A Cornish Easter.

 Hubs and I decided to head down to see our Cornish friend for Easter. Rosie dog came along too, after all her friend big B lives with said Cornish friend.

We decided to head down on Thursday to avoid the bank holiday madness, it was an easy drive interspersed by the whole spectrum of weather, including snow! As Rosie had been in the car for almost 4 hrs we agreed to meet our friend at her local beach so the dogs could have a run. look at the blue sky!

Saturday saw us head out to Gunwalloe, Porthleven and the donkey sanctuary. this lovely chap is called Silver and was adopted for me by our Cornish friend. We even managed to dodge the showers all day!

On Saturday we headed out to see the seals at Godrevy but despite an early start there was no room at the nearby car park and due to the wet ground they had not opened the over-spill car park so we ended up driving down in to Hayle and spending a couple of hours on the beach, again luckily dodging the showers.

Sunday was a later start and a slower day, we decided to stay reasonably local as Cornwall in school holidays is generally rammed with people and any of the main places would be full. We headed out to the

Rosveal estate and walked around the gardens and down onto the beach.

We were lucky with shower dodging again and managed to make it back cold but dry. 

Monday came and it was time to head back home, stupidly we thought if we started early enough we could miss the bank holiday motorway madness, but sadly no. What should have been a 3.5 hour drive ended up being 6! We were exhausted by the time we got home. But it was a lovely Easter spent with our friend. I've now got a couple of days off before I start work again to rest a litle more and plan the next trip away!

 

quiet days.

The past few weeks have been a quiet time of reflection, my father in law died. Whilst expected, he was 90 and in a nursing home, it always comes as a shock. This was the last of the grandparents and an end of an era. No more tales of the old days or stories from the blitz, no more cheeky chat or inappropriate banter. he will be very much missed by boys and hubby. 

Another day another cast on.

Today is my non working day and I'm feeling pretty much over the lurgy.  The weather is dry and drizzly and I have no plans for anything, other than to attempt a kettle bell session later! so it seemed an opportunity to cast on another knit project, not that I don't have any, I have far too many, but I am a fickle creature and the lure of a new cast on always gets me. 

Last year on my Scottish road trip I was lucky to find yarn stores along the way and picked up some glorious Scottish yarny treats. I do not need another big project so decided to cake up some of the sock yarn I bought from The Handspinner Having Fun on the Isle of Skye. It was a wonderful find and I spent a wee while just squishing all the woolly goodness. 

I tried to get colours to reflect the glorious scenery, the pictures do not do it justice. Today I picked up the orangey/brown. 

Its a merino & Bamboo super-wash mix hand dyed by them. ball band suggests a 3mm needles so I am going to think of it as almost DK weight. 

For the very first time I am going to attempt to knit a sock snake and then put in after thought heels! never tried this before. Louise Tilbrook has kindly published a pattern  that will guide me through. i wonder how long thsi project will stay on the needles?

Afternoon tea with a side of Lurgy.

My friend had bought me an afternoon tea for my Birthday so this Wednesday we set off to The Ivy to indulge ourselves,Wednesday being my non working day. despite having a dose of the lurgy I managed to enjoy myself despite a lack of smell or taste!

she lives on the other side of the bridge so I met her there as she walked across, what a lovely crisp day it was.

A quick beverage before we made our way there.

The Ivy is a wonderful place, I love the decor and the atmosphere, lt was a lovely way to spend the afternoon . I have been lucky to have 2 trips there celebrating my 60th! 

Thursday saw me back to work in the main office in town, my lurgy was really coming out and my colleagues, fearful of catching germs sent me home. So I was home, in PJs on the sofa before 10am, and there I remained. 

Today I made myself get dressed and am attempting some small household tasks, then I shall be collapsing back onto the sofa with a mug of lemsip and a blanket!

A long weekend on Fuertaventura.

To end my birthday month I was lucky to be invited to spend a long weekend with friends who were staying on Fuertaventura. Never one to miss an opportunity for a trip off we went.

We flew to lanzarote and then got the ferry across to the island as there were no available flights direct on Friday from our local airport. We arrived on Fuertaventura at lunch time on the Friday and were met by our friends. we flew out from Fuertaventura on Monday evening so had a lovely long weekend exploring the island. the weather, although windy was warm and dry, a wonderful way to top up our vitamin d in cold wet February.

I really enjoyed my time on the island spending time with our friends, but now its back to cold grey days and work, for now anyway !