WEATHER!

Sorry to no have been able to update the blog, we have had as you probably are aware really bad storms, we have been without power a few landslides (not affecting buildings), no broadband and fighting the storms fixing things daily! I hope you are all ok where ever you are. In the short interlude of power and broadband I thought I would post a quick update! we have had trees down over 30,000 volt power cables that lit up the sky and a 20 man cutting crew all day some days plus specialist power people from wales and bristol trying to fix things, Par beach was only contained because of the taller sand dunes, most days no beach was visible and other places the sand has been carried away to form 3m high sand cliffs where the beach had once been… charlestown was hit hard with waves going over the top cottages…. as was the rest of Cornwall…Oh and i rescued this little bird form the storm, he's ok and flew off after a couple of hours rest and food. So thought I would post some pics while I can then off skiing for a week! Leaving the weather to laura!   thanks laura… hopefully it will have stopped when i get back!

OMG TREASURE!!!!!!!

I am so impressed this is the largest piece of treasure we have been able to remove from a beach so far, we were happily picking up little odds and ends like we do…. got loads of bits we collect on our travels…. then Pete shouted…"look at this" and as soon as he did he wished he hadn't!!!!! The minute I saw it I said…right if we can move it , its coming home!…. So we pulled and tugged and nearly did me in completely!…. (I think the cardiologist said " don't do anything strenuous until I have seen you to assess you… But hoping I misheard him ha ha) I saw this and somehow I was having it!… So we must have pulled and rolled it 200 meters, it was the heaviest treasure we have ever moved. We were watched by some miserable people on the beach, not wanting to help or even give us a smile….very odd… anyway didn't phase us we got it to the slip way and Pete got the car…. we juts had to figure out how to get it in with three dogs!… It took up all the back of Larry the land rover and there was a little triangle that we shoe horned shadow into… Gem and Lucky had to sit in the from with me. And there you go treasure homeward bound, can't wait for some dry weather to clean and sand it up, this will look great, just can't get it in the garage to dry out until the landslip had been repaired as I can't open the door!…. SO what do you think…. excited??? I am…. mmmm what did I say about odd family! I am not sure you can tell the absolute weight of it in the pictures, but it was heavy, I think we will ache for the next week at least!

RAINBOWS

It was a day of rainbows at Cawsand today on Rame head, double ones kept appearing quite a sight. When I see them I know Dad and Nan are there, I alway know they are there, but rainbows make the thoughts special.

DRAMATIC SKIES

 These three pictures were took one after the other left, right and in front, look how different the sky and light is in all three directions it was a very bazaar day, but brought out great colours along the coast by Whitsand Bay. Tide was out and the dogs loved it.

COOL CAT

Smurf is the coolest nuttiest cat I have ever known, he loves to be all tucked up in bed…he doesn't do much but eat and sleep and sprawl out in the most comfy of poses…. What a life! If I had to be an animal I would be surf…no stress, loves life, and does exactly as he pleases, perfect!

PARASCENDING

I am pretty sure thats what you call it, what a great site at Whitsand bay and a cliff top cafe which does the best food… So if you can get out for a walk (it is gruelling to the beach up about a hundred steps, but well worth it at the bottom, or you can just visit the cafe only 50 meters down from the road and sit there instead open 10-4 every day, well worth a visit!…. I think there were over twenty parascenders and what a fab sight they were…. I took a picture into the dramatic sky and it looks idyllic could be anywhere in the world but we are lucky to have this right on our doorstep! I don't think even if I live to be a hundred that I will cease to be amazed and enchanted at all the things the County has to offer… And to think when I was 16 I couldn't wait to leave to discover the big wide world!!!…. then I couldn't wait to get back to bring up the children in quite a unique County!

STORM AND STUDLEY

Storm very aptly named at the moment and Studley are fed up with the rain and the mud, they just pop out a few times a day to get their goodies and hard feed then seem to retire into the field shelter with warm clean straw to lay on... to eat their nice dry hay. I don't know what they would do without a field shelter… mind you I don't think i would like not to have a little house to go  into when the weather was awful…. and they can't lie down this time of year unless they have a little house so its tiring for them up all the time… But they are a couple of ol' codgers like a right pair of Mr & Mrs!

ROCK ESTUARY

We walked the dogs from Padstow around the coast but it was the hardest walk, we had to walk backwards on the way back because we couldn't breathe at all in to the wind, it seems fine over our side but there was really windy the estuary was acting like a funnel…still you know you have had a walk when its like this!

STEVE LOST THE PLOT!

Don't ever tell your son this….. I told him that I had bought him some post it notes so that he can stick them up to remember things, it might help not to forget…. what i omitted to tell him was that he had to write on them first and stick them up not just stick them all over the lounge! What a muppet…. the worrying thing was when Pete came up he just picked the ones off the furniture and thought " oh michelles had a bad day and thrown the paper behind her and they stuck to the furniture… he thought that was perfectly normal and didn't see the new all over the ceiling….. OMG so the sign on the front door is right…. It says…" Remember as far as anyone knows we are a normal family"

BACK TO HAILS!

About 10 mins after that last picture we had an almighty hail storm  I tried to take a picture but you can't really see it, it was torrential and it hurt if you stood out in it. The weather is very very odd at the moment you just don't know what its going to throw at us next….