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A Happy update to this story ,despite heavy storms ,there looks like eight breeding pairs have returned to this location.

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We ventured to Falmouth again and as it’s  a well known Arts University I was determined to find a decent but not too expensive eatery where we could enjoy a meal.

And so we found Cribbs after wandering up and down the High Street, which in truth had a variety of rather worn looking shops and eateries  which are probably heaving in the summer when the tourist industry is in full swing.

Cribbs serves Caribbean food and I had saltfishballs and a pea and rice dish which was amazing,perhaps it was the spices or a good quality brown rice but it was delicious.

The dog was let in ,only because they were very quiet and we vouched for him.He was very well behaved as usual but couldn’t have any titbits because everything was too spicy.

The traffic wasn’t too bad, but when we got back the interminable automated bird scarer was firing off and kept frightening the dog.He fell asleep on the caravan floor eventually and we had to lift him into bed when he was sound asleep.

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So after my dog having a bad start to the day.Thankfully he had a great day at Tehidy Woods playing in the water.

And then excelled himself by being very brave at Godrevy where he persuaded me to go down a narrow path and down to the beach.

It was quite a high tide and the waves were quite strong,so I thought he’d be a scary cat,but his curiosity kicked in and it was great as it was like we were having an adventure together.

A good end to the day,he slept like a log.

Dog point blank refused to go for a walk this morning at the campsite .It  has beautiful dog walking  fields, but recently growers  in fields nearby have acquired a bird scarer which the sound of turns our dog into a quivering wreck.

At home, we have game shooting, and sometimes fireworks which has the same effect.Very often we have to take him for a drive in the car ,which reassures and calms him.

Down here though,my partner doesn’t really want to drive off somewhere, as the dog seems to think a café is now part of the process.

Today ,the dog was brought to Hollywell Bay,a ten minute drive away,but there was a literal sand storm on the beach so he didn’t want to walk on the beach or the sand dunes.Literally, there was nowhere to go,even the pub doesn’t open for breakfast.

Partner came back  very grumpy and  we still had  bird scaring noises all day.

Put on his  doggy ear muffs that do help.Still it wasn’t all bad ,in the end we had a good day(to be continued)

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Very gusty winds last night,but they have cleared the cobwebs away. We are so lucky,as the caravan has really good heating and is very cosy.

We had an early breakfast in a café because the dog was frightened by the bird scarers going off.He insisted on being driven somewhere.Anywhere we thought.

Except,what he really wanted was to have breakfast and an ice cream in the café.We acquiesced for a quiet life and it made the dog’s morning.

It meant we had parking all day near the beach,but it was too windy to walk along with the sand blowing in your eyes,probably worse at dog height.

And that was how I found my Echinaforce drops

I had put them in one of the many pockets of my handbag.I use them as I suffer from a tickle in my throat which can get positively wheezy when down here.

I just couldn’t find them and my chest was beginning to gurgle and pop.Hey presto, while retrieving the ticket for the all day  parking ,I found them in the one pocket I hadn’t looked in!

And there were horses riding along

Beach road.

It was good if breezy good day.Dog fell asleep trying to stay awake.

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No I didn’t go to some trendy health food restaurant.We saw these flowers growing at the edge of the sea down a long embankment. They covered nearly all the ground and leading down to the rocks they looked very appealing.

Bit of research though  and they are unfortunately an invasive species originating from the South of Africa and will wipe out the natural fauna which grow in the area.They are also a contributor to Coastal Erosion,as they have short roots and take up a lot of water for their luscious foliage.

They may have spread in the 1600’s through increased trade or they could have proliferated in the 1900’s escaping from gardens which had used them as hardy ground coverage plant

They are very pretty though.

They are best removed by hand and then covered in mulch to prevent their return,and I got the impression that this was being done probably by volunteers because for such a hardy plant, they simply weren’t everywhere.

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My sister is staying in Falmouth for a week ,so we decided to visit her and spend some time there.

This egret has found a lovely spot to fish and has lost it’s fear of people as it was quite happy to pose for  photographs.

Bit sad . Obviously with the gulf stream climate cactii can be grown and displayed in streets and parks in Falmouth.Why oh why would anyone carve out messages and names on the plants and make them look so unsightly.

Nice view of the castles connected with the area

We were lucky with the journey cross country as there seems to be staggered road closures all across the smaller roads leading to  Falmouth.Took us forty minutes going there and about 30 minutes going back.

Tedi diverted from missing his little brown lurcher/whippet and as usual enjoyed seeing a new place, new smells and different things to see and of course the fresh  Chicken my sister gives him as treats.

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