Our eldest daughter came down today and took us out for supper by the sea. I had the most delicious hot chocolate before the best fish and chips.
The waves were wonderful.
Waves at Portreath
Our daughter came to collect my VW Beetle, a car I have loved for about 20 years. I am getting a ‘new’ car next week, an electric Mini Cooper!
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
We met at the Blue Bar in Porthtowan for our weekly rehearsal as our regular room was unavailable this week too. The view from our room is just so lovely. 
We learned a really lovely new four part song today, “You and the Sea” by Katy Rose Bennett. There’s a short extract at the end and here are the lyrics, a beautiful poem:
I don’t know where I’m going
but I know just what I need –
A soft wind
the shelter of the forest, bird song,
you and the sea
It seems that I can’t upload the song but I have found it on YouTube!
The colours of the sea were just glorious when we went to the Blue Bar for brunch this morning. Walking on the beach afterwards we were in awe of a couple of swimmers enjoying the cold water and of the extremely well behaved dog who sat and watched for ages. It turned out that these two were friends from Roots and we had big wet hugs and lots of laughs together.
Loaded banana bread with vanilla mascarpone and fruit compote with crispy bacon – absolutely delicious!
Just look at the view from the Zed Shed where we rehearsed this morning and then listen to an African piece that we sang today. Thanks to S for the recording. I hope both contribute to your happiness!
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.
We woke to a surprisingly heavy frost, here, in Cornwall – the rooftops were sparkling in the sunshine.
We had another family day, lunch and another walk on the beach, Perranporth today.
I loved the very clear impression of a football in the damp sand.
And, just like that, they’ve gone……
We left the hotel where we’ve been for a couple of delightful sunny and relaxing days but before we did, I took some photos of some of the lovely blooms in the garden.
On the way home we stopped off at Maenporth for a short walk on a very windy morning. 
It’s Pasty Day in town tomorrow so I made a Coffee Cake, as usual, for the special market.
We went for an early morning walk with my camera.
Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillarHey 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!
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