Tuesday 18 February 2014

Who is thee Worlds biggest lover of Cornwall?

Any takers?! Well, I beat you to it! Ask any of my Cornish friends and they will tell you that I love Cornwall almost as much, if not more, than the Cornish folk themselves. I have just returned from a wonderful weekend down there with John, Janet and Neville. Janet's brother has a cottage in St Just and kindly let us stay there for a long weekend. So last Friday we headed down there. One of my good friends, Abby and her husband Will live in St Just too and this weekend they were having their little girl Florence christened. That was really the primary reason for going down, if any reason is needed at all! I hadn't met Florence yet and was rather excited. She did not disappoint and I am pretty sure she made it top of the list for cutest babies ever. It is so nice to see them happy as a family and enjoying their first baby so much. They are both fantastic and natural parents and seem to be really enjoying their new jobs as mother and father to Florrie. We had a quick catch up with them Saturday morning, before heading to Sennen for a walk. After the recent storms, the Cornish coast is looking a bit battered in places, but still as terrific as ever. The sea at Sennen was so crazily rough, I have never seen waves as big, I think even bigger than we saw in Indo. Sennen is one of my favourite beaches of all I have ever visited, it has lovely clean sand as well as some rocky parts and its more of a cove than a long straight beach so tons of character to it. Sunday we went to Florence's christening, a lovely service and a big thanks to Abby and Will (and Florence) for letting us share their celebration with them. She was very well behaved and didn't cry at getting her head wet :) After the christening we had a walk around Penzance. The coast here is particularly bad after storms, such a shame and is going to take a lot of work to get it back to the way it was. Monday we headed to St Ives- I found a brilliant textile artist who has her own shop, among many other artists. St Ives really is an arty hub so I did enjoy it :) Also bought some clotted cream fudge, a must when ever in Cornwall! In the evening we met with Abby,Will and Florence to go for dinner and have a proper catch up. Which was lovely. As they live right down in south Cornwall I don't see them too often but they are always cheery and never change when I do see them, such a blessing to have friends like that. John and I both adore Cornwall and the lifestyle and are praying we can one day find a job down there! The hunt might need to start soon, after this trip I think we are both itching to get there now. I love the scenery, the cliffs, the coves, the minack, the sea, the fudge, the people, the pastys, the accents, the cows, the markets, the air, the colours, the breeze, the scones, the ice cream. Just everything about it really! We have another week booked to go in September which will be our holiday this year, and I am looking forward to it even more now. Even after travelling to far away and exotic lands, Cornwall still snatches the top spot of my most favourite destinations :) If you haven't been... go!!!!