Camping!! Yep… You Read That Correctly!

After the antics in the harbour, the boys talked us into joining them at their camp site in Helford for one night. This meant finding out the tent from the back of the cupboard and hoping that it was all still intact!
We arrived straight from work, to be handed a glass of something naughty but nice, before we had to set up the camp

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What a view we had!  

and what a wonderful evening with some great friends. 

and wonderful food of course!  

Jo Anne

Kayak in the Harbour

What a day!

Our friends called to ask us to meet them at Portreath. 

They wanted to try out their new inflatable kayak that they had won…. needless to say we laughed all afternoon, and some of us got a little bit wet (well I did anyway!)

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Jo Anne

Dragons and Roots

We have had a plan for the bottom of our garden for a while now.  Today was to be the beginning of that plan coming to pass.

We have a very rotten young tree, and somehow had to remove it and ensure that the root ball and stump came up and away too.

We have been shocked that the gales have not done the job for us, but either way it’s sayonara sapling.

We checked out what to do on good old internet video how to pages…. you know the one I mean – “Your Pipe” or words to that effect, and got stuck in….

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Having felled the main body of the tree, and cut it into smallish pieces and bagged it into the trailer, we dug around the stump, felt around for the main roots and dug them free, then cut through them in order to release it from the ground.

All told it took us about and hour.  Great job done.

Now for some fun……  Falmouth for some lunch on the event square whilst watching the Dragon racing.

What a full and fun day.

Jo Anne

Bikes, Piggies and Bunnies

The exercise freaks amongst us, and no boys and girls, that does not include me, decided to ride the coast to coast trail today.

Paul has his own high spec bike, and Karen and Dave hired theirs from the local cycle hire company.

The coast to coast is 22 miles of torture in my opinion, however, these three loved every minute of it.

Having collected their bikes, they headed over to Portreath for the beginning of their ride on the North Coast.

I met them all there for a quick photo op, and then left them to it so I could get some housework done.
Once they had completed their ride over to Devoran and back to the Bissoe cycle hire company, we met for a butty from their cafe, and then all headed down to Treasure Park.

Time to fulfil the children inside….. to paint our pottery money boxes.

Mine was a piggy, that I named Daisy.  Karen had previously done a piggy, so decided on a Bunny….

We had such fun.

What a great day

Jo Anne

Boating and Floating

With the arrival of Karen and Dave from Brum, we decided to do a day full of water based activities.

JB and Sally-Ann arrived, and we headed into Falmouth for the first water related item….. a boat trip up the Fal.

Although we have done this trip with Sally-Ann many times, the others had not done it before, and what a great day to spend on the water.

The captain did his usual commentary to keep up entertained, and us girlies did the obligatory Kate Winslet stance at the front of the boat.

It was a lovely couple of hours, on the most perfect blue sky and sunshine day.

Once we were land locked once more, we headed back home for the wet suits and body boards for part two of the day…. boogie boarding at Portreath.

We had a fantastic day and after all that fresh air and sunshine were worn out.

Jo Anne

Tapeley Park

Tapely Park is somewhere we have not been before, and as the brochures kept popping up everywhere we decided to take a little trip over.

It was only about 25 minutes away so off we went, into the sunshine.

The car park boasted some great views

but I’m afraid to say that the gardens themselves were no comparison to Marwood a few days previously.  Although they were pretty, they just didn’t grab your imagination like Marwood does.

Despite this, it was a lovely hour and a half’s walk, before we headed back to retreat from the heat of the day back at the caravan.

Jo Anne

Up, Up and Away

Arlington treated us to a lovely morning wandering its grounds once more and then it was an afternoon at the van, and as the sun sets, the farmer who owns the next fields treats his wife to an anniversary present…

Jo   Anne

Marwood Hill Gardens

Today hit the giddy heights of 34 degrees in the sun, so we headed for whatever shade we could find at Marwood Hill Gardens.

They are a beautiful place to visit, with a large lake full of very inquisitive fish, and various hidden statues…. a lovely place for a picnic and a cuppa.

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We had a lovely day, despite the big old owl having her sights set on having Fred for her lunch!

Jo Anne