The last couple of weeks have been monsoon season in Cornwall!

After weeks of virtually no rain the heavens finally opened and put a temporary halt on our outings- except for shopping for essentials like ..........beer!

We did get out between the showers to do a bit of rock pooling.

Is this one big enough for a crab sarnie .................maybe not!

Being confined to barracks meant all those diy jobs that had been stacking up could no longer be avoided.

Anne decided to do a bit of tiling......the top looked good, but created a plumbing nightmare under the basin.

Maybe I should just hit it with a hammer!

We awoke this morning to another grey day so decided just to do the shopping and then head for home but after a hour in the supermarket Anne fancied a coffee and suggested a short trip to Padstow. seemed like a good idea I thought so off we went.
I should have known better!

I enjoyed the pasty.

And the view from the cafe was good too.
We tried out the melon and chilli ice cream...........sounds awful but it really was delicious.
(note the grey skies)

.................but how did we end up on the coastal path again!

As we left Padstow Anne suggested a look at the sea and promised a beach we could drive right down to. I fall for that one time and time again.... I really should know better by now.

We drove a short distance to Trevone (Rick Stein lives here) and headed down to the beach carpark and it was right on the beach...great I thought. Then the attendant came over to us.........£3.50 please. I don't think- so we are not tourists and won't be ripped off!
We turned around and found a parking space just up the road.....free but did entail more of a walk than I had envisaged.

As you can see, in a very short space of time the clouds had gone and the sun was shining but the recent storms had left a really wild sea.

We looked like sumo wrestlers as the wind inflated our coats but the waves were amazing, it's a shame the pictures don't really capture the force and height of them very well.

That's it, I need a sit down.

This cliff was covered in nesting seagulls.

After our cliff top walk we went down onto the beach. a few brave souls were surfing- the lifeguard report said the water was 16 degrees.

I think the tides coming in..... it must be time to go!