Sun and rain

lovely morning

We had a good night’s sleep, but Lottie wanted to go out at 06:30. By the time Steve got up and was ready they had woken me up, but I stayed snuggled up in bed. Steve took her up in the fields where there are sheep, so she had to stay on the lead. He tried to find the footpath that went across the fields, through a wood to the river Inny. He went the wrong way this morning, but came back proclaiming that “the views to Bodmin and Dartmoor are wonderful.”Lottie enjoyed the walking the fields and watching the rabbits on the grass below the cottage.

the front of the cottage

While having a leisurely breakfast it started to rain. We drove over to Chelle’s for lunch, to also find it was too wet for Stu to work.

cliff top walk

After lunch it was drier and we decided to take Lottie for a walk at Park Head. Chelle and Stu decided to meet us there and walk with the children. We left ahead of them to give Lottie a run off the lead prior to meeting up with them. Within minutes of us starting to walk Lottie it started to rain, but we carried on. Lottie delighted in running along the cliff tops towards Bedruthen Steps.

The rain went from being a gentle type of shower to a steady light rain with some wind blowing it in. By the time we turned around it had got heavier, but thankfully it wasn’t too cold. We had expected to meet Chelle and family on the way back, but we reached the cars to find Stu sat in the van with the younger two asleep.  

rocks below

He explained that Chelle and the girls had gone to find us. Somehow we had missed them, yet Chelle and three mud splattered children turned up within 5 minutes of us getting back. We then found out that where we turned left to avoid the farm animals Chelle had turned right to avoid the cliff path. As we were all damp we all went back to Chelle’s.

We spent the rest of the day at Chelle’s and after the bedtime scramble we had take away fish and chips for dinner. One child who loves battered fish was woken by the smell and came down to complain that we were eating her favourite meal without her.

We agreed to meet Chelle and the children at Cotehele Quay tomorrow morning, as the weather forecast is dry. Our drive back to the cottage after dinner was relatively quick taking only 45 minutes.