Mum and dad popped round

In my haste to get to Libby's bedside in Cambodia I drove to Newquay airport and flew up to Gatwick early on Sunday, 12th April. I knew I wasn't in a fit state to drive the 6+ hours home. However, once we were back in Lingfield I was aware that my car was sitting in the car-park at Newquay and really needed to be collected. Mum and dad had been due to visit me at the beginning of May so I decided to fly down, retrieve the car and spend a few days with them back at the lighthouse.

It was good to be back and I enjoyed making sweetcorn chowder for mum and dad ready for their tea after their little jaunt around Devon. They arrived bang on schedule at 5pm and once I'd shown them round the cottage we headed down to Lizard Point.

Mum and dad were keen to go to Trebah Gardens. Handily it was also on my "to do" list so we decided to go the next day. We drove cross-country via Gweek and mum navigated brilliantly. It was such a pretty, albeit somewhat narrow at times, route with lovely views of the Helford river. We spent a lovely few hours wandering around the beautiful gardens and walking down the valley to the little beach before having lunch and the obligatory poke around the gift shop. 

Then we headed down the coast to Marazion where we enjoyed cream teas looking at St Michael's Mount in the sunshine whilst in the warmth of The Godolphin Arms.

We woke up on Tuesday to the wind howling around the lighthouse which didn't auger well for our walk along to Housel Bay. Undaunted we wrapped up well and set off. It soon became clear that it was going to be impossible to walk along the cliff path without real danger to life so we returned to base with the intention of going to Kynance Cove for lunch. Then Victoria rang from the Cafe and said it was blowing a hoolie down there; which is very unusual as the Cove is very sheltered. So two decisions were made: (One) that we would drive across to St Ives for lunch and (two) that I would depart for home a day earlier as I was really struggling with my decision to leave Libby, even though I knew she was fine in the care of others.

We drove across to the north coast where it was a lovely Spring day with blue skies. It was a little breezy but nothing compared to what we'd just come from. I'm a creature of habit so we had lunch at the Porthmeor Cafe overlooking the beach; delicious as ever. 

There is a seascape painting hanging in a shop window on Tregenna Hill in St Ives that always catch my eye but it costs over £450. So I knocked up my own version. I took some shots of the sea from the balcony outside the Cafe (the landscape photograph) and then created a Photoshop canvas. It's definitely better viewed from a distance but I'm very happy with it for £16.99!

The next day we packed up. Mum and dad headed off to Dartmouth and I headed for home to be with Libby until she had recovered well enough to be independent.

Love from The Lizard Girl.