Friday 31 October 2008

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Our doorbell has been constantly ringing but luckily we remembered to buy some sweets today.

Sunday 26 October 2008

Visiting Fives

Three MX-5's from the North Thames Area were in Cornwall this weekend and seven Cornish cars hosted a run for them today. We took them on the drive we did back in the Spring as our Easter Egg Run. Unfortunately the weather was against us this morning as we all gathered in the rain at Treasure Park near Redruth ...

We made our way along the North Coast to Hayle and then crossed the county until we reached Marazion where we had a stop for coffee at the car park by Jordans Cafe ...

Luckily it had stopped raining by now so I got a shot of St Michaels Mount complete with passing seagull!

After a short break we made our way towards Penzance and then crossed back over to the North Coast again and headed for St Ives. After arriving at the Tyringham Arms which was the scheduled lunch stop, we found out that they were not expecting us just yet so Mike and Sharon led us on a jaunt into St Ives itself where we brought the town to a standstill as ten of us drove in convoy through the narrow streets! Great!

A bit crooked but snapped out of the window ...

Along the seafront ...

Past the Tate ...

It was then back to the pub for a carvery lunch, a good chinwag with the fivers and then back to our car ...

and home to see Hamish.

Friday 24 October 2008

That Sinking Feeling!

When we got home and looked out of our front window this is what we saw ...

There was quite a swell in the harbour and the backlash from the wall had swamped Georgielee ...


There was also talk of a seal being in the outer harbour so naturally with camera in hand I went to have a look.

There it was ...

The sea was quite dramatic too ...





Falmouth in the Sunshine

We had to pop over to Falmouth today to get some paint for Crocus from Trago ...

and to order some wood for her from Woodstock. It was a hood up journey over but the sun came out while we were having a coffee and the harbour looked lovely ...


There was even a boat just below us that was named after me!


Wednesday 22 October 2008

Truro Today

After having a coffee in The Lounge we were walking back towards the town and I just looked over a little bridge and saw this ...

A peaceful bit of river amongst the busy traffic of a city.

On the way home we called in at Pets at Home to collect some herbal tablets for Hamish as he absolutely HATES fireworks. They are Scullcap and Valerian tablets - will let you know if they work after Bonfire Night. Whilst in the shop I saw this ...

and couldn't resist it! An Advent Calendar for Hamish!

Tuesday 21 October 2008

New Exhaust!

Last Saturday whilst Mike was cleaning the car ready for the run on Sunday - the end of our exhaust fell off!

We'd bought a new one from MX-5 Parts this time last year when we went to the National Event of the MX-5 Owners Club and it has been living in its box under the spare bed. Paul had offered to fit it for us but we'd never got around to finding the time between us - until now when it suddenly became desperate! Yesterday afternoon we drove up to Jo and Paul's place and after a lot of banging (and probably swearing!) it was done.

We took the old one to the tip today ...

and look how smart the car is now ...


Thank you, thank you Paul. It looks and sounds great!

Birthday Boy!

Happy Birthday Hamish!

My boy is five years old today and we bought him a little treat this morning ...





It was all gone in a flash!

Sunday 19 October 2008

Seals at Gweek

Today was an MX-5 run which was to end up at the National Seal Sanctuary at Gweek where we had arranged a group booking for the Club.

Thirteen cars turned up at Truro Football ground for a 10.30am start. We began with a narrow lane and it was almost the cause of our day ending there and then! As we drove down the lane with our headlights on and 12 cars following, a lady was coming towards us much too fast and she only just managed to stop before smashing into us. She backed up and said sorry but the heart-rate was well increased!

Thankfully the rest of the drive to our coffee stop was incident free and we arrived safely at the car park for the Argal Dams ...

The next leg of our journey took us along the Helford River where we got occasional glimpses of the river (or should I say - mud!).
It's a pretty road but we were keeping our fingers crossed that we didn't meet any cars on the very narrow bits and we were lucky today. We drove on through Gweek to the Grange Fruit Farm where we had booked lunch and we ate far too much! It was then a simple drive back down into Gweek and to the Seal Sanctuary where we all parked our precious cars in the over-spill car park ... We arrived at the pools just as the 2pm talk and feeding session began ...
After watching the seals we walked down to Otter Creek where these two little chaps live ...
Here are a selection of the many photos I took today ...










Saturday 18 October 2008

Rainbow

Looking out this morning it was the turn of a rainbow ...

Friday 17 October 2008

Sunrise

Just happened to look out and see this lovely sky this morning ...

Friday 10 October 2008

Homeward Bound

After just one night at California Cross (where the television reception was lousy and we couldn't use our 3 dongle to access the internet!) we left quite early ...

and made our way towards Plymouth via Modbury ...

crossing Plymouth Sound ...

and then reaching the Tamar Bridge ...


where we saw the welcoming sight ...

Nearly home!

Thursday 9 October 2008

Off to Devon

Another bright start to the day and this morning we were joined by some ducks looking for breakfast ...

One of the females had lost a foot and was hobbling around on just a stump but she was obviously very used to being disabled and got as much bread from me as the rest of them!

We were only going as far as Devon today and this was the view as we passed over the the river at Exeter ...

Finally arriving at California Cross Camping and Caravanning Club Site where we were given a nice pitch at the lower end of the site ...