along the coastal path to kennegy beach

Looking back towards Prussia Cove

Prussia Cove lays just eastwards of Ednovean Farm beyond Cudden point a tiny sheltered cove with tumble down fishing huts still clinging to heath betwixt farmland and sea









I was tempted to venture back to Kennegy beach after talking to some of my guests at breakfast time and hearing of their enchanting morning on said Kennegy Beach. Years ago I remember it was only accessible by rope but they said they had used a metal ladder to reach the secluded sands. Well as someone very keen on avoiding heights maybe, just maybe I could reach the beach..............Well we swung on past Prussia cove down into the valley with its sheltering pines before climbing back up the heath filled cliffs. As we opened the gate to the cove the notice gave dire warnings of emergency use only but I remembered only of small drop of six feet or so to the beach so it couldn't b far.........Eek the new ladder system started much much higher and as I advanced clinging to the rail with my knees becoming weaker by the minute I was fairly sure this was not an emergency! I assured Charles I would double back on my own and take the scramble across the rocks from Bessie's Cove but he nobly escorted me pack, lunch and all back the way we had come to a safer route



berries garlanding the undergrowth in the sheltered valley by the stream



Kennegy beach from the cliffs before I wimped out

Kennegy beach from Bessie's Cove

and sure enough the camera ran out of memory but we had a fabulous couple of hours on a hidden beach just off of the beaten track like so many of the best places in Cornwall.

the october garden triology

As the fabulous October weather continues I wanted to record the garden n October burgeoning with voluptuous grasses, preening itself with verdant palms and enslaving the gardener as the grass just grows and grows





and high in the sky above the garden a buzzard circled on the thermals - I heard him mew and looked up just in time to take a quick snap

Charles hard at work with the lawn mower look out for him in the next two posts but I would point out in my defence that I did the mucking out (stables) today

self seeded echiums enveloping a watering can

october garden part two

A sheltered corner on the terrace


with the Geraniums still holding their own



umm theres Charles again giving the lawn mower "the glare"

then dodging the palm trees

oh that sky today

The october garden in three parts!

Charles setting off with determination this afternoon

Olley as a cat has adopted the role of supervisor

grasses and Agaves in the Italian Garden

and a wilder corner

St Micheal's Mount beyond the garden

pretty good for october though!

Autumn fruits

The apples are ripening in our little orchard of vintage west country apples - at the moment I can't bring myselt to pick them all and prefer to admire them on the trees just stealing trhe odd tasty snack in the afternoon. I had to stop myself buying apples in the supermarket the other day for the Breakfast table fruit bowl!

Nastursians self seed anywhere - why not in an old trailer??

Annie

Our three yearlings by our Spanish Stallion Danilon, have enjoyed themselves picking the blackberries from the hedgerow and collected a goodly selection of burrs along the way - a prize for the best collection.................

goes to Amie

Archie can't be trying very hard at all!

A fabulous sunset

There was a such fabulous sunset across Mounts Bay the other night that I couldn't quite resist the temptation to race out to the terrace to try to capture it.



OK - there was a professional photographer staying in the Blue room and he took most of these from outside of his bedroom, expertly manipulating our little camera and even convincing it not to flash!

The evening sun in the Pink room

The Pink room was uncharacteristically empty the other night and so I had a rare opportunity to admire the evening sun as it highlighted the carvings of the four poster bed.

Romantic..............moi???!!