Russell and Carol - hayle and hearty

After being number 43 on the waiting list - for 40 plots! - luck struck and we were allocated an allotment :)

So now the frantic planning begins!

Well, the allotment didn't look very prepossessing...   even in the long view  so we decided to cover a quarter of it in a large pile of manure and ask Simon to come play in it with us....

I'm interested in Cornish pronunciation, as well as that of the connected Celtic nations. Simple things like Celtic Keltic or Seltic to more complicated ones like Lanhydrock or Godolphin. So I was interested in the item in today's WMN living Cornwall which mentioned I don't necessarily consider myself as pure Cornish, though my Rawe surname goes back at least to the 12th century (Radulphus, introduced by the Norman Vikings, shortened to Raw by the Cornish and to Ralph by the English).

The weather this last fortnight has been amazing - like June, with beautiful blue skies to match. Too busy enjoying it to take any photos but was struck by this one from Penzance posted on Twitter.

The bluebells were early this year and have been looking lovely in the garden and around the village, but I especially liked this picture of Bluebell woods at Carlidnack in Cornwall.

I've long wanted to go to Dollar Cove - but it's mysteriously missing from Ordnance Survey maps.... today, after a visit to Halzephron House I had an opportunity and (apart from nearly being blown away!), it was just as pretty as I'd hoped.

Here are some pictures -

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Lovely walk in Tremayne Woods today, the bluebells and the light through the beech leaves were stunning with lovely views over the Helford river out to Falmouth

Walking on Godrevy,  the wildflowers were looking especially beautiful

Just finished the last episode of "The Shadow Line" (2011) (TV series) - quite astonishingly brilliant.

More like a proper play than TV drama, one of the absolute best things I've seen in years and the scene in Ireland with Gatehouse (Stephen Rea) and Crace was sublime and worth a programme of its own.