Category Archives: Travel

Just a little crap…

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Ruth

As we head into that non period between Christmas and New Year and knowing I haven’t written anything for a quite a few months I thought I would use this time to put that right. In the first lock down … Continue reading →

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Storm Laura and mud slides

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Ruth

When August normally comes around in a normal year the weather always turns and we say it always does this when the schools break up. Now, this is not a normal year and schools have barely functioned and yet, when … Continue reading →

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Walks in Isolation 2

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Ruth

   It’s been a long time, I suddenly felt bad about posting photos of the beach, being able to get out and have so much space around me; a guilt for being able to access these places. I didn’t want … Continue reading →

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Walks in Isolation

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Ruth

  Taking onboard the one bit of exercise we can do each day during this pandemic we have chosen to walk along bits of the south west coast path that are accessible from our home. We have to walk through … Continue reading →

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Cornish Isolation

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Ruth

  It sounds biblical but after the floods comes the plague and just like everywhere else we are being told to stay indoors. The decree comes on the Spring equinox and as it does there is a change and we … Continue reading →

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January 31st 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Ruth

It’s been a month of wet – ferocious downpours and foggy days with sea frets that hang in the air. Occasionally there has been some dry sunny winter days sharing wonderful sunsets with us. Our neighbours, the sheep, have been … Continue reading →

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Apples & surf

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Ruth

October was all about apples, in between the incredibly heavy bursts of rain I managed to shake enough apples from our allotment tree to take along to the first Apple Festival in our local village. In the past we have … Continue reading →

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Summers end

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Ruth

The nights are drawing in, the sheep have left the field, the hedges are full of blackberries and the lifeguards will leave at the end of the holidays. There’s a mist around the fields in the morning and its best … Continue reading →

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End of the road at Port Elliot

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Ruth

Every July, the Port Elliot Festival occurs just down the road from the chalet and for the last three years I’ve mentioned in posts, [check out the category cloud to the right and click on Port Elliot festival] but this … Continue reading →

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Flower Power

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Ruth

  Over the last week we have enjoyed the longer days and taken evening walks around the cliff and its been great to see all the flowers; from the camomile which has taken over the daffodil fields, the ox eyed … Continue reading →

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