Stephen declined to come with us, ostensibly on the grounds that he needed to study. Here he is explaining that his lack of enthusiasm for the trip had nothing whatsoever to do with a distaste for getting cold and wet.
As it turned out, the camping actually worked out really well. It rained on and off, but never at awkward times, so we were spared things like pitching and striking camp in the rain. We camped at this beautiful site on an organic farm - fabulous location, and, because no-one else is crazy enough to camp at the end of October, we had it entirely to ourselves.
View of the sea from the campsite...
... and this is the view we woke up to.
We went for long walks along the beach
and along the coastal path,
... played in the rockpools...
visited Looe and Fowey and Polperro,
and, most importantly, spent some time with old friends. It was a great break.
More photos here.
Back home, I've had to do some lesson planning. I'm being observed again on Tuesday morning; a double one this time - one observer from college and one from Greenwich Uni. Hope it goes okay... It should do, I've put enough effort into it...
Tomorrow we're getting up very early to make the three hour drive to Beccles to see my folks. Looking forward to seeing them - they've been in Canada visiting my aunt and uncle for the past three weeks, so we haven't seen them in a while.
And then Monday it's back to work. Ho hum...
4 comments:
beautiful pix. wow.
do you make all your own food or eat out some of the times?
where abouts in Canada were your folks?
good luck with the observ. you'll do great!
Mostly we cook our own food, but this time we ate lunch out with friends,and also spent one evening in a pub by the fire as it was pouring!
My folks were mainly in Toronto, but also spent some time in Montreal - not sure where else they went this time, will ask tomorrow...
Thanks for the good luck wishes, as usual I'm nervous!
Beautiful pictures. :)
As always, when I read your blog, and especially when you take wonderful trips around the English countryside, I long to live there. So today I decided to check out the housing prices in your town and I, who lives in the most expensive market in Canada, was horrified. After converting to Canadian dollars, the least expensive free-standing home (3 bedrooms) was $1.2 million Canadian. I will just have to satisfy myself with visiting some day. ;)
I checked out home prices there too.
ME oh my :S
That kind of shot down my dream of moving there someday.
Maybe I can holiday there :)
I love your posts! :)
hannah
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