Weird weather day, sunshine, rain and epic hail:
I couldn't resist going out in it before I went off to gymnastics.
Wednesday
At least the hail had stopped today, a good thing seeing as Team Kennet is outside for the summer.
It was cold though....really cold.
Thursday
I got picked for the school team for an upcoming football tournament, im so excited!
It was baking night at home, I made some of my signature cheese and ham straws and made mum a couple of jam tarts. Ned did a chocolate cake when he finally bothered to come home from school.
Friday
With a long weekend looming, it was only right and proper that we packed up and set off for Cornwall. The car got loaded up, we had tea and then got on the road, I was so excited.
We got as far as Exeter before I needed a 'comfort break' so that was pretty good going. We weren't that late getting there really.....although I really do not enjoy the journey. The ends certainly justifies the means though. We were soon tucked up in bed, listening to the sound of the waves crashing in the distance.
Saturday
We had a reasonable lie in then took a leisurley breakfast, we slip into Cornwall mode very easily. We ventured down to Gary's shop for some supplies, some jokes and to check out the surf. The waves were better than the jokes, so we suited up and got in the sea. Ned had his new board so I got to use his old one which is better than my falling apart one.
It was lovely too, sunny and everything, there should be a video attached at some point. Getting changed afterwards was a real pleasure, so much so that we got the blanket out on the grass and did some basking:
We certainly enjoyed the sunshine in the afternoon:
Andy had arrived overnight, so that was a most welcome addition. He'd bought some pretty grim weather with him though...it was grey and very wet. In light of this we had a cooked breakfast and waited to see if things would brighten up.....they didn't. We had a game of Camel Cup, tucked into the home baking and waited some more.....still grey and wet!
There was supposed to be the English national surfing championships at Watetgate Bay so we got in the car and went to have a look. There wasn't much doing, with the greyness and drizzle we would have been surprised if the judges could have actually seen anything. The boys decided to go for a surf, the mad fools. We waited for them to get changed in the rainy car park before going for a wander around the shops there and then out onto the deserted beach:
It was pretty wet it has to be said. In fact, I reckon we were wetter than the surfers when they came back. Watching them get changed in the car park didn't look much fun thats for sure...
We headed back to the van to dry out and warm up.
We played a couple of games of sevens which 'The Shadow' won (Dad, what an embarrassment he is) before moving on to Mum's new game Yeti (very good).
Monday
Bit gloomy first thing but we had a visit to Padstow lined up to see the May Day event, a parade of the Obby Oss. It sounded pretty weird to me, a bloke in a horse outfit prancing around the narrow streets? We parked up and walked into town, it looked noticeably different to normal as there was loads and loads of bunting, flags and tree branches attached to all the buildings and across the streets:
We made our way into the town centre and it was getting busier and busier. Then we could hear some music and some singing....we'd found the Blue Oss!
It was swirling and prancing about, wafting his skirt around.....weird!
Everyone seemed to love it though. It wandered off through the town, accompanied by its band of drummers and accordian players and we made our way to the maypole:
Ned got on the internet and found out that the Red Oss was due to appear at 11:00, outside the Golden Lion Inn so we headed there. There was already a pretty sizeable crown gathering outside and we hung about for a bit until 11. First off loads of accordian players came out of the pub, there were loads of them and they lined the streets before being joined by the drummers and the singing began in earnest. There was quite a lot of people by this point and there was a bit of a mild crush going on which i wasn't that keen on. I left Ned right next to the deafening accordian players and went back to the safety of Mum and Dad. They hoisted me up and I got to see the Oss do his thing as he emerged from the pub. He soon pranced off up the street and the crowds started to dissolve.
I really wasn't sure what to make of it all!
We headed back to camp and the others decided they would go in the sea. Id din't much fancy ot so went over to see Andy's Mum and Dad. I did some drawing, ate some crisps and then Connie arrived so that was epic!
We went to the Youth Hostel for lunch as the sun broke through.
Just as we were finishing we spotted the rest of the Shepherd family wandering past with Connie on her walk.....so we tagged along and wandered over to Constantine Bay with them. It was a lovely afternoon, Connie loved jumping into the rock pool to fetch her ball and as usual we had a questions (us) and answers (John) session with John:
And heres the hastily cobbled together video, Ned did the slo-mo Obby Oss bit, it doesn't seem to like it very much with the weird coloured bars going on?
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