into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Drove through very windswept, rugged granite strewn countryside where there are lots of remnants of Tin mining finally reaching St Ives. Walking the narrow streets down to the sandy beach and harbour it actually started to snow!Image

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Road trip to Lands End…

The weather has decided to give me another blast of an English winter, so in freezing temperatures with an icy wind and evidence of snow showers in the fields, I set off from Polperro to venture to the very southern tip of the United Kingdom. I drove through pretty countryside to Fowey, across the river ferry to St Austell then on to Truro with a side trip to St Mawes across the river Fal from Falmouth.Image

I then continued to Porthleven another little harbour village and tried the local ale from St Austell brewery with a warming, hearty lamb casserole for lunch at the pub.ImageImageContinuing along the coast I came to St Michael’s Mount..access denied due to the tide!Image

Coastal walk…

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Funny dog…

Walking the alleyways of Looe I chanced upon a sad dog lying at a gate of a tiny concrete yard mournfully staring at a tennis ball sitting out of his reach on the path on the other side of the gate. I felt sad and picked it up and tossed it t0 him. Immediately the game started with the dog retrieving ImageImageit and skilfully rolling the ball out to me or tossing it over the fence to play catch. Then I noticed the sign near the door…clever, funny dog!

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