Summer in a nutshell eclectic style

September 2nd

September!  Can you believe it?  Until last week I thought the summer sun had forgotten to show it's face.  I am sooo not ready for it to be autumn, despite the fact I love change of seasons and could only live in a country that has all four, I do feel this year summer has somehow passed me by.  When I mention this to others they laugh and say we've had a good summer, so where was my ray of sunshine?!!?!?

Cornwall

Love Cornwall but it gave us nothing but grey skies this year

Can't beat a good bit of south coastal
bunting to make it feel like summer

The newly refurbished Art Deco Lido was a hit with us all

The whole place had great lines

Even the changing rooms were stylish in their line

Leaving the mainland behind it
looked like the sun was about to shine!

Scilly Isles

I love me a sandy beach

So few people on the islands it was great 

Yet again British bunting, gotta love it! 

Agapanthus the flower of the islands and
our boat out there in the harbour

We saw so many pods of dolphins and porpoises this summer

They tend to play at the bow of the boat, we often
hear them when we are down below even before
those on deck can see them, they communicate
with each other all the time
as the sound travels through our hull

Crochet and knitting featured heavily this summer
and as we were to leave the Scilly isles it looked
like the sun was about to shine there too!

Devon

Plymouth has so much to offer the tourist

We caught up on some history
and good food whilst here

A novel bar at the marina, love the quirkiness of it

On our final day of sailing (and crocheting)
the sun was threatening to come out

Norway

I can always rely on Norway to provide summer
sunshine, something to do with the gulf stream
I believe, oh how wrong I was this year!

The normally refreshing lake swims were cold
but did not stop us, although perhaps it did
shorten the time we were in the lakes each time  

In our final days it threatened to shine with sun...

...and on the last day it did!

At home in mamma's garden

Mamma's shed, typical Norwegian style

I dashed here and there soaking up the sights and sounds
which always feel so very much better in the sunshine

You are never more than 10 minutes away
from water in Norway, be it lake, fjord or sea

One sunshine day out of 20 is not bad, right?!?

Stay-ca-tion (home)

Being away so long meant that the veg patch was neglected

The leeks instead of being eaten now look like show pieces

Wild and windy walks were the order
of the stay-cation part of our holidays

Whilst we also  spent some fun days in the capitol, London,
here is the inside of the new London Bridge concourse,
we were part of a project group to see how the signage
was and if we could locate things easily, it was a fun day out

Loving the lines of architecture at London Bridge

We had lunch at the Shard

Saw the view of a grey London, but loved
spotting all the iconic buildings

View from the Shard

Evening strolls in the capitol were colourful

But it's always wonderful to be at home...

Now the final days of the holidays, we are chilling and
hanging out and the weather has finally turned beautiful for us!
Maybe we should have stayed at home all the time?!?!?

Joining in with  Amy   after a summer break, showing you the five places I have hidden myself away this summer.  Hope you have had a great restful summer as well.   

Hopefully normal blogging will now resume although I still feel a little travel itchiness...

do keep popping by however as I have lots to share in the coming days and weeks,

 love having you here with me.  

♥  Wishing you all a wonderful September  ♥