Sunday 31st May, 2015
Hello friends
We had a day out at Lanhydrock Estate on Sunday, it started off wet and cold but dried up later on, so we we able to walk down to the river at Respryn. Continue reading
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The Keeper of the Kiddlywink!
Tuesday, 19th May 2015
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I’ve been reading my Medieval Flower Book by Celia Fisher which discusses how flower illustration was used in medieval herbals and manuscripts, and gives masses of interesting information about the uses – and abuses of flowers – in those days. It’s an informative history of flowers as they are portrayed in medieval art and beautifully illustrated too!
The Way Through the Woods…
Monday, 4th May 2015 (Day 1, week 18)
Aiming to walk 1000 miles in a year
Total so far: 331.7 miles (4.6 miles this week)
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Despite the grey clouds and threatening rain I decided to venture up to the woods to see how the bluebells were coming along. I was not disappointed! It was astonishing to see the carpet of vivid blue amongst the trees – so difficult to capture on camera, but there are lots of photos here anyway! Continue reading
Porthleven Food Festival
Saturday, 25th April 2015, (Day 6, week 16)
Aiming to walk 1000 miles in a year
Total so far: 315 miles (9.6 miles this week)
Hello – from not so sunny Porthleven where the Food Festival is in full swing!
Staying around Porthleven today, I wanted to see how the bluebell woods in Penrose were coming on so we did a quick walk through the estate before heading back to the Festival.
Conspiracy at Kynance!
Monday, 13th April 2015 (Day 1, week 15)
Aiming for 1000 miles in a year
Total so far 290.5 miles (5.3 miles this week)
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It was foggy today, very foggy. A new walk for us, from Predannack which is just along from Mullion Cove on the Lizard, to Kynance and back across the heathland. An excellent walk, taken from a website called iWalkCornwall (http://www.iwalkcornwall.co.uk). Easy to follow instructions – though probably even easier if we could see where we were heading through the mist! Continue reading
Lovely walking from Sennen Cove!
Saturday, 11th April 2015 (Day 6, week 14)
Aiming for 1000 miles in a year
Total so far: 285.2 miles (13.7 miles this week)
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One of our favourite walks today, around Sennen Cove and Land’s End.
Dog walkers and oyster dredgers..
Monday, 6th April 2015 (Day 1, week 14)
Aiming for 1000 miles in one year
Total so far: 276.2 miles (4.7 miles this week)
Hello!
Well – what a lovely day it is today. We went for a walk around the Trelissick Estate taking in the Fal Estuary and Lamouth Creek along with about 3 million dog walkers!! Continue reading
There and back again!
Saturday, 21st March 2015 (Day 6, week 11)
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What a glorious day again.
I seem to have recovered from yesterday’s tumble so we took a walk into Helston to sort a few things out and then, after a cup of tea, walked back again in time for the last day of the 6 nations rugby.
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Rickety
Target: 1000 miles in one year (20 miles a week)
Achieved so far: 241.9 miles (target 220 miles)
Achieved this week: 18.2 miles
Porthleven to Helston via Penrose Estate and return (7 miles)
We take our usual route to the Penrose Estate, heading for the far side of the lake and the path into Helston. On the calm water are Pochard and Great Crested Grebe and along the path we catch sight of a Grey Wagtail. Otherwise birdlife is difficult to spot, as the pathway is busy with people out enjoying the weather.
The daffodils and primroses continue to bloom all along the route and there is the promise of bluebells to come in the woodland.
We reach Helston and cross the road to walk alongside the lake admiring the lovely Golden Weeping Willow on the island in the middle.
There are Tufted Ducks, Swans, a Cormorant and Mallards on the lake. The mallards are frisky and searching for partners and we watch as one poor female is mobbed by several males, eventually making her way to land to take a break from the frenzy.
Having completed our errands in Helston we walk back down to the lake and sit outside the cafe with coffee and teacakes watching the action. Most of the swans are out of the water now, preening and hoping for food. These are Mute Swans but there is one Whooper which arrived in the Winter and has stayed around.
Soon we’re back on the Penrose Estate path heading for Porthleven, passing the Penrose Estate House and the ‘mock’ Roman Bath House which is sited a few hundred yards away from the main house. It was the owner of the house, a Lt. Cdr Rogers who gave Loe Pool and the surrounding land as far away as Gunwalloe Church Cove to the National Trust in 1974. His one request was that Loe Pool should be kept for the people to enjoy, ‘without distraction’. Isn’t that lovely?
Mixed media on canvas
Associated artwork for Ricketyrambler by Andrew Major:
http://www.andrewmajorart.co.uk
http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/Andrew-Major
Trengwainton Garden
Wednesday, 18th March 2015 (Day three, week 11)
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It’s a lovely Spring day here with blue skies and a warm sun.
We took a trip to Trengwainton Garden in Penzance, a National Trust garden with 25 acres of walks and Spring flowers. It was splendid! Continue reading
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