Friday 28 August 2009

Seeing red....

If days were coloured then my time on Scilly last week would be mixture of lemon yellows and sky blues. Yellow for the sand on Samson, warm under my feet. And blue for lying in the garden looking at the sky through the tree hanging over the roof.

But today would be red. Firstly because my friend has bought herself a scarlet red jaguar and she took me for a ride along the north coast of Cornwall.....



We drove the scarlet car to Mawgan Porth to have a nosey around the new Scarlet Hotel. It's an ecofriendly hotel right above the cliffs. It has one of the best views in Cornwall and I'm going to see if I can make the other half take me there for a night....especially to go to the spa. I loved the outdoor pool and waterfall...and we looked longingly at these scarlet outside jacuzzis.


Mawgan Porth looks even better in the winter than it does in the summer so it would be a perfect winter break. Especially as it's half price mid week until March.


From the website the rooms look lovely.


But I really want to go there to eat because my favourite chef Ben Tunnicliffe works there. I had had to change my food favourite to The Driftwood at Portscatho after Ben left the Abbey....but I may be heading to the north coast from now on....



Thursday 27 August 2009

Dreaming of cheese...

Why is it that when you start dieting all you can think about is food.....



I have been super good and stuck to soup, salads, cereals and ready meals....


But I really want cheese, butter, cake and pasta!


Oh well.....


Wednesday 26 August 2009

Autumn hedgerows....

I'm a bit obsessed with hedgerows. The ones in Cornwall in Spring/summer were the prettiest I've ever seen....but now it's moving towards autumn and I love it!

I've got a freezer full of blackberries and apple sauce and will be making plum jam this weekend.

There's a plum tree which hangs over the entrance to our flat and drops plums on the ground ready to be picked up by me!

According to Scilly Webcam these are Rugosa Rosehips...

The look yummy to me....



Tuesday 25 August 2009

Marvellous Mondays....

My marvellous friend has accepted a proposal from her marvellous man.



And I am over the moon!

Wednesday 19 August 2009

Rock n Roll

I love this. People have stacked up rocks across a cove on St Agnes...


Why? Not a clue. Just to make their mark I suppose. Better than graffiti.

There's even one on top of a REALLY high rock which would have taken several people and quite a lot of work. It makes a lot of people smile.





















Tuesday 18 August 2009

Bad me...

I'm not blogging much at the moment because I'm here.....




Doing a lot of this....


So forgive me....