Return trip to Trebah gardens and a puncture!

With a sunny morning and breakfast outside we decided a return visit to Trebah Gardens, which we had so enjoyed earlier in the week was the plan for the day. Especially as having paid once you get to go back in again free for the week.

It was well worth our time to walk parts of the garden we had't managed earlier in the week.







Small things make a delight and capturing a dragonfly pausing is just one of them.

It was from Trebah that some troops had set out to invade Europe in World War 2.













Now we know why you don't see the loch ness monster in Scotland. Its sitting quietly in a pond in Cornwall!!!

The delightful wooden bridge set over the larger pond makes for a great reflection moment.












Where ever you wander there are great views

 The bottom pond almost reaches into the sea. Its as if the hedging is between the two.

So all in all a great time and we made our way back to the car. As we drove off the message appeared on the dashboard 'you have a puncture'. Now having lived in Sheffield as great as it has been. It's the only place we have lived where we have consistently had to get the tyres fixed because of punctures. Do the local tradesmen throw their nails on the road in partnership with Kwik fit? So there I am having to put on the spare with two kindly women stopping to give helpful advice as to where the ATS garage was, and oh I always have a pair of rubber gloves in the car to keep hands clean!!

So off to Helston carefully we made the garage in time and encountered the Cornish wit of the mechanic. As I took out the two old rusty deckchairs we keep in the car for holidays, we felt obliged to make an excuse for their ancient history and that we came from Yorkshire. He commented on our need for new ones and "we do have a pound land here"!! Trying to deflect him I asked him was he not impressed I could take a tyre off and replace it "bet the AA man did it for you" was his quick retort. He was an absolute hoot, really friendly and helpful.  When it came to paying ....it took for ever. He wanted to talk and it turned out he was a West Ham supporter so that was it. Talk of last nights win over Cheltenham, the match against Chelsea last season and the madness of clubs keep changing managers "after all only one team can be at the top"!! So profound. In  giving our post code he then asked for the number of the house, "239"  "oh we don't have streets that long round ere" 

Finally we were on our way back to our cottage and a delightful evening with the owners of the cottage who live next door. The evening air was filled with a great deal of a laughter as we compared notes on children, holidays and life.

Sadly just one day to go