Cornwall Day Seventeen

Definitely in mañana mode,let’s not do today what we can do tomorrow.

Still managed to use up leftovers and make garlic bread from a baguette I bought from the Coop.

Still no word on when we can borrow the jack to repair the leaky valve on the caravan tyre that was replaced last September.Looks like that might take up the last few days of our holiday.

Still , went to Chapel Porth this afternoon and again walked on the beach. Bit tricky to climb down as a lot of rocks seem to have been dragged in by the tide.Nevertheless, with the waves from the sea and the sand that was left on the beach ,it was impressive.

The weather out to sea was deteriorating,there was a mist coming in.

Still we climbed up a steep hill and we seemed to avoid the mist until we got back to the car.The dog wanted to take a short cut back , but the incline was too steep and my fell running days are over.

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Holding Hands

What’s a simple pleasure in life that brings you joy?

We forget amongst the paraphenelia of outward appearance and performance that to hold someone’s hand is very special.

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Cornwall Day Sixteen

Dog getting more relaxed with his dog massages.Seems to get him over the stress of the bird scaring noise.

He really benefited from the massage.

We had a lovely town walk in Newquay( because he really is a townie dog) as a reward and he had a doggy ice cream at his favourite Cafe Freddo,which he gobbled up like a good one.

He got up twice in the night, because he had a really big drink of water before he went to bed.The second time I took him out and he stole my bed,which wasn’t so bad as I got to sleep in the double which makes a change.

Definitely the massages worked!

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The Sting

If you could erase one movie from your memory and watch it again for the first time, which one would it be?

The film ,The Sting so I wouldn’t know the ending.

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The secret of learning

How do you stay motivated when learning something new?

Never be embarrassed if you don’t understand something The likelihood is no one has taken the time to explain it properly,or didn’t really understand it in the first place and were therefore incapable of explaining it to you.

That is the secret of learning. Find something that works for you.

The motivation comes from that eureka moment where you realise that you’ve “got it”.

Though remember, you never stop learning

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Cornwall Day Fifteen

Dog prefers if both of us walk him.Will go to the dog field even with the bird scarer going off if we accompany him.

We even saw the box in the field that causes the noise.All three of us looked to our right  at it as it went off,but with lots of words of encouragement it we passed by it.

Back to caravan and mug of tea and lots of massages,belly rubs and ear rubs for the dog.

We went to do some shopping and had a trip to the café for a doggy ice cream,but he’d eaten his dinner about half an hour before in the caravan  and we had to put it in a freezer pack for him to have later. It’s in our small freezer compartment in our caravan fridge now.I do admire our little dog’s self restraint

He’s managing , I don’t think he’ll ever get over it completely ,but thankfully we can reassure him.

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Cornwall Day 14 Caravan Cooking)

Baked figs with Cinammon and Honey

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A Happy Update

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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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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

What’s a book that completely surprised you?

It’s the only modern book that I have read cover to cover and did not want to put down.So it surprised me as I very rarely can do that.

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Cornwall Day Fourteen (Cribbs Caribbean Restaurant)

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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