Month End

 June 30th

Since I wrote last our rates have gone through the roof.

Cornwall as a whole has a rate of 153/100,000 but Falmouth for example has a rate of over 660/100k.

The other hot spot is St Ives, amd of course we are told it is nothing to do with G7.

I don't believe it is all down to G7 by any means, half term visitors were the start of it all, bringing the delta variant with them, however I am also sure that it has had an impact.

So a quick look back at the rest of this month which has really flown by.

On the  Friday the 18th a group of us went up to play at Perranporth. It was a glorious day and we had a lot of fun - it was a friendly against a team from Perran and we had one or two ladies in our team who hadn't played it before so that was exciting for them.

The following day was our Ladies Captain's Day and we had gorgeous weather again!

On Sunday it was raining again and I spent time preparing a short 'movie' to celebrate Anne's life.

We were having a special evening on the Tuesday and Lindsay and put a display together about her. We went down to the club on the Monday afternoon to prepare the room... only to find when we arrived on Tuesday evening that it had all been re-arranged and we had to start over - but it all went well.

We had several of her quilts which some of our ladies took to either use themselves or pass on to others.

It was a good evening.

Keith had arrived the evening before  and we had a lovely walk down at Cape.

On the Tuesday we drove to Land's End and walked to Nanjizal and it was beautiful!

The colours were glorious.

Nanjizal had sand which was great and there were a surprising number of people on the beach.

We took coffee and a sandwich with us...

and the sea wasn't too cold!

In the afternoon Keith went off on Phil's bike and he watched the football in the evening while I was at Anne's celebration.

On the Wednesday we went up to Chun Quoit and Castle.

It was misty but that didn't effect the peaceful atmosphere of the place.

Leaving Chun Castle

Wonderful Chun Quoit

And of course we had to go to the Crown's Mines

there was a sign to warn of a cliff fall...

and they weren't joking!

 Once again in the afternoon Keith went off on the bike to Carn Gloose where he has a favourite bench.

Phil's birthday on the 24th was very foggy! We decided to have breakfast down at The Dog and Rabbit...but no answer from there phone.

Eventually we discovered that their son was off school while awaiting a covid result...

so I had to come up with the goods instead!

Not as good but not bad!

Because of the fog we went over to Newlyn and had coffee with Lindsay and Peter, then after Keith's now usual bike ride in the afternoon we went to Sennen for an evening walk on the beach.

The fog had gone and it was beautiful.

Friday I had a committee meeting in the morning (another foggy one) but it cleared later.

In the evening we went out for a Peter Gorton meal - it was delicious!

Duck

This trio of puds were amazing... basil panna cotta, cherry sorbet etc etc1

It was absolutely delicious!

Keith was catching the train early Saturday morning - we went in for 6.30 am and his trip back.

We had a visitor on the golf course!

We had absolutely torrential rain on the Sunday and foggy again on Monday but we were back golfing on Tuesday, this time up at Looe.

We had a really lovely time and even with the covid restrictions it felt almost normal.

Today I have noticed this amazing flower spike on the cactus...it might be open tomorrow!

So that brings us up to date...except... I had a call from Keith this evening to say he had been pinged by Track and Trace to say he was a contact of someone who has tested positive.

He has to isolate until midnight on the 6th.

We have worked out that this probably means that it was someone on the train with him on the Saturday on the way home, or at the cricket match he went to watch  that afternoon.

He is feeling fine, has no symptoms and did a lateral flow test this evening which was negative.

Keeping fingers crossed that that is how things remain.

I have been doing lateral flow tests regularly for a while now and upped it to twice a week when our covid rates went up so much. I'll keep doing them and keep a careful eye on things in case it was a contact down here.

17th June

17th June

Just a quick update re Covid.. our rates have gone up massively.

Cornwall's rate now includes the first two days of the G& and our rate is now 71/100k

And the rates in St Ives and Falmouth are much higher 

"The seven-day case rate up to 11 June for St Ives was 517.5 per 100,000, one of the highest in the country. 

In Falmouth, the case rate was also one of the highest in the country, at 382.1 per 100,000, with 30 actual cases in the week ending 11 June."

14th June

 June 14th

I got back yesterday from a weekend away!!!

Lindsay and I went up to Lyme Regis to play in a regional golf competition. We played the course (above) on the Thursday in swirling mist and didn't get to see any views...but they were there for the actual competition!

It's a fabulous course and I'd like to play there again.

We stayed in this delightful thatched house, we had neighbouring rooms up in the loft... those two tiny windows in the thatch.

There was also a very pretty garden - and fabulous hosts.

Lyme Regis was fairly busy but probably nothing compared to the summer.

We spent the Friday relaxing - we walked across the beach finding fossils

and  found a lovely little place for pizza in the evening.

We had tried to book a meal in various different places but they were all booked up. Covid has definitely made a difference to the way people plan.

I have been doing a lateral flow test every 6 days or so. I realise its limitations but it gives me a feeling of greater confidence when I am meeting new people.

The golf competition was a little frustrating - I think it's a course I could play well on - the greens were huge and true - but I didn't play well but not dreadfully either.  There were a few distractions unfortunately. However, these things offer many lessons and I'm sure I've learnt a few things.

Looking back over the last few weeks we have had more changes of weather. Several times we have had to cancel and mist and fog has been an issue of late.

We've also had some lovely days - the below was one of them when we invite folk from different clubs to come and play with us as our guests. We had a glorious day.

I mentioned on the last blog that I was meeting the chap from the school - it was a little frustrating to say the least and I have passed on any further contact to Cape and be followed up by a player (male) who is a better player than the teacher himself.  

You have permission to read between the lines.

Keith is coming to stay next week which is lovely - I hope we have some good weather!

G7 happened while I was away but it seemed to go ok and some of the pictures showed off Cornwall at its best.

Unfortunately our Covid rates are going up again. Cornwall was 3 per 100,000 last week... now it's 12and in the country it's gone up to 30+ 

The lifting of lockdown restrictions looks set to be delayed - but it is the only wise thing to do. Looking at folk in Lyme Regis - other thank masks and distanced queues - things seemed fairly normal.

I'm sure our rates will fly high again with the huge influx of people that we have had. 

Family are all well - can't wait to see them all and give and receive some hugs!