Lanhydrock country house and garden

It was a really nice walk and one that we had not done before, so it was really good to find something different in a place that was visited so often.

A few photos taken last sunday on a beautiful day the gardens were full of colour and the smell of the flowers too were brilliant.

Out came the sun

Watergate bay

Well for the past couple of days the sun has come out makes everyone feel better to get out so we did i actually got to go in the sea today body boarding such great fun and great exercise.


Last evening we were at party in the park for part of carnival week here in St Columb, and tonight we are going with friends to jazz in the park at Pencarrow house so busy little bees we are at the moment. And finally tomorrow we shall see the final carnival parade in town , so hopefully will post some piccies after the weekend activities.

Foye/ watergate bay

Taken on a walk from Mawgan Porth to Watergate bay

Foye harbour, Polruan on the other side of the harbour

Really pleased with this one. Yacht in Foye harbour

Same yacht different angle

Thought i would leave you all with a few shots of cornwall before i set off on holiday tomorrow to turkey, off to pack now can't wait to see daughter and son-in-law . Although the flight is at stupid o'clock tomorrow shan't arrive until 03.40 turkish time, just want to be there now. Think of me on the beach with cocktail in hand and the warm sea just in front of me AHH

Royal cornwall show

One of my favourite things to do in early june is to go to the Royal Cornwall Show. The show is on a show ground with 1oo's of acres to walk around, our day begins there at around 10.30am and probably does not end until around 6.00pm, very tiring but worth every aching step !

This is the biggest show in the south west farming calender, farmers and public come from every part of the county and further in some cases to show their animals.

You can buy anything from a brand new tractor to an alpaca or a new B M W car to a baby rabbit !! the choice is yours. There is also a show ring where different things are always going in, this year we had a human cannonball LOL

My favourite places are where all the animal are, the piggy pens are the best they are so cute, then we venture into the cow sheds where you have to be careful of where you are treading LOL, the size of some of these animals are amazing, but such gentle giants.

Then we have the food and drink marquee , you can try different tasters smoked duck was superb , for lunch i had a fresh Cornish crab sandwich, tony had a gluten and wheat free curry, followed by fresh strawberries and clotted cream is your mouth watering now?

Anyway here are a few photos of the day.

An old gypsy caravan

In cornwall we still have steam rallys

quite alot the smell is great when they

are working

So much work is put into getting the

animals just perfect for the show, as you can

see this cow was having a blow dry to get it in

peak condition




Thought this was unusual , there are so

many different breeds of animal here

"All this waiting around has left me so tired i've

now fallen asleep in my water bowl"

My favouirtes the piggies Top and Tailed

They all seem so stressed out i don't think!!

A fine specimen, think this one

won first prize

Hope you have enjoyed the trip out, we did not buy that BMW or a rabbit but i did come home after having a really lovely day with some fresh homemade sausages, cornish potatoes and srawberries

Being a local tourist

This was a walk we did a couple of weeks ago on a saturday afternoon.

Our trip took us from home at St Columb Major to st Mawgan a 6 mile round trip, we decided to walk on road as the way through the woods would have been rather muddy, not such a pretty route but still well worth it.

The route is quite hilly at points so you really work your leg muscles. You take for granted sometimes where you live and not really go to the places close to home, we made it to St Mawgan not many people about nice and peacefull, this old chap with camera in hand advised us that the church was well worth a visit so we popped in, nearly got locked in as the door was very stiff slight panic thinking we may have to spend the night LOL spent some time there walking around the grounds very relaxing.

St Mawgan has won the best kept village in cornwall for two years running it is very pretty. Stopped for our chocolate bar and a drink then proceeded to make our way back home seeing all the wildlife on our travels the baby lambs were adorable i stopped there for ages just watching them play about. We stopped at our lacal farm shop on the way to pick up some fresh eggs they were delicious i made scrambled egg with smoked salmon for lunch when we arrived home, my little treat for doing the walk. Being a local tourist for few hours was really good especially seeing the church.

The fruits of our labour fresh eggs

Tony had to carry them all the way home!!

View of our local church at st Columb walking back home you see the church from every angle as you walk

"what shall we get up to next then?"

"Oh i think we should go and play over there" "but mum said no"


"com on then you want a fight"


Our farmer has a sense of humour, can you see
the welington boots stuck upside done in the ground! Click on to enlarge!




Taken in St Mawgan this stream runs
all the way from St columb Major





Taken in the churchyard in St Mawgan, quite strange ,
a little eerie i think!




St Mawgan in pydar church




"anyone for dinner then" they were all
tucking in to their lunch as we walked past

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Learn to find joy in the simple things, the quiet things and the things which are free

A lovely day

Well sue arrived last night on time ,so we had a nice evening watching masterchef which we had taped. thought i was bad at crying but she beats me hands down , we both had a good cry when the winner was announced well done Matt!! oh what to watch now at 8.30pm week nights!.
Went out today for a beautiful lunch at St Mawes part of my birthday weekend which starts here, although the day is not until next week. Anyway we arrived for a 1.pm lunch i had hand dived scallops with baby leeks and saffron followed by sea bass with small potatoes and kale with pancetta with just room for chocolate mousse and a passion fruit sorbet YUM!! it was mainly a fish menu apart from the confit of duck which sue had and was delicious. All washed down with a bottle of chablis. We then walked it off with a hour or so along to Anthonys head on the coastal path {we only remembered the camera after we had left home} it was a great day, we are now about to have some nibbles and fresh cornish cheese and i think maybe some bubbles to end a nice day.
Off for a girlie day in truro tomorrow shopping and lunch, sue does pull all the stops out when it comes to her "little ma" thankyou so much you make my time with you very special xx