the rest of August

 The remainder of August

The eye check went fine and unless anything else happens to it, it should settle fine.

On the way home I stopped at Judy's near Marazion and she had made me a pasty for my tea!! It was delicious...

...with baked Alaska for pudding!!!!

Absolutely brilliant and I felt well cared for.

The weather has been grey, very damp and mild... not very inviting but I had a walk out on Friday and saw about 8 seals in the bay.

I thought the sea was going to be rougher because we have had such strong winds... but it was just messy.

                        

                                                Other activities have been making a coffee and walnut sponge... actually two... the first one the oven was too hot and burnt the base... the second was too cool so it took ages to cook... I'm going to make another one this week and hopefully the temperature will be just right! 

Keith is coming to stay on Wednesday and I thought he might enjoy one.

Since the mild days the air has freshened and has suddenly got a tinge of autumn... we could realld do with some quiet days to make up for the ferocious recent winds!

My new phone camera does these 360 ones... the moon was rising directly opposite the sunset and it was lovely... these were from last night.

Golf continues to be good fun although the weather has hampered it quite a bit this month.

Chas and Steph our old friends from when the children were little - we used to holiday together... are coming to stay at Sennen in the campsite Mum and Dad used to use.  They come on Saturday and stay till Tuesday - it'll be nice for us all to meet up again... it's a very long time!!!

More fog!

 More fog!

The week progressed through fog and building work! Not mine this time.

   The house in front of mine has had a fence constructed along one side... I so hope they don't put one all along  their back wall too... a low one would be sensible to give them some privacy but please not a high one!

We also had days of fog and damp... but one glorious day!

It was a proper summer day!

The family are all keeping well, Bridgie had fun on a climbing wall on Sunday and the boys have been away for the weekend by the sea.

Keith has been playing some cricket and was sweltering in the hot weather - glad of the shade in his garden across the road or under trees on his walks.

I woke up Monday morning and decided to finally pack away the ancient computer in the corner... and to move my bed!

There was dust to deal with but the room now feels more spacious... and I can still see the sea from the bed!

Plus it's tidy for once!!

We have had a couple of lovely sunsets... 

Today (Wednesday) I pop back up to Helston for the follow up eye test. It seems to have settled down ok.

The next few days are damp and very windy so I'll be battening down the hatches when I get home... although it would be good to  get all dressed up in the rain gear and see some stormy seas... hopefully without visitors.

There seem to be too many here... it does not make for ease of mind. 

...from then till now!

From then till now... (11th August)

Finally I had my hair cut! I was able to go to Hilary's salon... masked up etc and she did it for me... (she usually does it for me at home after we've played golf but it was easier to do safely for her at the salon.) It feels good to have had it done.

I also had the first of the figs from my tree!

It has done well this year... and since then I've had several more! 

Then there was more golf on sunny days...

...and no golf on the numerous days like this...

i had a lovely afternoon teas with Judy and Bronwen (from golf) at Judy's farm near Marazion... she did us proud...

Then last Monday late afternoon I noticed some flashes in my right eye... and to cut a long story short it is vitreous detachment like I had in my left aye about 10 years ago.   (It happened just as Tim and I were going to do the final section of the coast path walk and we had to cancel our plans).

Anyway... I was checked at West Cornwall Urgent Care on Thursday afternoon and saw an optician  for tests on Saturday. It's all ok and I'll be checked again next Wednesday.

In the mean time I upgraded my phone... and arranged for Uncle Tim to have some internet data ... on my old phone. It was all done on the Tuesday which resulted in a trip up to see Tim and pass on the phone and check it all worked. It means that he can at least write and send emails from home now... and maybe be able to do more things in the future. 

The traffic was ok on the way up but was a nightmare on the return journey... taking almost two hours... and I ended up turning off towards St Ives and then heading up over the back roads.

Anyway... hopefully it is all working now. 

My new phone takes good pics... this was experimenting with a panorama setting... 

And this was from today.

West Penwith had a lot of fog when the rest of the uk were suffering 38C!

It was cool and damp here... but I've been in the see a couple of times... chilly initially but lovely afterwards.

The family are all ok... we Zoom on Sunday mornings - it's so lovely to see everyone.