Rambles around the coast
Thursday 30th July 2015
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Ironically, given that the thistle is the heraldic emblem of Scotland, it’s this plant that entertains us on our first walk back in Cornwall. Thistles are an important food source for a variety of birds and just now, many are coming to the end of their season and producing those lovely cotton wool covered seed heads.
Monday, 29th June 2015
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All the lovely things today…….sunshine…..walking……Wimbledon….etc etc.
We have a little book on our bookshelf, unfortunately not dated, but I would guess it was published in the 1950’s. The youngest Master RR found it in a bookshop in Edinburgh (yeah…how strange is that!) and it’s called the ‘Official Guide to Helston and the Lizard Peninsula’.
Saturday, 27th June 2015
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You know that song:
“You’ll remember me when the west wind blows upon the fields of barley
You’ll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold”
Love it!
That’s what we did today – walked in fields of gold:
Saturday, 20th June 2015
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I hope you’re enjoying sunshine. We are here. Except this morning when we decided to cross over to the other side…..and found fog, fog and more fog.
We also committed the cardinal sin of embarking on a walk without a map…..in the fog…..somewhere we haven’t been before (well, only once – a long time ago). Continue reading
Wednesday, 17th June 2015 Hello Usually our walks don’t follow much of a plan – we just get up and decide where to go over breakfast. For our Wednesday walk this week a plan was necessary! You can’t go to St Michael’s Mount without knowing in advance what the tide is doing. Well, you can – but then you chance having to get on a very small boat in very choppy seas with lots of potentially sea sick people. We’ve done this and believe me its no fun! Continue reading
Monday, 15th June 2015
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Well, hasn’t it turned out to be a lovely day….it has in this part of the world anyway!
We went west today, down to Cape Cornwall – the only headland in England referred to as a ‘cape’ apparently. We used directions from iWalkcornwall.co.uk which, as always, were thorough with some very interesting information included. Didn’t stop us getting lost though…on the way back we got confused, took a wrong turn and ended up back on the coast path. Continue reading
Saturday, 13th June 2015
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Well, as it was forecast to be wet and windy we decided to go for a quick walk along the coast path around Falmouth and then pop into town for lunch. Wrong on all counts! Continue reading
Monday 8th June 2015 Hello Lovely day today! Summer I think! We decided to take a walk around Coverack as Mr RR is on the hunt for driftwood and sometimes has some luck along this coast. We walked here back in April – starting off with ice-cream if you remember. We didn’t do that today though, just set off for the coast with sun in our faces and a light breeze to keep us cool. Unfortunately I was feeling extra rickety today, having spent yesterday altering curtains and making cushion covers (yes – they look lovely!). Continue reading
Wednesday 3rd May, 2015
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Well, what a sun shiny and exciting day it’s been.
In fact, I was so excited by an email that I opened when I got back from todays walk and started to upload the photographs – that I totally forgot myself and deleted all the photos from the camera before I’d actually imported them to the computer!!!! Oh no! I hear you scream – that’s not what I said, I can tell you! I was having palpitations! I didn’t know whether I should stop worrying about it and be excited (about my email) or cry – from a mixture of excitement and frustration! I ran in to Mr RR who was having a quiet sit down and shouted OMG guess what I’ve done? And then….before he’d even gathered his wits to ask what was going on …..I had a brainwave. Continue reading
Friday, 29th May 2015
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We’re doing well with the walking this week aren’t we? Considering life is so busy you know? Walking, knitting, sewing, blogging etc etc. Love it! Continue reading
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