Still exploring Cornwall

I just had to stop this young lady & ask if I could take a photo of her shoes - she bought them on line - separate toes - guess you could call them gloves for feet!

Mousehall (pronounced Mussell)- delightful village, some lovely gardens - you can spend an awful lot of time just wandering about.

Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor - smugglers used it as a meeting point - Daphne du Maurier set her novel "Jamaica Inn" around this area.  We enjoyed looking through the museum but the coffee & cake left something to be desired in the Inn itself.

A smocked shirt worn by men in Cornwall.

More Cornwall

Our friends were tracing his ancestors & the trail led to Bucknell Filleigh, Devon.  This manor house was once owned by his ancestors - for 4 generations.  We were gob-smacked, to say the least, when we entered the house to have a look around.  The present owner allowed us to wander anywhere we wanted.  The house is rented out at 6,000 pound per week.  Extra 35 pound per day for heating in winter.  Any takers?

There were patchwork quilts on some of the beds.

The house - just an average home!!!

This sign was in the window of a pub - it was interpreted as "Open - wif 1 pool table!" - not an unreasonable interpretation!

Still in Cornwall

Bude - surfing capital of Cornwall.  The day was wet, windy & bitterly cold (for us Queenslanders) & yet the beach & water were full of people surfing & learning to surf.

Clovelly - Devon - http://www.clovelly.co.uk/ another beautiful fishing village - so steep they use sleds made of milk crates to take their groceries down.  Donkeys were once used but are now in retirement & used for children's rides & photos only.  We walked down, had lunch at the Red Lion pub (so many pub lunches - I can feel the waistline broadening even more), walked on the beach (rocks) & got a ride in a Land Rover back up to the top.

Cornwall & surrounds

With no internet connection in Tintagel where we were for a week, I felt very alone not being able to check in to see how everyone is going.  Now we are at our niece's & I'm back with all technology - feel complete.  Isn't that sad????

The pub we stayed at in Glastonbury - dates back to 1400's.  Henry VIII stayed there to view the tearing down of Glastonbury Abbey.  He did a good job of that too.  We had visited the Abbey once before so just looked around the village this time.

In Tintagel, supposed birthplace of King Arthur & where we attended the annual dinner of the Arthurian Society held at King Arthur's Halls.http://www.tintagelweb.co.uk/ - entertained by this medieavel singer.

Boscastle - this fishing village was devastated by a flood in 2004 - it came down from the hills in a huge torrent of water & wiped out all before it.  The cafe in the bottom picture was completely demolished and has been rebuilt, complete with the dip in the roof.  The photos they had on display brought back thoughts of our recent flooding in Queensland.

Singapore - like home?

Arrived safely in Singapore, couldn't get in to our room so off we went - needed some cool drinks & saw this - had to try it.  Not at all what we would expect - it was a scambled egg wih tofu(?) or something soft fried up in a huge wok.  You could get it white or black - I think black was with soy or just cooked longer - white seemed the better option.

"Wow - man, cool!"  - on the outside of a club - not sure what type of club - looked dubious I thought - but I liked the artwork.

There was a Shoe exhbition - in the Victoria & Albert Mall - all the sneakers were decorated & displayed inside the perspex boxes.

This was a whole lot more appetising than it looks - Benito came in the laquered box - salmon, egg, onion and sushi rice with seaweed on top.  Also had a red bean drink with chocoloate -different!

People's Park - these are all homes - doesn't it look like it is balancing on top of another building? We are still wondering who services the air conditioners that hang outside the buildings.  HofM (husband of mine) is not lining up for the job.

Woomargama

Isn't this beautiful, even though it was drizzly & a bit cold? Looking towards the Hume Highway from the front of my cousin's house.  I had taken my parents away for a few days to visit the area that my Dad grew up in.  It was great to catch up with relatives and old friends.

This is the driveway up to the house - like most properties, it is usually a long drive from the front gate to the house.

The shed had a couple of really interesting bits & pieces - like most farms/properties, you don't throw anything out - it might come in handy.  Not sure when those wagon wheels will be used!

Every farm has to have a faithful hound - isn't he gorgeous & he's just a lodger!

The Hume Dam - full - just like a lot of dams around the country - this bridge goes across the water from New South Wales to Victoria.

A view of Albury from Monument Hill - the monument can be seen all around Albury.

The last of the autumn leaves - something we don't really see here in Brisbane so we Queenslanders just love all the autumn colours - reds, yellows, oranges etc - just beautiful.  Guess not everyone would think the piles of leaves are wonderful, especially if you have to rake them all up.

Not much happening

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This is a piece of my 'Flood Art' - these photos were damaged by the January flood waters, rescued by a friend, cleaned & dried & now I am embellishing them & sending them out as Mail Art mailart365.blogspot.com - there are some great pieces there and mine are under the label of BrisChris.

This piece was received from Kiera Pannell in Canada - a really lovely paper collage.  The photo does not do it justice.