Time to take the Flying Cloud down to Cornwall for a fortnight under aluminium rather than canvas
Canoe on top & everything we might need (almost) inside the Airstream
She towed fine down the A30
...never a shimmy or a sway
The chair & table are a temporary substitute for the dinette which will now be a winter job
Our usual haunt in the wilds of Cornwall and after so much rain - some very welcome sunshine !
Interestingly, when dismantling the inner skin, there was no sign of there ever having been a dinette or bench seats fitted, so she probably was supplied with fold-out table and chairs before the typical end dinette became standard.
A view of the estuary from the bed
Cupboards, wardrobe, drawers and magazine rack refitted - the end one is the space for the Marvel fridge (still a work in progress)
Our friends Shepherd's Hut
Morning coffee - Atomic style !
Now, we'd normally like to escape the news & TV altogether but camping had coincided with the Olympic fortnight... so we fitted a temporary TV !
The wiring is all there but I haven't fitted the electrical system yet, so (apart from the telly) we had candlelight...
...and firelight (with the odd cowboy !)
...and illuminated steps !
Coffee grinder & aluminium containers
Curtains - a re-issue of a Sanderson design from the 50s
Shrimping
at low tide
with some freshly picked samphire
The family glued to the Olympics
...another win in the rowing for Team GB !
In the great lottery to get Olympic tickets, we came up empty-handed but luckily my brother lucked-out & had enough spare for us to make a family jaunt up for a morning's athletics
So we all headed up from Cornwall on the train to Olympic Central
...arrived early !
Fantastic atmosphere - intimate & vast at the same time
the brilliant Mo Farrah about to win his 5,000m heat
and the Thomas Heatherwick flame
Stunning wildflower planting around the stadium and all over the site
Home on the train over Brunel's finest creation; the 1859 Tamar Bridge - undergoing a bit of an overdue restoration.
Polishing still at an early stage but getting there...
Awning still to come but instead we rigged one next to the fire
Hehr Standards looking good...
... & working well
And despite not having resealed the outer seams, no sign of any leaks
My favourite gravestone - clearly carved by a typographer way ahead of his time (or possibly hers)
It wasn't all sunshine but in what has become Britain's wettest summer since records began, we had a pretty good fortnight
Its become traditional that I'm expected to build 'club fenders' around the fire bucket (unsurprisingly, this year's model has an Olympic theme)
... so we can all sit back with feet at the right height
for gentle toasting
Changeable winds meant that we weren't always upwind of the fire !
Time to sit, relax & read - I can recommend the A303, Highway to the Sun
Sailing in our old friends Enterprise dinghy
Lunch on the beach
Friends round the fire
Sandy with his Powerisers - boing !
Coming back with the incoming tide
Clearly an ex-member of a dodgy Country & Western combo !
Early evening fix of the Olympics
Heading home
She does tow like a dream
... even on 'Impracticable' roads !
Hope to see some of you down the road in your Silver Sheds before long
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