Padstow Crabber
S won on size. I won on quantity.
The best bit about crabbing is the excuse to sit at the end of the harbour wall and watch the world float by. The worst bit is everyone else looking your way and wondering when some kids will rock up.
Working from the shed
In between the showers I was working in the courtyard. Lovely. During them, I was relegated to the shed. Will be lovely. One day.
Cornwall 2023
Someone labelled the beach so you'd know where you were, and when you where there. Approximately.
Hawker's was looking good too.
Harvest time
It's the time of year when we estimate how many boxes of weetabix one of Bob's fields makes.
This year my guess is 42.
Excuse me, I have a train to catch
The Camel Trail back to Bodmin was a tad busier than on the way down. Note to self: if you want the trail to yourself in August, ride at night.
The train was on time. But the bike spot GWR booked was, again, in a carriage that isn't accessible at Bodmin Parkway.
But that didn't matter, because when I got to the "you must book a bike to travel" place it was already kinda occupied.
Joined. Up. Thinking.
A book to read
A book recommendation from my third-joint-second favourite book shop. Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown by Rory Carroll. Devoured.
Little Petherick Loop
My favourite loop. Possibly. Padstow to Little Petherick and back, along both sides of the creek. Podcast on the way out, tunes on the way back. 9-ish kilometers (but don't tell F).
Reading Spot
The perfect reading spot, a mug of tea on the harbour wall, while waiting for pizza from Embers for dinner. Mushroom.
Harlyn by foot
The surf looks 👍 so headed over the fields to Harlyn from Padstow via Trevone for some boarding.
After the bridge the path got a little... constrained.
The return trip is perfect for collecting supplies from Padstow Farm Shop. Coffee beans and bacon!
Cornwall By Train & Bike
Wallingord - Cholsey - Reading - Bodmin - Padstow by bike and train. Three attempts and this was the second success¹.
Getting to Bodmin after 10pm meant I had the Camel trail all to myself for the ride to Padstow. Spooky.
Footnotes
¹ But it was almost a repeat of the first run choas. I got on the connection at Reading not realizing that it was actually the previous train, delayed by an hour, by doors that wouldn't open. We then sat at Plymouth for a while to let the train behind us overtake. I guess that looks better on the statistics. Corinne Stockheath would be impressed.
Arnolfini Bristol
The book case was my favourite. Celebrating artists who are also immigrants.
F thought it better in colour.
Bristol Cathedral
Looking up.
And looking down.
People have been doing the same in the same spot for 800 years.
Tagmr
Abandoned. This was a lovely place to sit and watch the river until someone parked their boat here.
