At Porthtowan beach yesterday with our eldest daughter visiting for Mr S’s birthday
Category Archives: Porthtowan
Celebration, Sea and Stones
We have been back in Cornwall for 17 years and today celebrated a few days late by having lunch at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan, just about our favourite place!
View from the cafe
Reflection of the clouds in one of the tidal pools
I love watching the waves and listening to them crashing onto the beach.
There were some beautiful stones as we walked down to the edge of the water.
Wild Seas, Baubles and Christmas Trees
Our lovely Daughter No 1 has been with us today and we went down to the Blue Bar for lunch. Sadly, there was a power cut just after we arrived so after a wild blow for a few moments of watching the waves and the sea foam we came home.
Our neighbours have some crazy bell baubles in their tree that are keeping us amused as they are buffeted by the winds.
Last night at the Pavilions there was the annual Christmas tree display , all decorated by local schools and other groups.
Baubles, Primroses and A Gig
We’ve put lots of shiny baubles on our growing Christmas tree in the garden and love the effect. I popped one of my glass angels at the top.
Primroses are my favourite flowers and finding them in the garden this morning was a delight. This photo is for Nancy.
Hope you will be very happy in your new home. 🙂
After choir this afternoon, we went to a local pub for our annual carol sing. It was brilliant, the crowds loved it especially our rendition of Fairytale of New York. We collect for our charities at all our gigs.
Daffodils, Snow Globe and Theatre
I love that Daffodils in Cornwall start flowering before Christmas. We bought our first bunches today. I’ll show you them when they have fully opened. 
There was an enormous snow-globe on Lemon Quay today, reminding us of the ones we saw in Lucca in the rain last summer.
We have had such a treat this evening, first singing to entertain the incoming audience and then being the audience for the funniest Christmas show “Christmas. Time.” If you are in Cornwall and get the chance to see them, do go!
Roots, Beach and Bubbles
There were lots of gaudy orange fungi on the paths between the beetroots today, not sure what they are. I’ve looked here but not managed to id them. It’s good to see some veggies almost ready to eat and other tiny ones being planted out in the poly tunnel.
We went to Porthtowan at low tide this afternoon for my lovely Mr S to have a walk in the restorative sea air.
Porthtowan beach
Just see the rainbows in this sea foam that came in on every wave as the sun came out and the tide turned.
Breakfast, Beach and A Bench
We had the best of breakfasts this morning at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan and spent several happy hours with our dear friends before having a stroll along the almost empty beach and then driving off to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.
Loaded banana bread with crispy bacon
Porthtowan Beach
View from our room at the Hearts Together Hospital Hotel ready for my lovely Mr S to have an operation on his spine tomorrow.
LiveWire 4 Guest Blogger
We went for an early morning walk with my camera.
I liked these leaves because they look like the night sky with stars on them.
The moon was still up
Carn Brea Castle
Unidentified pink flower
We saw a cat
Flowers on the table in the Blue Bar
Turquoise sea with chocky waves
Cliffs
Caterpillar walking across the path
Gorse and heather
Biscuit the Hamster ready to eat a cookie.
Cookies ready to be cookiefied
Baked cookies ready to be eaten
Special heart cookie for my Mummy and Daddy to share
Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillarDinner and A Poem
After another morning surfing with the surf school and an afternoon resting after their exertions in a rather wild sea, the most delicious dinner was cooked for us by LiveWire 2 (15 years old) this evening – Chicken in a special secret recipe sauce with silky smooth mash and Tenderstem broccoli and using home-grown shallots from our allotment.
Guest Blogger
Hey everybody, it’s LiveWire3 and I’m glad to be back as the guest blogger. It was our first full day in Cornwall and me and my brother’s first time at surf school. We had waves of fun and exhaustion while tumbling and crashing. I almost stood up! LiveWire2 (my brother) however, was an expert, standing up on the waves like he ruled the world. As you can see we carried our surf boards back to base with hardship and determination.
Granny and I made a delicious lemon and chocolate cake (an unusual mix, I know)! I whizzed the batter until it was fluffy as a cloud, poured in the chocolate chips, folded them in and painted the lemon icing on the cake like an oil painting. It was perfectly tart and sweet, hitting a nerve in your brain that made you dream of heaven yet scrunch your nose up. Grandgrand mixed the icing!
