Away: Polperro

Polperro Monday 3.10.11

Last day of the holiday. The sun is shining. The sea is benign.

Well, what would you do?

We set off in our little boats

to head to TALLAND BAY

for tea and cake with Jaquie and Bob, who were walking along the cliff path.

We checked out some beach sculptures, before ....

heading into the beach to be greeted by the welcoming committee!

Cake and chat with the boats in the background.

On the beach, our CELTIC history had been carefully reproduced in sand and pebbles by a clever sod. It's quite beautiful in its' exquisite detail. .

Too much tea made MeWally a bit wobbly.

The water was rather wavy on the way back, freshening to rollers by the time we got to the harbour mouth. We had to plan our run through the harbour entrance. Exciting, not dangerous. No photos though, too intense on the survival side of things!

Refreshingly calm in the inner harbour. What a relief. A local boatman made it VERY CLEAR that we shouldn't go out again as the conditions were becoming 'lethal'.

Bit of a walk in - tide's gone out.

Bob and Jaquie got to the slipway as we did. Perfect timing for the end of a perfect holiday.

Polperro Sunday 2.10.11

Graham headed home yesterday and Gerry was leaving today. Bob went off to ring bells - AGAIN, with Jaquie for company.

MeWally and I wandered along the cliff top toward FOWEY.

What a blistering day.

IT"S OCTOBER!!!!

We chilled here for quite a while.

Who wouldn't?

A lovely, carless fishing village,

with all the boats in harbour for the Sabbath. That's why there's no fish on Mondays.

So many boats were in for the Sun-day of rest that some had to moor in the outer harbour.

Jaquie Bob, MeWally and I headed to the swimming pool, Jaquie basked in the sun, high up on the cliff path.

I stripped to my under-crackers and got into the chilly water, very slowly. The two lovely young sisters from SALTASH jumped in - pretty much.

The older you get, the colder the water gets. Strange, but true.

It's a natural INFINITY POOL. It also reminded me of the pool in MIAMI that I could spend my life floating about in - given the chance.

Once I got out of the water, I grabbed this shot of the pool. It's a great spot with MeWally, Bob and Jaquie getting bored waiting for me to get a shift on.

I drift about in my soggy clothes (no I didn't take a towel with me), taking photos,

and enjoying the scenes around me,

The others wait patiently,

apart from Bob who seems to have have fallen into a stupor - LOL.

Fishing to end the day with me drawing the harbour .... as ever.

Polperro Harbour

No fish for supper ..... as ever!

As the lights came on, we headed home to cook a meal from the food we had in the house.

Polperro Saturday 1.10.11

Another day in heaven. Oh how fantastic is CORNWALL?

WHY FLY??????????

Bob, Graham, MeWallyn and I set off for that brill CAFE in TALLAND BAY ..... again.

Oh look - CAKE!

What a surprise.

We stuff our faces and 'look at the view' (ref: Last Of The Summer Wine).

I've never paddled with a northerner in a flat cap!

Good fun was had by all

on this playful and perfect sea.

Came across this porpoise, dead in the sea. In too close to the cliffs to get a ID of species.

Here we are then, dropping off Graham and Bob at Polperro,

before heading off along the coast

together, towards FOWEY.

As the men fished, I painted

Polperro, Cornwall at dusk

not a good, dusk image.

HEY-HO!

Polperro Friday 30.9.11

Did a bit of drawing today and such like. Well I am on holiday.

In the afternoon the lads went fishing - again. I went out in my kayak.

I followed the old lifeboat as it went for a spin around the harbour,

and out to sea. I stayed back in the outer harbour as the sea state was a bit 'swelly' and I was all alone. Poor me.

Still no fish for supper.

Polperro Thursday 29.9.11

Ahhhhhhhh, the call of the wild - what was that: a movie, a book, something from my childhood that left a gut feeling, but no detail? Weird.

We headed over to LOOE ISLAND.

The water became eerily flat and a distant, sharp line emerged between the land and the island. Ominous thoughts of huge overfalls. Something was holding the water in a huge, still eddy.

We steered away from the scary 'line' and headed above the island and to the open sea,

making the most of the calm

before the rough?

There were no overfalls.

All was calm meaning that the soft breath of a passing GREY SEAL rang out loud and clear.

We had asked for permission to visit the island. It is privately owned. No, came the firm response from the WARDEN.

Strangely, because we were here at extreme low tides, people were walking from LOOE to LOOE ISLAND. The were waist deep in the water at times. Mind you, they were welcomed onto the beach by the a person we took to be the warden. and were not able to venture further. So why not tell us we could join this group, or at least land as they arrived? Memories of The Fleet earlier this year ....more on that little matter another time.... you would never believe it!