Writing,Day, Fab Hubby and Spring Bank Holiday!

I love Cornwall all year round, but I particularly love spring and autumn. The wild flowers I can see when we are out and about near us are stunning. The bluebells and wild garlic are carpeting the woodlands at Respryn, near Lanhydrock and they are beautiful to behold. I found two little Cornish pixies exploring among the bluebells too! (see picture below)

We had a lovely walk on Saturday through the woodlands near us, enjoying the gorgeous spring weather and nature's bounty. I was in a particularly sunny mood as the day before my wonderful hubby had the day at home doing paperwork, and so sent me out to a very nice local cafe FOR THE DAY to write!!! I had from 10am till nearly 3pm all by myself writing and enjoying totally scrummy toasted Mexican chicken wrap for my lunch, plus numerous cups of tea. I wrote over 3,000 words amd completed a chapter and a half. I was also able to do some research for my book on early ninteenth century clothing as well as mining shifts and jobs and the households of bal maidens in the ninteenth century. I sat with my book, my new notebook plus memory stick and my imagination for a whole day. It was bliss!!!! I need now to keep my momentum going as I fear work will overtake me again this week. However I wanted to share my lovely walk, my fab day writing and exhort the praises of my hubby who child managed all day so I could do it!!!!

Easter Walk and Skellig

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. We have been manic as usual, doing family fun days and puppet shows at church and elsewhere. It has been a busy time, but FAB. We had a lovely walk on the Camel Trail (a former railway line that is now a cycle/horse/walk pathway running from Padstow to Wadebridge and then on to Bodmin). We have found a quieter part out on the moor where the kids can scooter and cycle on a flat surface. It runs alongside the River Camel and the banksides are awash with primroses and now some bluebells too. It was breathtaking as it was a beautiful spring evening last night.

I have cherry picked TV this weekend as I have not had the energy or time to watch much. I enjoyed Dr Who and Robin Hood on Saturday (despite the absence of Richard Armitage) and my son and I adored the Sky One adaptation of Skellig on Sunday, although I was a bit annoyed at how much they added that was not in the book. That aside, we were all hooked and now Connor wants me to read the book with him. Tim Roth was great, a really grumpy character and truthfullyI like most things with John Sim in it.

I have been unable to post because my ISP has been down inexplicably for over a week...joy...joy!! Any way it seems to be back for now so I have taken the opportunity to go visiting and to do this quick post. I have been so tired out after a hectic weekend that I cannot seem to contemplate anything in terms of my writing before the children go back on the 20th!! Lots of ideas brewing so I am itching to get on with it.