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Happy St Piran's Day to all the Cornish out there!

Overcast morning, dry though and 4 degrees. Birds have nearly exhausted the sunflower hearts so another bag needs ordering along with fresh peanuts and fat balls. Hoping to get around to washing the van later but with a hosepipe ban it takes a bit longer.

Have a great day all

burlingtonboaby wrote:

Askit wrote:0°c this morning although there is no frost. Still rather dull with light cloud but the sun is starting to break through. Think a lot of cafe/takeaway owners must be unhappy with the "maximum of 3 units" rule supermarkets are enforcing. Surprising how many use Aldi and Lidl rather than going to C&C's.

Take 8t easy

Sun trying to break through the clouds, cold wind blowing now, minds me of shopping in one of the supermarkets in Rothesay. The cafe owners would come in with their trolleys and clear the bread rolls from the shelves, despite having 2 good bakers in town. They left nothing for the shoppers,  baw bags comes to mind.
Boaby

There will be a few folk in the same boat around these parts today. The company that supplies Aldi, Lidl and virtually all the small stores with morning rolls, Mortons, has gone out of business.

I'm still trying to work out which birds are eating all the food in the feeders, we hardly see any but the stuff keeps disappearing. We can feel the air getting colder, hope we miss the snow and ice.

groundhog wrote:Happy St Piran's Day to all the Cornish out there!

Overcast morning, dry though and 4 degrees. Birds have nearly exhausted the sunflower hearts so another bag needs ordering along with fresh peanuts and fat balls. Hoping to get around to washing the van later but with a hosepipe ban it takes a bit longer.

Have a great day all

Gool Peran Lowen to you too, GH.

Just back from lovely walk around Moffat, quick shower at lunchtime when we were eating in the van but has been dry since. Site slightly quieter today. We are off back home tomorrow and by all accounts may run into rain, sleet and snow



Tony, took your recommendation and dropped into Cafe Ariete. Ecclefechan cake was to die for. Thanks for the tip

Jut started washing the van and .. its raining at last

St Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall. Legend has it that he was out of favour with the Irish king Aengus and was cast into the sea off the cliffs at Munster tied to a millstone on a rough cold night.
The sea went flat and he eventually washed up in Perranporth Cornwall where he built in oratory on the beach. He lit a fire and accidentally discovered tin in the granite and was made the patron saint of miners. hence the flag of Kernow being black to represent the granite and white cross to represent the tin.
St Piran's day is a big thing down here and the Cornish are fiercely proud of the legend, many places the names begin with Perran, including where I live!
Something like that anyway.
I am only an incomer though, so feel free to correct me TW!

groundhog wrote:St Piran is the patron saint of Cornwall. Legend has it that he was out of favour with the Irish king Aengus and was cast into the sea off the cliffs at Munster tied to a millstone on a rough cold night.
The sea went flat and he eventually washed up in Perranporth Cornwall where he built in oratory on the beach. He lit a fire and accidentally discovered tin in the granite and was made the patron saint of miners. hence the flag of Kernow being black to represent the granite and white cross to represent the tin.
St Piran's day is a big thing down here and the Cornish are fiercely proud of the legend, many places the names begin with Perran, including where I live!
Something like that anyway.
I am only an incomer though, so feel free to correct me TW!

Sounds good to me GH. St Piran, the patron saint of Tinners. Yee-ha!

It’s all over our local TV news today - St Piran's Day celebrations 2023 across Cornwall 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-64798906

Me, I rather like the Cornish coat of arms.

Reminds me of the words from "Cousin Jack" TW..." now the English they live in our houses and the Spanish they fish in our seas" Great song, I think " Show of Hands" originally sung it.

Just to confuse things further Ian an Emmet (ant) is a short term visitor but an incomer is someone who has lived here for a while and pays taxes here, again, as far as I understand it. We have lived here for over 20 years now but will never be locals.

I have the chough and the crest on the back of the van, no miners or fisherman though.

Oh, its stopped raining, anxiously avoiding the F1 results so I can watch the highlights, go Fernando Go, great to see Aston Martin near the top!

I thought it looked like a chough , we have the chough on the Flintshire flag, 4 of them. No idea why, it was the winning design in a competition some years back.

x

IanH wrote:Ditto F1!

Nearly made a bobo as got legal last year and spend £11.99 on nowtv to watch live. Discuss tomorrow.

Morning Dave, dreich overnight with. S/w drizzle coming over the coast, no frost or snow yet.
Short donder with Tag for his ablutions earlier,back under the duvet for an hour or two.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

No wind this morning that’s died down, it’s now raining and has been quite heavy at times it’s forecasted for most of the day, glad I got the van loaded Saturday and a few bits in yesterday in the dry, Hunstanton bound for a week

Bit damp from the overnight rain but dry now and 4°c, much colder stuff on the way over the next few days. Glad you enjoyed the break BB, hope you have a good run home.

Take it easy

Heavy rain overnight, still drizzling now. 4 ° now rising to 6 and down to -1 tonight. Good chance of more rain during the day.

Have a great trip Freelander
Lovely sunrise earlier but now overcast but not too cold.  Bed moving today to accommodate the arriving visitors.
Have a great day all

Lovely drive home from Moffat after a fair bit of overnight rain. Currently 8 degrees with stiff breeze, clear blue skies with no sign of snow clouds to the north yet 

Van performed perfectly, only issues were instant coffee left in van had solidified and forgot to pack new small green sponge for dishwashing..I just squirt some wash up liquid onto sponge before going to wash up area, saves carrying  bottle back and forth

Morning Dave, couple of inches of snow overnight,stopped long enough to get Tag out for a wee donder, white van man who brings the papers was saying the north moors to and from Whitby are hellish. tags fine in has bomber jacket and boots.
Take care if you going to work, no frost here yet.
Have a nice day.
Boaby

Laid here under the duvet in the van, the rain and wind last night was terrible, all quiet at the moment apart from the gulls.

No rain and no wind temperature is around 1 degrees with broken clouds and occasional clear sky.

Heating on 14 all night so toasty warm