Saturday 23rd April 2022

 Well today, after being the verger at St Lawrence's for a wedding we managed to do over 10,500 steps. George came with us for a walk around the village and we showed him all the new houses that have been built at the back of Sainsbury's store. We went the other way round Mile Lane, new tarmac on 3 tenths of a mile which was paid for by the 5 or more farms between them a cost of £10,000. (Pam told us so it has to be true).

Photo taken by Penny Green

Not sure if you can see further on past Colin is a darker patch of road which is the new tarmac all the way to the end. 

Photo by Penny Green

Total today 4.5 Miles.  Plus all the walks this week totalling 8.3 Miles = 12.8 Miles

Completed 140.4 Miles and we are now in Fairy Cross passing villages with the chocolate box thatched cottages, and through Clovelly 

Photo by Alexia Adams

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DEVON - Total 134.4 Miles

 Today we have had a lovely sunny day. We were able to get to St Lawrence Church, Longridge to add the Altar Cloth for Easter Day Service tomorrow. We have had a couple of small walks and a visit to Preston to the Nightingale Hospital to visit my Dad, and have managed to achieve 6.8 miles.

Welcombe Mouth Beach. Photo by Maryjayne Aria

This has put us from Welcombe Mouth Beach to Hartland Abbey.

Built in the 12thC, Hartland Abbey survived as a monastery longer than any other in the country. In 1539 Henry VIII gifted the Abbey to the Keeper of his Wine Cellar whose descendants still live here today.

Photo from www.hartlandabbey.co.uk

This makes our total completed 134.4 Miles.

9th April 2022

Well hello everyone, you have probably been anxiously waiting for the next review. We have had a bit of a roller coaster month, bad weather, illnesses and celebrations and finally able to get out for a walk today.

The bad news is that my Dad has had a total of 7 falls in 1 month and is still in hospital. 

Also George had temporary blindness and we had to get him to the emergency eye clinic. After 4 appointments in a week and intense medication he is a lot better just waiting for his vision to be back to normal.

The celebration was my Birthday and sunny. A week and a half later we had hail, rain and 40 mph winds and at 9:30pm one night we had to quickly get the gazebo down. 

We have had small walks into the village and today managed to walk round to drop Easter Eggs off to 3 of our Grandchildren. 

From The Cornish Bird Blog by Elizabeth Dale: The source of the Tamar can be found on Woolley Moor and roughly a mile away from where it rises another stream bubbles up. This river wanders off in the opposite direction towards the north coast. Marsland Water – this other unsung river also marks our border with Devon.

We have now completed a Total of 127.6 Miles and have crossed the border from Cornwall and have now entered Devon.

Bye Cornwall known as Kernow

Photo from Elizabeth Dale Blog.

PENNY'S 60TH BIRTHDAY

On the 26th March 2022 I managed to celebrate my 60th Birthday with a 'catered' party at home with all my family and a gazebo and outside lights. This was the last sunny day in March.

Photo taken by George Green 26 Mar 2022.

Missing: George & Sean upstairs 

Dad (Donald) / Gina / Drew / Mick / Rob / Debbie / David / Archie / Violet / Alfie / Christine

Mark came later on.

There was a slight mishap, when leaving, Michelle got down the front steps and went over on her ankle then just collapsed in a heap with bags and drink bottles all thrown into the air and in a lot of pain. Terry went into first aid mode straight away. We got her an ice pack. The children were very upset seeing their Mum injured so me and Janet was trying to keep them distracted. 

After going to A&E with Ben in the early hours of the morning Michelle had sprained both ankles and torn a ligament in the top of her left foot.

Strangly I had been joking saying that Michelle, Stuart and Becky (8 months pregnant) were not allowed on the top garden because the steps up are very uneven. Oops