Friday 17 September 2010

"wish you were here!"



We stole away for a couple of hours this afternoon for a picnic on Porthcurno Beach, encouraged by some guest that had walked the coastal path a few days earlier and reported back that the beach was nearly empty....Perfect!!

And so we took one of those picnics that you remember from childhood holidays in Cornwall - crusty ham rolls laced with pickle, crumbling quiche and a Thermos of hot sweet tea and sat at the waters edge listening to the murmur of the waves playing on the silky soft sand.






The path to the cove



The life guards flags fluttered bravely against a contemplative sea and i was almost encouraged to swim............alas we had forgotten a towel but as the afternoon wore on several people were seen floating idyllically in the pure clear water.



The pod of basking sharks just under Logan's Rock made Charles's afternoon thrashing their tails in the water but too far away for our camera to capture although the seal that popped up beside us probably was .............but................by the time I had fiddle with the camera he had gone!

Still here's Ollie our basking Cat enjoying the September morning in the the Dining room door way instead - he was keeping nice and still for me and as they say on the postcards "wish you were here!" today!



Ollie sends his love!!

6 comments:

  1. What a lovely day you had ! So pleased you found time in your busy lives to get out and about. We have memories of visiting Porthcurno on one of our earlier holidays in W. Cornwall, such a stunning place and six Basking Sharks were logged on the local birding website. Sue

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  2. Heavenly photographs! I have never seen a basking shark,except on nature progs! Olly does a good impression of basking, too. Hope you are feeling lighter, now.

    Mrs.GH.

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  3. Hello Perranlady and Mrs G.H. great to hear from you.
    yes it was a special couple of ours "lent" from the day - isn't it strange how childhood memories of holidays become entwined with Cornwall
    Six basking sharks wow no wonder the water was being churned up!!
    We even managed Prussia Cove today for a couple of hours............bliss!! Photos to follow!

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  4. Sounds wonderful and I wish I had been there as Porthcurno is so beautiful and basking sharks too!. The nearest I have been to it was earlier in the month when I flew over in the helicopter from the Scillies.

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  5. There is no where like Porthcurno,I said that the first time I visited, then on Christmas day 2009 I vowed I would stand on the beach at Porthcurno, what a Christmas that was.


    Heiko

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  6. Hi Colours and Textures and welcome to our blog! It was just a couple of hours of pure heaven but the Isles of Scillie - georgeous!
    Hello Heikoworld - hope you ae both, well only thought about you the other day Yes I've always the ambision to walk on the beach on Christmas day but Charles insists watching the Turkey cook.........but I do like Christmas lunch.....and pudding........ and how many shopping days is it........ ulp! Christine

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