Cornwall Holiday 2016

Hitty Madge had a lovely time in Cornwall...the weather could have been better at times but she still managed to get to see some stunning gardens.  The trip has been blogged about on 'Holidays with Henry' blog  

A Holiday in Cornwall for Hitty Patience & Moana - Part Four

The beginning of our holiday in Cornwall looked rather bleak with grey overcast skies and drizzly rain.  Still we braved the weather on Sunday 2nd September to go into Padstow.

Fortunately although the weather wasn't the best, one thing it wasn't and that was windy.  A little later on the drizzle eased off and Hitty Moana and I were able to go down the beach...

The sand was lovely beneath our feet and we enjoyed looking out over the estuary.  It was even better than I'd seen Friday evening.  

Here we are enjoying the sand before we made our way back to the town.  As we were making our way back we could hear music playing.

Our person, having been a musician, before she had to stop playing due to surgery and the resulting chronic neuropathic pain, just had to stop with us to have a listen.  It brought back fond memories of her band playing days.

A Holiday in Cornwall for Hitty Patience & Moana - Part Three

Hitty Patience couldn't wait the day we arrived to go for a walk along the Camel Trail

She was delighted to find a bird watching hide.  

The tide was out along the Camel Estuary

Once Hitty Patience got back to the cottage, she pointed out to Hitty Moana the estuary and told her about her afternoon walk and suggested they go there together sometime.

A Holiday in Cornwall for Hitty Patience & Moana - Part Two

Hitty Moana & I enjoyed St Ives and especially the museum we went into where we saw all sorts of fascinating history on St Ives.  Within the museum were lots of cats to recognise the part cats have played within the history of St Ives as well which brings to mind the rhyme....

As I was going to St Ives

I met a man with seven wives

Every wife had seven sacks

Every sack had seven cats

Every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks, wives.

We especially enjoyed the doll collection display and would dearly have loved to have taken a photograph or two, but unfortunately no photography was allowed.  Our person had hoped to have found a Cornish carved wooden doll in the style they used to make (there were several originals on display in the museum) but sadly there didn't seem to be any of those sorts of handcrafts available.

The following day we went to Tintagel Castle.  My what a climb that was!

We took plenty of opportunity to rest.  Hitty Moana here is enjoying the little dainty flowers.

We were fascinated by the formation and colouration of the rocks...

Most of all though we enjoyed taking in the sea view together with our thoughts.

The views really were spectacular (and if you want to see more you can find them here)

So awe inspiring.  Hitty Moana wondered whether it was possible to see New Zealand from here...

I had to explain just how far away it was so very unlikely indeed!

A Holiday in Cornwall for Hitty Patience & Moana - Part One

Hitty Patience & Hitty Moana got to go on holiday to Cornwall this last week and had a really lovely time indeed.

Look Hitty Moana, Hitty Patience points towards 'A Lady lying in the garden'

She looks like she is asleep!

She certainly does, replies Hitty Moana.  What an amazing sculpture.

I do so love flowers of every kind.  Hitty Patience tells Hitty Moana.  

I do as well Hitty Patience, although of course I have a close affinity with trees as well.  Hitty Moana says.

Lets have a little rest here

Oh my, oh my, oh my Hitty Moana exclaims!  Will you just look what we have here!

Hitty Moana, being made from New Zealand Kauri is very excited to see that the gardens contain some trees from New Zealand as well.

A proud Hitty Moana stands in front of another notice telling about the New Zealand gardens.

With all that excitement the girls sit down for another little rest so they can enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the New Zealand Garden. Hitty Moana has deep thoughts or memories hiding just below the surface waiting to come out of times distant and past.

They pose in front of a Ponga carving.

Just look at this wonderful view Hitty Patience sighs....

More photos of The Lost Garden of Heligan can be seen here  and here