Well, what a busy time we have had for the last three weeks!

The first of our visitors was Anne's friend Mieke from The Netherlands. Mieke stayed with us for a week.

Anne's son Matthew also had a friend staying- he was from Brittainy and brought with him lots of french crepes. We enjoyed them with summer fruits and clotted cream but then got a bit bored of them and wondered if they had any other uses- a nice hat maybe? !!

Mieke went home and two days later my friend Simon from Worcester and his wife and daughter arrived followed by my son Shaun.


We had a lovely time in Padstow and ended the day with fish and chips from Rick Steins.

Look out for seagulls!!





We awoke on Sunday to an amazing cobweb display around the garden. This is just one of many.

It was Charlestown regatta week and we got there just in time to see the lifeboat display. The RNLI are always busy in Cornwall at this time of year but this was just a demonstration of the kind of work they do.

My sister Pauline and her husband Modge were our next visitors. We meet up with them on a lovely, sunny evening in Charlestown once again.

The tall ships were in the harbour.

We had a super meal together and then sat outside their hotel as the sun went down.

The following day( Friday) we headed off towards Penzance and got the little ferry across the water to St Michaels Mount. You can walk across a causeway at low tide but we were a bit early so had to use the boat.

Me with my sister Pauline and her hubby Modge on the harbour.

There are many birds nesting on the island and we saw quite a large colony of oyster catchers.

The castle is built high on the island and there was a very steep drop down to the lovely gardens.

There are stunning views of Mount's Bay from the top of the castle.

We did lots of walking - looking at the castle gardens which are home to some unusual sub- tropical plants.

From Penzance we headed north again to St.Ives. We travelled into town by train along the coast. The views are stunning.

The bar on the beach was good too!!

Modge was not impressed with Anne's dried cranberries or the box of spouting beans!

But we all enjoyed the pasties!

Anne decided we all needed a 'nice' walk along the coastal path.

I don't think Modge was too impressed! How much further?

St. Ives is a really pretty place with lots of tiny, narrow, winding streets.



On Friday we went to Falmouth and had coffee overlooking the harbour. We looked at the many yachts and decided which one we would buy if we had a few humdred thousand to spare!

After coffee we went to Pendennis Castle. The castle was built by Henry VIII to protect Falmouth from the Spanish!!

It is concentric in design which is apparently typical of the tudor period.

Caught you!

I had fun in the 'hands on' bit!!

From Falmouth we headed towards home but stopped off at Mylor harbour for an ice- cream.........

...........the Pandora Inn for a beer...............and.................

Padstow again for fish and chips!

It's been a very busy three weeks but we have had a great time with family and friends.