Goodbye, Hello

Having said goodbye to one lot of our boys, it was time to say hello to our other boys LOL
Jamie and Phill arrived at the camp site this week, and we all arranged to meet up and go for a walk up Godolphin Hill.  

 and of course, once we got to the top it was a chance to take the obligatory timed photograph of us all, before we head back for coffee and cake ...
A lovely catch up with our wonderful friends 

 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….

		Tree Stump Removal VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

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

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

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

 

Park and Ride Surprise

We decided to head into Truro today, as Paul needed some new glasses.  We wanted to pop into various opticians on spec so to speak (please forgive the pun) to try and get a walk in appointment there and then.

When we arrived at the Park and Ride, we were greeted with beautifully decorated concrete balls. 

They were all done with knitting.  Unfortunately I have no idea who made them all, as the sign had been rained on and had run so much it was illegible.

Such a lovely treat to see – well done to the creative knitters who did this, whoever you are.

The above image is what the concrete balls are normally like and below the transformations…

It bought a smile to everyone’s faces as they walked past to the bus station.

Meanwhile, we managed to get an immediate appointment for Paul, and his glasses were ordered.  A good day all round

Jo Anne