Friday 29th August 2025

 

Woke around 0745. Got up and made tea. Finished the packing that Aki had started yesterday…need to be out by 1000. Porridged. Lis came up to say farewell. Put our stuff in the car then walked down into Mousehole for a last look. Aki wanted to show me some paintings in a gallery in the village…nice, but I felt Aki could do similar just as well, and save us £2,300!!! Had coffee in the garden of the Old Coastguard Hotel and took in the sea view before heading back up the hill to the car. 

Drove to the Potager Garden near Falmouth to meet Helen and Martin for brunch in the cafe there. A bit pricey but it was very good…the best mushrooms on toast I’ve ever tasted! Had a little wander round the glasshouse and the artist studios before heading back to the car for the drive to Moorhaven. Slow going on the approach to the toll on the Tamar Bridge. Got to Centre Court around 1645 to be greeted by Phil and Roxy, their five year old border collie. Cath still at work. Chatted at the kitchen table over a cuppa tea. Got stuff out of the car...Cath rocked up, having been given a lift from work in a huge Range Rover...she got out on her crutches. She's still awaiting an operation to replace a part of her ankle, after two failed operations. Phil served up spaghetti bolognese for dinner, and we repaired to the living-room to chat before News At Ten. They are still working on the house, and have bought a used kitchen, the units for which they have stored in the hall...the place still looks half-finished twenty years since they moved in. The dog is sweet, but very needy, and constantly begging for attention, resulting in my black trousers being covered in white dog hairs...I was relieved to get to bed at last!