Miraculous and other happenings … in The odd entries from life …….

Saturday. We took Lola into Perranporth, not that she walked through the streets, Lola expects to be taken to the car park on the front; getting out in the back car park is not liked by Lola! Being not a pushovers all the time we did go to the back car park after visiting the Co-op, the plan was to put some cloths in the Salvation Army deposit bin, we are having a clear out and I had brought a sack of cloths all packed in the free shopping bags; all deposited in the bin! As this was going on, three packs at a time, and a heavy gate system to be sure donations only go in!

After that the rain had returned, so rather walking to Boots the Chemist which is just across the road from the seafront car park, so we relocated to the seafront car park; once there I looked after Lola while Sweetheart went to Boots. When Sweetheart was back the rain had eased, so we had a walk on the stormy beach, it wasn’t a long walk as the rough weather was blowing the sea up the beach; after crossing the bridge over one of the streams you really need a good pair of wellingtons – and a sharp eye on the odd high wave rolling in behind you!

Once more we didn’t get far across the beach, but some of the waves rolled in from out beyond the Chapel Rock and kept going until it came against the wall in front of the car park.

The Perrancoombe stream flowing through Perranporth to the beach.

Wednesday. Miraculous, it’s just over a week since my collision with a disconnected tree branch on a wild and stormy night, a firm were booked to replace the windscreen today, weather permitting ….! Of late you might have seen my writing on the unrelenting nature of our weather, I wasn’t surprised to wake into a wind wet morning, we had worked at a plan B, a rather hurried clearing of the garage; not a total clearing but enough to make room for half a mini one.

I was up early, by my life style, and swapped the cars about, leaving the mini well placed for the upcoming job; then we had a phone call. He would be with us after eleven am, I spent a half hour placing things out of the way – making a max of the area available. All this time a strong wind had been driving rain down the valley, the windscreen van arrived at the given time followed by the postman; and he was followed by less wind – no rain and a little sunshine.

Even then the weather looked unpromising, so I open the garage and dived the mini half way in, he worked quietly for an hour and half then tapped on the door. I went down to inspect his handwork, as digital box was passed to me I felt a drop on rain on my hand, I quickly autographed his pad with a styles, that skidded over a glass smooth screen and then listened to a printer printing out my recite; with the recite folded in a small card folder with the van going down the drive I headed out of the renewed rain and wind.

In side I looked at the recite, I noticed my signature printed there as I had sighed it on the pad, with the pad handed to me upside down and so it was on the recite …..