Day at Godolphin NT

 Today we took the van out for a run, meeting friend Wendy (from Truro, last seen on Sunday!) at Godolphin National Trust.  The leaflet says 'lose yourself in the ancient garden'.  So we did, especially as the rest of Cornwall must have been on the beaches today because very few of them were at Godolphin.  We strolled through woodlands and gardens, had our picnic on one of the lawns

admired the field of wild orchids

and particularly liked these purple flowers - later discovered via Mandy the gardener, via the lady in the teashop that they are Black Swan Poppies.

After cuppas and sharing a Cornish cream tea in the Piggery Teashop, we had the energy to climb Godolphin Hill.  A breather on the way up.

We reached the top of the hill - in fact we were on top of the world.

We could see from coast to coast - zoom photo of St. Michael's Mount.

After our goodbyes with Wendy, we set off back to Polmanter.  This did mean travelling along rather a narrow lane which was easy going to start with, but then we joined a queue waiting to pass not one, but two enormous farm vehicles with claws sticking out the sides and huge trailer!  Phew we made it!  (Sorry about the finger!)