Stamford 4 - 10 March

Saturday 4th March

checked out of the hotel and popped down the road to the giant Waitrose where we feasted on coffee and croissants before making the hour drive on to Stamford.

Gillian and Bill were ready for us and showed us the chicken routine before loading themselves and the dogs in the car and heading off to Devon, leaving us to unpack and settle in.

later on we walked into the town centre and had a look around the high street and town, then I made a trip to the supermarkets for dinner.


Sunday 5th March

Aaron has a morning game today so we all get up and drive to Newark. About 5 minutes into the trip the rain sets in and I startto regret our decision to go.  Drop Aaron at the ground and we drive into the town, passing the castle on the way in but the rain is rather too heavy to get us out of the car.  After a drive around and a stop at the Aldi we find a Pets at home and shelter there for a good 45 minutes watching the gerbils and hamsters.

Eventually the rain eases and we go for a walk around the castle and along the river passed the locks before getting the call that Aaron was done so we pick him up.

The weather is still looking doubtful for we drive 5 miles to the Workhouse at Southwell.

Monday 6th March

Unexpected sunshine so a trip to Lincoln.

Steep Street

quite the juxtaposition

Tuesday 7

Went to Rutland Water in the afternoon to do bird watching



Wednesday 8

drove to Peterborough

Thursday 9th March

Spent the morning on w work and then trying to fix the laptop when the keyboard stopped working. Then Aidan and I went to Burghley Park for a walk.

St Teath 25th February - 2 March

Saturday 25th February
Lots of paperwork to sort out to day with photos,blogs and uploading schoolwork, as well as baking a cake for the holiday let customers coming in this afternoon, so I get to it while Aaron heads off to Wadebridge alone for his morning game.
Kids and I return all the towels to the holiday let and set up the cake and tea tray in time for the guests arrival at 4pm.


Sunday 26th February


Monday 27th February

took at trip into Wadebridge for a look around the village, a coffee and a cream tea.



Tuesday 28th February

trevose head

bedruthan steps

newquay

perranporth rock

Harlyn Bay

on the beach at Constantine Bay near Trevose Head

exploring around the rocks at Perranporth beach

Chapel Rock at Perranporth

Arch Rock

Formed by wave action eroding a hole in the cliffs at Perranporth

Wednesday 1 March 
home day, cold and wet


Thursday 2 March

Last day in Cornwall and the sun is shining so we make an early start and set off for Mevagissey.  Gorgeous harbour, the tide still going out.

Charlestown

Fowey

Crossed the river on the ferry to get to Polperro

Polperro

then had a long drive home due to the A30 diversion.




Friday 3 March

We had a call from Liz in the evening from hospital as she had had a car accident after leaving the airport and looks like spending a few days there.  As we already have arrangements in place we can't stay on so this morning we need to take Yarna to the kennel and get the cottage set up for the guests who are arriving this afternoon.  With the usual routine of washing and packing, we are not on the road until 1pm.
Drive to Northampton and check into a the Premier Inn at Wootton.