A Horse, My Kingdom For A Horse!

After a muddy walk up the hillside, we arrived on the top of the Carn, and positioned ourselves, where we could see the horses and riders as they met, before their Boxing Day ride across the countryside.

Then it was a quick dash into the shadow of the castle so that we could avoid the sudden downpour of heavy rain.

As the clouds crossed over us and passed into he distance, Fred and Milo spotted each other and caught up on their doggy gossip...

Meanwhile the riders drank their warming drinks, and chatted amongst themselves, whilst the hounds came amongst the crowd for some welcome fuss.

We were amazed by how clear the skies had become, and realised that we could actually see further than we ever had before from this spot.

Once we had wandered back down to the village again, we drove back for a welcome cuppa and a nice bit of cake and cream.

A very civilised day indeed!

Christmas Day 2009

After an early start, where we watched Fred play with his new 'bear' toy that he got from Hamish, and bury his jumbone from his Nanny in the fabric covers of the sofa, we headed on over to see Jannah Beth, Mel and Denise.

We had a lovely time over there, and managed to actually get JB to open a couple of presents - she is the only teenager I know who can limit herself to one gift opening per hour!

Then it was back home to collect Fred and head on over to Portreath for our usual Christmas Day stroll on the beach.

He and Hamish had a grand time, and even met a little miniature Schnauzer named Milo, who was only 15 weeks old. They all made friends instantly.

They were also the only ones with tinsel on their collars.... amazing, last year all the dogs on the beach were wearing something Christmassy

It was a beautiful day, and certainly much warmer than last year.

It was then home and a little snoozette on the sofa before cooking the turkey dinner for our evening meal.

YUM!

Christmas Eve...

It started out as quite a strange Christmas Eve.

I got into work for 7am, an hour earlier than normal, so that I could help Alison to clear the wages admin, and ensure that payroll went through on time. As it turns out, there was no need as she had arrived about 15 minutes before me, and was well into clearing it all.

It was then a really bitty morning, with typing up various reports and getting as many cups of tea down us as possible!

I arrived home only about 5 minutes before Paul, who suggested we pop over to the Hospital to visit his Dad, who we had heard had been taken in the previous evening.

We had an hour over there with him, and met up with Dee and Jannah just as we left, who promised to let us know what was going on, as he may have to stay in until Boxing Day.

Then it was off home to cook dinner, as we had Sally-Ann, Mike and Hamish coming over.

The dogs were angels, despite my Fred wanting to go out every 5 minutes!

Hamish enjoyed some love off of him Mom, whilst poor Mike looked on, in the dim and little light that he could cope with behind his shades.

We had a lovely evening, and enjoyed some big laughs watching Victoria Wood's Christmas Show, and revelling in the iconic song that we all remembered from her 90's show.

Then it was time for Paul to drive them back home, and as he picked his phone up, he noticed a text from Jannah..... Their Dad was home, as the doctors had managed to get all the introvenus antibiotics in that they wanted to.

At least he could enjoy his Christmas Day in his own home.

Afternoon Beach Romp

The weather was so good today, that I called Sally-Ann to see if they fancied a walk on the beach after I finished work.

The dogs got very excited to see each other again, and went racing off, following each other, where one sniffed , so did the other, where one pee'd so did the other (yep you heard correctly LOL)

We stopped at the end of the beach, by our rock and took some pictures of our glorious afternoon

and then proceeded to follow the boys back, all the time gossiping away like mad, to catch up on the last few weeks worth of stories!

A lovely afternoon, of gossip and exercise!

Battling the Beacon

OK - so today's title is a little dramatic, but hey - those winds were gale force, and we really did have to battle against them to get to the top of St Agnes Beacon!

Once we started on up the hillside, we realised that, not one of us was as fit as we should be! Sally-Ann has a bad back, my hip is still very painful, Mikes eyes are very sore and hidden behind sunglasses still, and Paul damaged his back at work, so I need to book him in with the wonderful Nigel and his Magic Hands.... (that's the osteopath from work for those of you who are new to my blog!)

the walk up the hillside was well worth it for the views we were getting

and once at the top Fred stopped to admire were we had come from, despite the wind flattening his hair to his head, bless him!

Paul and Mike braved standing still long enough for a picture

then it was time to head back down, this time on the other side of the hill, so were were actually able to breath for a while against the wind, which had taken out breath from us on the way up

The four boys went on ahead, whilst Sally-Ann and I took a few long shots of the distant rainbow, that you can just make out to the off centre right of the below picture

We had a lovely walk that really blew the cobwebs away, and even better, the heavens didn't open til we got back to the car!

Before and After....

Right! So this bundle of mud and fur is what we have had to put up with for the past few weeks!

Yes he's a little cutie, and yes he knows to get on the towel after being in the mud patch that is our garden, but he really really smells! Auntie Helen like to clip him with a dirty coat, so he has to stay dirty by hook or by crook!

Hooray! this morning he got his cut and is pulling every little trick to show us he is still the little cutie he has always been LOL

Bless him - little does he know that the bath is calling his name now that the excess coat has gone!

Perhaps tomorrow though, after all, he has had a very exhausting day today!

Who's a Lucky Boy Then?

My friend Mandy was clearing out some of her Mum's cupboards and came across some old towels. They were going to go in the bin, until I said Fred might be able to make use of them!

As you can see, he even managed a smile for the camera LOL - and now he has 3 lovely bright towels to use after his splish splash bath or muddy walks...

Bless him, it was just like Christmas for him - he even opened the bag himself!

Woof Woof - Thanks Aunty Mandy, Lick, Kiss!

Daylight Saving Sunday Afternoon

Whilst we were at Asda this avo. I had a text from Sally-Ann to see if we would like to take the boys to the beach at Godrevy, as the tide should give us plenty of beach.

And so we headed on back from Falmouth and picked Fred up, followed by Sally-Ann, Mike and Hamish, and headed over to the National Trust car park by the Godrevy cliffs.

The weather was perfect, and we were thrilled to see all of the seals, and their baby's on the beach below us - I tried counting, got to 76 and gave up, as some of them are out of view from this spot...

such a lovely day, could not go by without an ice-cream, and so with a little arm twisting (not) Mike treated us all to some lovely Cornish ices

and what were the seals doing during all of this indulgence - they were still sunning themselves in the cove!

A lovely afternoon,, but as we drive back home, the downside of daylight savings time hits us - it's 5.30pm and starting to get dark already - Boo!