I was going though my Noss Mayo photo’s, sorting through them so I can upload them soon and came across this one, Cow Cow and more Cow. Taken on the National Trust Coastal Path last week, I’ve no idea why but it makes me smile but it does!
I took this photo a few days ago, it’s on the slipway just outside our cottage. I’d like to walk down to it again and add the words ‘extremely’ or ‘very very VERY’ somewhere on the sign. if I could actually walk down to it!
You see, this morning Louise and I made a small packed lunch (Ham and Eggs in case you were wondering.) and Louise decided that as the tide was at it’s lowest this week it would be nice to stroll down onto the beach and explore.
The ever entrepped explorer (me) bold fully strolls past the sign, noticing the green weed a bit further down I wasn’t nearly cautious enough. Unknown to me the whole concrete slipway thats submerged a few hours early was as slippy as ice and I had the wonderful comedy moment of slipping up and straight flat down onto my back.
As I lay winded for a few seconds I heard Louise ask if was ok, her own brain noticing the free slippery weed and the fairly safe concrete ahead. Gasping for air I was unable to tell her to stop and she too crashed to the floor a few feet from me!
Anyway, Louise scrambled to the side shaken but not too injured (her hand and hip seem to be aching now a few hours later) After a few minutes of laughing into the floor as I lay there I realised that Id done some real damage to my back. Louise meanwhile gathered herself together enough to whip out her iPhone and capture the moment of me trying to look calm sitting on the slipway!
Once I’d crawled to the side and got to me feet I was in a sea of pain, every step was difficult, we had to walk around the estuary beach as there was no way I would make it up the slipway!
Now a few hours later, I can sit and lie fairly comfortably but walking (Steps are a no no!) or any slight twisting is very painful, I’ve not got any bruising so can only imagine I’ve jarred my back. Im a little worried about what I will feel like tomorrow morning, especially with a 4 hour drive home!
If only we had filmed it, the £250 from ‘You’ve been framed’ might have help take the sting away a little more!
Every picture is worth a thousand words….
Damn this hand held portable beastie is powerful, Im sure I will have a fair few hours of gaming fun with it! (After the holiday of course, unless Louise goes to bed early that is!!)
This photo was taken in Plymouth today, the black island in the foreground is ‘Drakes Island’, it was another gloriously sunny day with some lovely cloud formations….
Whilst in Plymouth I held a PS Vita today, and as I suspected it’s a really nice bit of tech! I was very surprised just how light it was, the screen was very bright (with blacks being very black) and silky smooth to use. But it’s so expensive, well… it’s not until you add £44.99 each for Drakes Deception, Fifa 12 or F1 2011…. The games may well be AAA titles but they just seem expensive… Im thinking over a purchase….
I think today it dawned on me on just how remote we are in Noss Mayo Devon. So much so we actually planned the day around buying the Sunday Times! There are no local shops for on our side of the creek, us so we donned our walking shoes and headed off to explore the more populated Newton Ferrers side
Our route ‘out’ is shown in red and our return journey in green. It was a very nice walk, the weather was very kind giving another warm sunny day… well apart from the minor hail shower that lasted 2 minutes when we were at our farthest point! The local Post Office (Open till 12 on a Sunday) had a copy of the Sunday Times for us, and I parted with the £2.20 for the paper and another £1.90 for some locally made marmalade.
It’s been a while since I last purchased a copy of the Sunday Times in ‘paper’ version as Im a digital subscriber on my iPad usually. I was shocked at the size and weight of the paper and magazines!
We continued along the Newton Ferrers side of the creek to the Yealm Hotel, a position that gave us a good view of our Toll House cottage.
The return journey was broken up with a Sunday Roast at the Ship Inn, very nice pub with great food and beers! I’m very much enjoying the Doombar ale!
The total distance was 6 miles; Louise said it was 5.5 miles, blast that Nike running App she uses! But I was carrying the Sunday Times on the way back and it felt like a lot more! After lunch and the walk we both happily sat down to read…. and both promptly fell asleep! :)
Crossing the voss at low tide near The Ship Inn.
View from the Yealm Hotel back across the estuary to the Toll House.
Warm Chocolate Brownie and Vanilla ice cream at the Ship Inn
It was a lovely surprise to pull back the curtains this morning to find the following view from our bedroom window!
Arriving in the dark kept this all hidden so it did come as a lovely surprise at 8am this morning! We’ve stocked up on food and rations for a few days at a local farm shop and had a little explore of the coastal path thats outside our door. Turn right and you head into Noss Mayo and the Ship Inn, a really nice pub that we will be visiting a few times Im sure!
Turn left down the path and walk for 10 minutes we found some spectacular views and secluded beaches, we’ve got a walk planned for later in the week so we will explore more soon!
