Beach and Harbour Sunsets

You can’t beat Portreath for beautiful sunsets.  You can be walking on the beach or around the harbour and they never fail to mesmerize me …

Bedding Plants

Summer is here!  The bedding plants are in!  Who better to help me than Hamish who really just enjoys posing with them when all the work is finished.  And a pasty for lunch when you’re a busy gardener!

Evening Strolls on Portreath Beach

A few evenings ago and tonight I took some photos of Hamish’s evening walk on the beach.  The first were at sunset and the latest were on a breezy but bright night …

Setting off for Home

We left the Norfolk Broads site and as we passed over the River Thurne I spotted Sally moored up with Steve working on her.  I quickly pulled over and turned around, parked up in Lathams car park and we walked to the riverside to say hi and goodbye.  It was lovely to see both Steve and Lisa one more time before we hit the road for Cornwall.

We retraced our route and I was doing really well.  Jamie had put the postcode for Burford into Jasmine and once I’d cleared Milton Keynes I turned her on.  We have no idea how it happened but somehow the wrong postcode was set and I found myself in the wrong place!!!  I reset it and then we arrived safely at the site.  I must say it was nice to have the speedo working on this journey.

We had the same pitch and once again I took Hamish to see the animals.  Yes Hamish they’re still there …

The following morning we left here for the Devizes site and I took Hamish for a stroll along the canal.  There was quite a bit of activity …

Back on the site and this greeted me …

Isn’t that brilliant?  The following morning the weather was lovely so another walk along the canal …

Before we left the site I managed to get a photo of Henry who was a puppy owned by one of the site managers – he was gorgeous!

We then headed back to our friends and the promised lamb roast!!  It was very yummy too!   More playing with the cats for Hamish …

One last drive and we were home.  It had been a fantastic holiday as always and I’m looking forward to the next one already!

Off on Holiday!

It’s that time of year again – Norfolk Broads holiday.  I have a route planned so that I don’t need to use anyone to get me around the M25 and M1.

After leaving the place where our motorhome is stored and setting off along the A30 I looked down and noticed that my speedometer was telling me I was stationary!!!  Thankfully I had the Sat Nav (Jasmine) set up and so I used it to tell me my speed.  I hoped it was a blip and would work again but it was not to be

The first night was spent parked outside a friend’s house in Somerset …

We went to the local pub for a meal as she had thought we were arriving the following day!  We’re stopping here on the way home and have been promised a roast lamb dinner with all the trimmings!!  The following morning I happened to mention that our motorhome was looking decidedly dirty and her OH very kindly offered to power wash it for me …

It was positively sparkling when he’d finished and I was petrified that I’d get it dirty on my travels.  There were cats living here which Hamish was thrilled about and he proceeded to make friends …

From Somerset we went to our favourite site on the canal near Devizes …

From Wiltshire it was a short hop to Oxfordshire and a new site for us.  The Burford Caravan Club Site is situated opposite the Cotswold Wildlife Park and we were given a lovely pitch close to the toilet block …

Early the next morning I took Hamish for his walk and we went to investigate the Park …

We set off at ten o’clock and the journey can be read on my Broadland Blog.

Verulamium Park, St Albans.

On our last Sunday in Luton we were driven to St Albans for a walk around the Verulamium Park. 

It was lovely weather and the park was very busy.  Half-way round we stopped at the Inn on the Park for coffee and then continued on our way.  Near the end of our walk I found these Roman wall remains and in the distance you can see St Albans Abbey …

Snow in Luton

One of the bonuses of our stay in Luton is that we enjoyed some snow.  When you live in Cornwall and very rarely see the white stuff it’s amazing how exciting it is to have it falling and laying!  Hamish loved it and went sniffing about to see who else had been out walking on ‘his patch’.

Simon came up to visit his dad on the Sunday after his op and by the end of the day the snow was falling and beginning to lay.  He left early just in case he had a bad drive home but he said it disappeared the further down the M1 that he went.

Jamie and Phill had been out for the day at Grace’s first birthday party and by the time they got home it was really laying.  Phill put the lights on in their front garden so we could take  photos – very pretty!

By the following morning it was beautiful.  Photos from our bedroom window - spot the white dog in the snow …

It lasted a few days and I took these pix of the boys in the garden …