The Gannet

I love Gannets. One of the biggest pleasure I have living in Cornwall is regularly seeing them flying and diving. Many a dawn kayak trip has been brightened by the firework show which is the gannet diving. They have such a distinctive look with their yellow and blue heads and black wing tips.    

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More Viral Videos

Thought i’d share a few more of my favourite Viral Videos. They’re not all in one genre, just a general mix of funny: This is what crazy looks like via Text Messaging   How Animals Eat Their Food   Buttery Biscuit Bass

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Five Great Cook Books

Jamie’s Ministry of Food A fantastic book for anyone like me who is a bit of a rookie chef, containing brilliantly simple and tasty recipes. The book takes you through everything in basic steps and includes lots of photos so you can keep checking your delicious food is looking as it should. Nathan Outlaw’s British Seafood Great book for any seafood enthusiastic. Beautifully presented and a great coffee table book as well as containing cover to cover scrumptiousness. The book…

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Three on Thursday – The Joy Formidable

Three on Thursday has been a bit of a sausage fest so far, so I thought i’d try and get some girl power going. Don’t worry not the Spice Girls, just some quality Welsh alt rock from The Joy Formidable. I love their vigor and big, but intimate sound. Great to listen to while doing anything fun and exciting.   The Joy Formidable – Cradle   The Joy Formidable – This Ladder Is Ours   The Joy Formidable – Whirring

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Retro Cornish Postcards

Following on from my Black and White Cornish Postcards, I thought I’d put up a few slightly later but still fairly old postcards. These date from around the 60’s and 70’s.   Lands End   Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth   St Ives   Penzance   Newquay   Falmouth   My personal favourite

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