Author Archives: Ruth

About Ruth

I am an actor and theatre maker, I moved down to the SW of England 19 years ago with my partner and son. Five years ago we bought a chalet on the Rame Peninsula and are fully embracing life of the cliff.

locals foodie tips in Oahu

Posted on September 15, 2018

The joy of staying with friends on holiday is that you get an experience which is as close to local as possible. We’ve been visiting Oahu for many years and in all that time we have stayed on the windward … Continue reading →

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Cabin Envy Hawaii prototype

Posted on September 8, 2018

  We were driving past the University of Hawaii campus at Manoa on our way back to our holiday digs and we saw this structure being built, so the next day we made a point of parking and taking a … Continue reading →

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holiday hurricane

Posted on August 27, 2018

‘Posts may be sporadic for the next few weeks’ so said my last post but, I was anticipating days of outdoor life; swimming, walking, eating outdoors with no time to sit and write a post indoors, but… When we headed … Continue reading →

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Time & Tide

Posted on August 23, 2018

This clock is situated on the banks of the estuary at Cremyll in East Cornwall where the foot ferry takes you across the water to Plymouth, or Stonehouse to be precise. Prior to 1914 there were three towns; Devonport, Stonehouse … Continue reading →

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Art in St Ives

Posted on August 16, 2018

  Before the crowds arrived in the south west [two Cornish beaches were announced to be full this week] we took a trip to St Ives to visit friends who were holidaying down there. Parking the car at our local … Continue reading →

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Theatre, but not as you know it

Posted on August 3, 2018

At the 2017 Edinburgh festival we saw Middle Child’s All We Ever Wanted was Everything late one night at Summerhall, in a circular tent and it was packed. Gig theatre; a mash up of theatre [new writing] and an [original] … Continue reading →

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No show

Posted on July 28, 2018

  After weeks and weeks of clear cloudless blue skies nature sticks a finger up to us in the UK and denies us a natural astronomical phenomena [lets hope it isn’t a metaphor for Brexit seeing as the rest of … Continue reading →

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