Despite the extremely unseasonably bad weather on our recent week in Cornwall (shortened to 5 days) we had fun, mainly due to the fact that there were 15 of us plus 2 dogs in 7 tents. Our tents were erected in very strong winds and taken down in rain and winds verging on gale-force - quite an experience I can tell you! Some campers (not us) didn't have to bother taking their tents down because they blew down!! We did have a couple of dry days (and parts of days) here and there, though, and had fun making the most of it. It'll certainly be a holiday to remember! We came home on the Thursday after hearing Amber Weather Warnings for later!!
The extreme weather conditions completely over-shadowed the fact that the journey there (which should normally take about 3 and a half hours) took more like 7 and a half!! Some of us headed off the main route to have lunch at Jamaica Inn (of Daphne du Maurier fame) and decided not to re-join the crawling masses. Consequently, the Sat Nav took us down narrower and narrower lanes until our vehicles were practically scraping the hedges and banks on the sides of the road.
Still, we made it safely there and camp was erected. This is our tent and DD's behind. Can you see the small towel pegged to the rear guy-rope swaying gently in the breeze!!!!! We also had our bunting and windmills up ready for the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend.
One reasonable day, 6 of us headed for the
Eden Project as we'd not been before. It's a thoroughly amazing place that does great social and environmental work.
This impressive flower was within days of blooming while we were there. You can see the result on this page on a short
video.
This bunch of characters is a sculpture but it struck me how it looks in this photo as though they were actually leaping and jumping about.
We held our own Jubilee celebrations on the first dry afternoon of the weekend.
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| DD painted her nails for the occasion |
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| We went prepared and soon rustled this up between us |
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| Some 'special guests' arrived! |
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| We couldn't leave without spending at least a little time at the beach! |
Progress since last time:
One bag (ordered by chap at work for his wife) finished.
Another bag (to give said chap a choice) started
2 mice cat-toys stuffed.
15 or so hexagons prepared while on hols.
Music
Festival this weekend
See you all soon
Bye for now
Teresa x
2 comments:
Wow! It seems to have been a real adventure!! Glad to read that apart from the weather you had a nice time :) Silviax
You always have exciting adventures! It looks like fun, but am sorry about the funky weather. We had really strong winds, too, and on the beach it blew the sand all around and the birds had a hard time flying. That was kind of funny to watch, actually. Hope you are resting up from all that fun! Love those fingernails, by the way. Cute!
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