Afternoon Stroll on the Beach

I took Hamish for a lovely walk on the beach this afternoon.  Not many people about apart from surfers enjoying the waves and I spotted some pebbles just itching to be built into a cairn …

High Tide!

It’s that night in the autumn when the tides are at their highest and the wind joined in to make it even more dramatic.

Unfortunately it was already dark so the photos are not that brilliant but they’ll give you a flavour of what we watched and how close the water came to our home …

Bank Holiday Weekend with the Boys

Jamie and Phill arrived in the early hours (3am!) of Saturday morning.  When Phill was in the shower it decided to pack up – aaah!!  They were going into Falmouth so they went via B&Q and picked up a new Mira Sport Max shower for us.  Ozzie stayed at home and made himself quite comfortable with me and Hamish on the sofa …

Later in the day they wanted to try and fit it but I managed to talk them into waiting until Paul arrived to help.  Jo and Paul were coming for a meal as Jamie had volunteered to cook a spaghetti bolognese.  The new shower got fitted which was fantastic and we had a great meal.

On Sunday we picked Pam and Jo up and made our way over to Trengwainton Gardens for a cream tea lunch!  We sat outside and gorged ourselves …

When we left we had to take photos on the rocking horse but there was no applause today!

We took the scenic route home and stopped at the top of a hill for a fantastic view over to St Michaels Mount …

We were looking over a campsite and although very basic for facilities (just a portaloo) I can’t imagine a better view to wake up to …

After dropping Jo and Pam back to their respective homes, the boys changed into wetsuits and headed for the beach.  The weather wasn’t great so I declined joining them in the water and just went along with my camera.

There was plenty of activity on the beach with the Surf Lifesaving Championships up one end and a Surf School giving lessons at the other …

We went back on the beach in the evening to walk off a very large roast chicken dinner …

With a forecast of rain for today, the boys decided to leave us in the morning and start making their way home.  They were meeting Simon and Vikki at Taunton as Ozzie would be spending the next two weeks with them.  Jamie and Phill are off to Kefalonia tomorrow – lucky devils!

Spectacular Waves

Both yesterday and today we’ve had large waves and spectacular sights at the harbour.  The surfers have had a great few days and Hamish has had extra walks as I wanted to take some photos of the waves breaking on the breakwater …

I think he was hoping we’d be on the move soon but he was very good and sat patiently waiting!

Ed’s Return to Harbour

When I looked out this morning I noticed that Ed’s boat was missing from its mooring which meant that he had gone to sea on a fishing trip.  Nothing strange in that except that it’s now November and the weather can change dramatically at this time of year.

Hamish was fidgeting this afternoon and needed to go for a walk so I took him around the harbour.  Once his task was complete I just thought I’d pop up the steps to the look-out and I spotted a very small boat making its way back to the harbour.  Ed was returning home.  The problem was a huge great  wave that was building behind him and I had no idea if he knew it was there.  I whipped out my phone to take some photos and I had a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that this was going to have a bad ending.  I seriously thought I was about to photograph a disaster but thankfully it had a happy ending.  As Ed approached I heard him gun his outboard and he managed to keep ahead of the wave and keep the boat in a straight line.  Any slight turn and he would have been flipped over.

I made my way back to his mooring and had a chat with him.  Apparently he is a non-swimmer and his life jacket was in the cuddy!!!!!!  I couldn’t believe that he was so stupid to be at sea alone with no life jacket on and he had no flares either.  Amazing!!!  A very lucky man.