Just Humans Being...

There must now be around a thousand people staying in our little hamlet... From here When there are usually about thirty of us, but now & for the next 6 weeks we have to put up with the disruption - which comes from being sandwiched between a youth hostel & a camp site. We don't blame folks wanting to have a piece of this beautiful place... Our beach is one of the loveliest in Cornwall... Enjoy your holiday people... Roll on September! In the meantime, here is a sneaky peek at our living room... The only before pic we took... After - slightly less cluttered too! Sime's got the pictures back up... Just got to sort out the floor...  We've discovered hard board under the carpet - we think there's a slate floor underneath. Sometime soon, when the old furniture is all out - we'll have a think about what to do... Bye for now... Kay & Sime xx

Another day out yesterday... This time to Cape Cornwall, which is near to Land's End - but quieter! The small town of St Just was just getting over  Lafrowda Festival . The courtyard of the junk shop. We loved this place - Yasmin's Deli... Where we had a delicious Homity Pie & a Spicy Lentil Roll... Served with stuffed olives, garlic & vine leaves, salad & chutney. We then sampled a couple of cakes - Carrot (on left) &  Banana & Choc Chip! Sime enjoyed a  Suki Tea  - their red berry was really good! The coast around Cape Cornwall... Quite a bleak place... Further north is a place called Pendeen... With beautiful rugged coastline... Crashing waves... And an unspoilt little beach... Pendeen Lighthouse. We sneaked into the grounds to take this... It's a lovely drive from St Just to St Ives... Crossing moorland with the remains of old tin mines... The lane is quite narrow, so it was a surprise to see a tourist bus! As we get closer to St Iv

We have worked really hard again over the last few days & the change in weather has meant it's become a lot cooler... We were expecting some free time this week, but even though today we are at home there is still so much to do - there's bread to make, cleaning stuff to order, tax returns to do, bed linen for 4 properties to iron & as usual Sime has other plans... For a while now, he has wanted to re-vamp our living room - a room we only ever use in Winter because it has an open fire... So, spurred on by the windy wet weather - we have now been planning some changes to furniture & decoration. We have decided to buy a wood burning stove, a futon & some bright green paint! For the six years we have lived here, we have never liked that room - it has our landlord's 1960s carpet & it just feels dark & dingy...  We want a room that will feel cosy & inviting, a quiet place we can retreat to at the end of the day & at last we're making it

On Tuesday we went off to explore the creeks between Truro & Falmouth. Starting at  Miss Peapods  in Penryn, which is where Sal & Ryan live... And they joined us for brekkie... We all decided to have the veggie fry-up... And this was the view from where we ate! Then the two of us went off to Mylor... With all it's posh yachts! We had a walk along the beach... Which was lovely & quiet... Last time we visited here - we saw Roger Taylor from Queen. He was walking around with a bottle of champagne... Then we called at Restronguet - where we followed the river... And came across some houseboats...  It's been another dream of ours to live on a boat... This one's recently travelled to France! We were also hoping to visit one of Cornwall's famous pubs -  The Pandora Inn ...  But it recently had a  fire  & looks to be taking a while to rebuild... Such a shame... The jetty is still intact - though there's no access. It's lovely sitting at a

My lovely chap is 51 today! He may not climb lamp posts any more, but he is threatening to get back into some guerilla food distribution... Something that Rose & he started some years ago! Sime's just a big, soft kid at heart - but I adore this clumsy oaf... He is the most loving & caring person I know & he never fails to make me laugh! We've worked today, but we wished for it all to run smoothly & it did... Which enabled us to go out for a bite to eat with Hugo & as usual the 2 of them get very silly when sitting next to each other... Who would have thought back 25 years ago, as I handed Sime a card for his 26th birthday... That we would be sitting in a restaurant on his 51st birthday with our youngest child (who at the age of 14 is as tall as Sime now)! And although we are both wiser now, we agreed yesterday - we still don't feel old enough to have adult children, it's odd! Another year of fantastic prezzies! All just perfect for Sime... Ro