13th -23rd October

13th - 23rd October 

My Land's End Local's Pass needed renewing back in May but with lots of visitors around I hadn't felt it a good idea to tackle it.

So I went on Tuesday to see what was what.  

Don't worry they said.. we'll sort them next year, just keep using this one for the moment. So that was great and meant I could go for a walk.

I parked in the almost empty car park and sat in the passengers side to get my boots on and wait for a very heavy shower to pass.

While I waited a car pulled in beside me... so close on the driver's side that had I wanted to open the door I wouldn't have been able to - and there were only 6 cars in the whole car park!!

I was not happy and glared at the driver who obviously took the hint and moved a few feet further away!

Ridiculous... I don't understand it! Why?! 

 After he and his wife got out of their car I must admit I reversed mine into the neighbouring completely empty row!

Anyway, I had an amazing walk, got soaked through because the showers were so heavy but had a glorious rainbow.

There must have been a rainbow above me...I was standing with my back to the gale and rain

I walked over towards Sennen, there are still quite a lot of folk around and I met quite a few on the path.

The next day was a lot less windy and I had a lovely walk down to Cape

The car park was fairly full and lots of cars heading down too so maybe some more birdwatchers?

It stayed nice for golf the next day, although you cannot see the wind!

Saturday was the Lady Captain's Charity Day and we played in mixed teams sporting some interesting headgear! 

It was really fun!

It was too grey damp and windy to keep them on while we played but we did have a hoot!

Sunday was a much better day again with a very low tide and Cape protected from an easterly wind!

I had had to take the car in for a service last week... new brakes etc, and then on Friday it was booked in  for a new cam-belt (I don't know what it does) and ended up being without the car till Monday afternoon!

Fortunately I had lifts from friends when needed!

This week I had a trip up to Truro to get a mole checked - it was absolutely fine... and I popped in to M&S and got a few things while I was there. 

Evening sun setting and casting shadows 

While I was in Truro I decided to by some warmer winter curtains for the sitting room...they look brown in the picture but the embroidery is dark red rather than brown... they're lovely and warm.

26th Sept - 12th October

 26th Sept - 12th October

Golf, sun, wind, rain and fog sum up the last couple of weeks... 

The colours are getting richer as the sun dips in the sky... 

...and we had a lot of this....

I spent some time helping one of the ladies with her golf... another couple of days sorting out stuff for the new World  Handicap System which is coming in in November...plus a visit to see Anne on a foggy in St Just day...it was a little clearer in Penzance.

Driving back to St Just it was clear till I got to Newbridge and then I was back in fog.

However it lifted in the evening and there was a beautiful sunset - that was the last day of September.

October followed on with several more great sunsets looking along the south side of my terrace.

Thursday(3rd) is usually golf but there was such a strong wind blowing and heavy showers forecast we didn't play.

Instead Lindsay and I had a walk down to Cape and enjoyed the bracing air with spume flying everywhere.

There was also a fitness group staying at Cape for an away day training camp... I tried unsuccessfully to lift the weights they would be running with!!! 

The force 8 strengthened to Storm force 9 and needless to say we didn't play on Saturday either.

The wind was northerly so though the sea was turbulent there wasn't a big swell. Hard to stand up in the wind though!

Some more beautiful sunsets were in store.

On Thursday night a couple of horses escaped from a nearby field and fertilised the course for us... and left their imprint.

The hoof-prints on the greens were really deep and Mark did his best to mend them, these below were shallow ones on the fairway.

Saturday saw us playing a fun competition, it looks benign doesn't it but there was a fierce wind blowing but we all had such a good laugh it did us good.

That takes us up to yesterday when I thought I'd head out for a walk - I haven't been on many because of the number of visitors we've had.

I headed down the Kenidjack valley and up on to the headland where the iron age cliff castle is. I left the many birdwatchers behind on the valley floor - looking for yellow browed warbler and red eyed vireo - and scrambled over the cliffs for some peace.

it was windy and glorious.

Leaving the valley behind

I scrambled over the cliff to find a sheltered spot away from everyone

Then back to the wind north side with the Crown's Mines in the sunshine

Then I scrambled down where I'd not been before, marked on the map as old hut circles...

Along this ledge as far as I could go...

Then over the defences, these are really deep trenches.

All in all it was a lovely challenging walk which helped me forget the awful state of our country and the disgraceful behaviour of our government.

It appals and to think that some folk are lining their pockets as a result is shameful; 'jobs for friends' the placement of such folk in positions of responsibility during this epidemic - with no public health experience at all is outrageous. 

I wonder if there will ever be a reckoning.

As I have done before...I have stopped listening to the news and twitter to avoid feeling angry all the time.

It helps though the issues remain.

Walks like yesterday's definitely help.

Finally

October 12th... three year's ago today Phil completed his Bath to Rome ride. 

What an amazing trip!