It has been so lovely having our daughters with us one by one to help. It was such a beautiful day today that we encouraged Daughter no 3 to go fo a cliff walk and she sent us back these photos of the glorious North coast between Porthtowan and Chapelporth.
Wheal Coates
View from the beach
The Sing for your Heart, Sing for your Soul session this morning was brilliant as I had my daughter, Granddaughter and son-in-law with me and I loved it. It was a very special sing.
Daughter No 1 joined us later and we all went to Chapel Porth for Croque Monsieurs for lunch at the fabulous café there, a walk on the beach and hot chocolates.What a lovely day!
Someone at Community Roots was unable to collect her veg bag today so we have it instead and it is a glorious mix of fresh, organic veg that will last us more than a week. I plan on making a Chocolate Beetroot Cake, some Chilli Jam soup from the squash and …..
Veg bag from Roots
We had all the delicious fresh salad leaves with our meal last night and I have frozen the kale.
Salad from Roots
We took the family to Chapel Porth today where they had their lunch and then walked along the beach at low tide over to Porthtowan where we picked them up a few hours later.
Chapel Porth, tide going out
We keep the big doors open at the eco barn when we sing on Monday afternoons and today, through the gap, I saw some of the delightful and imaginative decorations in the yard, all made from old tyres and painted brightly to become a toucan and a palm tree!
I learned a new word the other day – confelicity. It means taking delight in the happiness of others. This is what it was like last week when we so enjoyed taking our Ukrainian friends to the beach where they were able to let go of some worries for a while and could revel in the joy of the sea and the beach.
Gyllyngvase Beach
Porthtowan
Portreath
Chapelporth
Our friends are in our hearts and our thoughts all the time and especially today given the ongoing news.
more tomorrow! 🙂
A wonderful day was had by all – walking on Chapelporth Beach, cave exploring, swimming for the brave, and general rejuvenation of the spirit.
The lovely people at the Chapelporth Beach Cafe very kindly treated our Ukrainian friends to a delicious lunch of Croques Monsieur followed by the inimitable and scrumptious ice cream, Robin’s Hedgehog. If you have never had one of these wicked treats, they are made up of Cornish ice cream slathered in Cornish cream and dipped in roasted hazlenuts. You can see by their faces how much these were appreciated.
Our farewell party was full of good company, a wonderful shared feast, lots of wine and even more singing. Our Ukrainians sang for us and we for them and together we all sang ‘You Are My Sunshine’ which they had learned last week when they visited my choir. That, and the last twelve days, have filled us all with love and beautiful memories.
Our eldest daughter has been with us for the day and we went to the beach for a walk along the sands at low tide. It was warm and windy and absolutely wonderful, topped off with an ice-cream from the Chapel Porth Cafe.
We decorated the cake
Exploring caves at Chapel Porth – photo by LR
Fun on the beach – photo by LR
Cousins running down the lane to the allotment
Planting flowers brought by their aunt – to be visited every year, we hope.
Birthday breakfast of Bucks Fizz and home baked croissants followed by a visit to Chapel Porth where we walked up the cliffs to Wheal Coates enjoying the challenge, the ozone and the sounds of the sea – such a lovely birthday treat.
My Dear Friend of 30+ years died on 28th December and from now on my blog will be in her memory as well as Kath’s. Angie was my TA at school and we became the very best of friends. We also shared today as our birthday.
My Dear friend AngieWe spent hours together at school and even more hours together in the pub unwinding from the week. When I retired, knowing my love of words, Angie gave me a beautiful little book in which to collect quotations. The first quotation was one Angie chose herself and summed up our friendship perfectly. She was a very special individual and I shall always treasure the love and the laughter that we shared.
I have since discovered that the words are by Dinah Maria Craik (20 April 1826 – 12 October 1887) an English novelist and poet. Thanks for everything, Angie.
I love September sun and today, in bright but gentle sunshine, we walked along the beach from Porthtowan to Chapelporth and back and we hardly met anyone. Enjoy the gallery and click on any photo for more detail.
What a glorious day! Here are a few photos to give a flavour of the happiest ceremony ever!.
Flowers being taken down to the beach
Milk churn full of flowers
Part of the path
Waiting for the Bride to arrive
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