Wednesday 29 December – Family hangs

11.11am, At Mum and Dad’s. The Harrisons are staying there and so we headed over this morning to exchange Christmas pressies and go some jigsaws and hang out. At lunchtime we grabbed some pasties and went to Sennen, where we met the colourful smiley Pyrahs for a mizzly but lovely fresh air walk, complete with random dead fish, some games of Eggy Peggy and some rock climbing. So many good people in our life/fam, I feel very lucky.

Afterwards, the Harrisons came back to ours for cinnamon scrolls, playing (including Meg’s fave game of piling all the cushions on the bed and pretending she’s in a bird’s nest) and chatting, then we went to see the murms, which were a bit sparse and disappointing! But lovely to have a whole day seeing family, including the funny, noisy, gorgeous Harrison fam, who never fail to make me laugh and feel loved! Thanks for coming down! By the evening I was pretty tired out, so Andy and I had a really quiet night of watching Russell Howard and eating Kiev and wedges. 

Tuesday 28 December – Girl gang

11.11am, At the Pyrahs, having my third brekkie of the day. We popped in to give my lovely nephew Zac his birthday pressies (he is 13 today!). The Reeses left this morning boooo, but this afternoon the Harrisons are arriving yippee!. In the middle I went for lunch with my schoolfriends, at the Old Forge in Lelant. Sadly Lily couldn’t make it (stupid Covid) but the other five of us had a lovely old catch-up and I ate sooo much delish lunch (yes, even after three brekkies!). When I got back, the Harrisons had arrived so I went to Mum and Dad’s to hang with them - it was so lovely to see the kids who were all excited about Christmas and just so cute and fun. 

Monday 27 December – Hazy mid-festive times

 

11.11am, Having a walk along the prom with Andy? I can't really remember much detail, due to it being that hazy time between Christmas and new year (what day is it?!). At lunchtime, I went to Mum and Dad's  to have lunch with them, Kate and Uncle Mike, who is down visiting for the day from his home in Tregony. We tried to go for a walk but the weather was awful so Dad came to rescue us in the car from Lidl (we didn't get far!) and then we had a chill at their house for the afternoon. Kate and Jim came round in the evening for some drinks and I stayed up way past my bedtime, which meant I actually slept for once!

Sunday 26 December – Boxing Day bash

11.11am, At home, before heading to the Pyrahs for lunch. We made a quick pitstop at Lovetts en route, for Bloody Marys, then arrived at the Pyrahs for lunch and more festive fun! The next few hours were a fun blur of pressies, playing with the nieces and nephews, eating jacket potatoes, and watching a film (Encanto, which I napped through) and then we all gorged on cheese and crackers for tea, as well as boozy Christmas cake and festive vodka (not me)! 

Saturday 25 December – A very merry, quiet, lovely, fun, family Christmas

11.11am, At Sennen, doing the Christmas swim. It’s always one of my favourite parts of Christmas Day, and we couldn’t do it last year (it wasn’t on due to the pandemic), so we were super happy to get there for it this year. I managed about 10 seconds in the sea (which made my belly go a bit purple!) and then we had a bit of time catching friends, playing with their kids and generally having a merry old time. We went home and I actually had a little festive nap, then woke up for bacon and avocado bagels (my fave!) and to open some pressies from Andy. It was all so relaxed and so enjoyable!

In the afternoon, we went to Mum and Dad’s, and opened more pressies with them and the Reeses, before an amazing Christmas dinner! A good few hours of festivities and laughs and general loveliness, it’s so so nice to have them down for Crimbo. Andy and I went home at about 9pm, opened a few more pressies and I got started on a book Kate had got given for Christmas that I am now trying to speed-read before they go back to London!

Friday 24 December – The festive fun begins

11.11am, Heading over to Gwithian. The Reeses Pieces arrived last night, so today we went on a big beach walk with them and the Pyrahs (the longest walk I’ve done in a long while, and that was after a little prom stroll this morning too!). In the arvo, Andy and I still needed to do a couple of last-minute Christmas bits so we popped to town and then did our Christmas Eve tradition of curry and a horror film. This year we watched Host, which was actually a really good concept and done pretty well (all on Zoom!). Quite cheesy but loved it. 

Thursday 23 December – Mousehole meanders

11.11am, Having a walk with Kate. We bumped into Emma who is down for Christmas and staying in Mousehole, and then saw Helen (who’s doing the same) and someone suggested a swim! As the sun was out and I haven’t been in the sea for ages, I agreed too, and borrowed Helen’s cossie for a very quick and cold splash in the sea pool. We warmed up with tea and mince pies, then Kate and I (and her boys) ate pasties on the beach. An unexpected but lovely morning with some of my oldest friends. 

Today is Tom Bawcock’s Eve, which would usually mean a night of singing and drinking in the Dock, but instead we had a walk through Mousehole with Lou and Charlie, an outdoor drink at the Old Coastguard and an early night. 

Tuesday 21 December – Hangs with our Aussie homies

11.11am, Heading up to Chyenhal. Our good friends Lou and Charlie, who currently live in Oz, are staying up there at the moment, so we went for a hang with them and their new baby son, Rocky. We spent a few hours just chatting, playing with Rocky, watching him, playing with Ruth’s boys, eating chocolate and toast, and generally just having a nice relaxed time! Then I did a few pressie drops and Andy watched the murms, then we ate a delish roast I made (a rare occasion).

Monday 20 December – Making the most of nothing

 

11.11am, Checking out. We'd had a lovely restorative quiet night away at Polurrian on the Lizard, which involved a lot of chill. This morning we had a yummy brekky looking out over the sea, then had a swim with the pool to ourselves. It feels so nice to float around, I haven't swum much while pregnant and I totally see why people suggest it!

After we check out, we went for a walk down to the beach, then headed back towards home. We got as far as Marion and decided we didn't want our little trip to end, so went for lunch at the Godolphin. Such a lush couple of days with my lovely husbot.