Grandma FT

Grandma hosted the family for a giving and receiving of gifts afternoon. To celebrate, she enjoyed Ginger mulled wine - her favourite!

Severn Bore

Matt and Gillie came to stay for three days of Bore Riding. The video shows two of the rides (Noose and Epney) and the top picture is the wave approaching at Over Bridge. The picture below is the party wave at Epney. Brilliant FUN.

Samos

We both got to work on a Greek Island for September.... with just days between moving to Cheltenham from Cornwall and flying out via Athens, we arrived slightly worn out. Organising tennis and bikes respectively, we soon relaxed into resort life and decided not to worry about unpacked possessions and our nomadic lifestyle. 

Some of the windsurfing and biking is captured in the usual GoPro video. 

Caves

On a warm bank holiday weekend, we hit the beach hard with The Simpsons. We paddled down a deep, dark cave off Pendennis Point. On saturday, we finished up with a roaring fire and BBQ on Fushing Beach. Sunday involved a walk from Point, past Trelissick and on to Roundwood Quay. Monday involved snorkelling and SUP, with a boat trip (with Matt and Jillie) acrosss to St Mawes for drinks and then fish from 'Harbour Lights' at Falmouth. 

Cellar Beach

Arriving into this calm creek cul de sac for a BBQ on a warm night was wonderful. We walked a short distance to look down over The Heads, then made a fire and got the Kelly Kettle going. We motored back in the dark, sweeping the sea with a torch for buoys and other craft. A lovely way to end the day ahead of the impending rainy weekend.

On The Water

Hannah arrived in time for an evening boating trip to the Kings Head at Ruan Lanihorne with Matt and Gillie. We followed the estuary North and then turned East, away from Truro up the Fal river until we could go no further on the high spring tide. We travelled back in a leisurely fashion, drifting for a while on the falling tide and taking in the sunset colours to the West. A magical evening. 

On Saturday Simo and Adam commenced their Powerboat2 RYA course at Mylor. The girls walked the estuary, while Jerry and Matt went kayaking (video) looking for the kettle lid that we dropped in the water on Friday evening - and found it! On the way back, we invented another new sport:

Skurfing

After a bun-run row to St Mawes, I joined David, Richard and Matt for a morning of tow-surfing behind David's 300hp motor! We couldn't quite get onto the wake wave without a tiny bit of 'pull' on the towline to keep us there. But tucked into shelter off Maenporth and Swanpool, we had a brilliant time (video).