Sea Birds 01.06.07

Today is the first day of Laura’s birthday celebrations, her birthday is actually tomorrow, but we will be travelling home tomorrow so she decided to start the celebrations today! She chose three of her presents and all her cards to open today and she has saved the others until tomorrow morning. She chose well and found her main present – a new mobile. She spent the rest of the morning relaxing on the beach keying all her vital data to her new phone. Gone are the days Barbie and Sylvanian Families, it was so much easier when the birthday shopping could all be done at Toys R Us.

It has been a lovely day. I went out for a walk first thing the light is so good for photography on a clear morning. I am sure I could stay here for ever and never tire of the view and the feeling of being connected with the world around me.

We spent most of the day on the beach followed by a quick trip to St Merryn and then to Tesco to collect Laura’s birthday cake – a rich chocolate cake covered in slivers of grated chocolate.

Robbie and I walked along the coast path towards the lifeboat house this evening, it is so beautiful just sitting there looking out across the bay. We saw two of those black sea birds whose name reduces Sam and Robbie to the worst excesses of school boy humour, and usually results in a list of the rudest combinations of bird names they can think of. I wonder if Robbie will ever grow up!

Even later in the evening it was warm enough to sit outside and enjoy a cup of tea. Oh well, back to reality tomorrow.

Another Pet Hate! 30.05.06

We made an early start today and drove to St Merryn to buy pasties and sausage rolls for lunch. Proper locally made Cornish pasties are completely different to those plastic abominations that they sell in supermarkets and garages. The lanes around Trevose Head are extremely narrow so thankfully there are very few Volvos around plenty of much wider vehicles, but Volvo drivers can’t cope with the fear factor so at least we are spared that delight! There are however far too many of another pet hate of mine – golfers! There are a number of golf courses in this part of Cornwall and the road to St Merryn takes us across Trevose Golf course. The golfers behave like snipers and if they miss you with a golf ball they will do their very best to run you off the road with their vehicles. If all else fails they troll along the middle of the road pulling their thingy that holds the clubs. They would make a milk float look dynamic and the urge to mow them down is almost irresistible!

My brother in law, sister in law and niece and nephew came to spend the day with us. They live in Plymouth so we don’t get to see them as often as we would like. Jack is just over a year old and much to Sam’s disappointment he is not quite old enough to be corrupted. Charlotte is six and has Sam well and truly under the thumb, she gets him to do things that he would never do for anyone else. Today he was very relieved to find that like him she is potty about Dr Who so he was spared all the pink Bratz and Barbie stuff. They sat for ages reading Dr Who magazines and discussing their favourite episodes. I think square eyes must run in the family!

We had a good time on the beach, but Robbie fell asleep and I was able to get some very unflattering photos. I threatened to post them on the blog, but maybe it would be too terrifying! The lifeboat went out twice this evening, it is interesting to watch. Robbie likes to see it being dragged back up the ramp when it returns and he stood outside for ages watching all the manoeuvres.