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
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| Love Cornwall but it gave us nothing but grey skies this year |
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| Can't beat a good bit of south coastal bunting to make it feel like summer |
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| The newly refurbished Art Deco Lido was a hit with us all |
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| The whole place had great lines |
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| Even the changing rooms were stylish in their line |
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| Leaving the mainland behind it looked like the sun was about to shine! |
Scilly Isles
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| I love me a sandy beach |
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| So few people on the islands it was great |
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| Yet again British bunting, gotta love it! |
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| Agapanthus the flower of the islands and our boat out there in the harbour |
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| We saw so many pods of dolphins and porpoises this summer |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| Plymouth has so much to offer the tourist |
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| We caught up on some history and good food whilst here |
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| A novel bar at the marina, love the quirkiness of it |
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| On our final day of sailing (and crocheting) the sun was threatening to come out |
Norway
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| 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! |
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| 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 |
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| In our final days it threatened to shine with sun... |
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| ...and on the last day it did! |
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| At home in mamma's garden |
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| Mamma's shed, typical Norwegian style |
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| I dashed here and there soaking up the sights and sounds which always feel so very much better in the sunshine |
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| You are never more than 10 minutes away from water in Norway, be it lake, fjord or sea |
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| One sunshine day out of 20 is not bad, right?!? |
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| Being away so long meant that the veg patch was neglected |
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| The leeks instead of being eaten now look like show pieces |
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| Wild and windy walks were the order of the stay-cation part of our holidays |
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| 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 |
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| Loving the lines of architecture at London Bridge |
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| We had lunch at the Shard |
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| Saw the view of a grey London, but loved spotting all the iconic buildings |
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| View from the Shard |
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| Evening strolls in the capitol were colourful |
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| But it's always wonderful to be at home... |
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| 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 ♥
