The Sea, the Sea

Hello everyone!

I got my wish yesterday, went out to see the sea. My dad dropped me off at the farm (Dunsbeare) at 11:30am and Sue and I looked through leaflets of attractions in the area to see where we should go. The problem is at this time of the year everything’s shut, all houses and gardens, all shut up for the winter season. So we decided on the fishing village, Clovelly. It’s a lovely little place, steep going down to the harbour, but very, very beautiful. A fisherman’s cottage and a museum about Clovelly life kept us occupied and Scampi and chips for lunch, while watching the rugby, France and Wales. The only downside is you have to pay to see the village, a visitor centre up top with parking, £4.50 for the day, though people do live there, yet their village is on show. In the summer, donkey’s are there walking up and down the cobbled streets, giving people rides, now they’re enjoying themselves in the fields before the tourist boom of the summer. I’ve been there before, at three years old I had my first EVER ice cream and my first EVER glimpse of the sea. That was high summer, when the wind was still, the sun shone and the sea a vivid blue. Today, the wind lashed against the buildings and the sea was grey and rough. But Sue and I enjoyed ourselves!

Back to the farm by 4, the intrepid skiers on their way back from France and Austria. Sue has had the WHOLE farm to herself and I think she’s quite enjoyed the peace! We had some tea and then went to feed the animals. The Limousins first, with Rocky in tow, being our right hand man (dog). Rocky is an Australian Cattle Dog (which Tucker thinks is quite ugly) well he’s not T, he’s the dearest, sweetest dog and VERY handsome, as you can see in the pictures, VERY photogenic! They come in all colours. He was born on the farm, his mum Tess died a few years ago, from a cow kick, very sad, she was a darling. So he did as his breed suggests, he herded the cows away from Sue and I as we filled their troughs with hay and cattle feed. At one point, Rocky had taken hold of a cows tail and was dragged through the mud as she tried to get away, mud skiing!!!!! Then we fed the bulls (eeeekkk!!!!) and then went to see the sheep, Chrissy and Pipa on good form and Cyril, the ram in the picture, one with Sue. Then we got the ducks in. Sue has this awful drake, who she will get rid of and she BETTER! What I witnessed was NOT nice. She has two original ducks, which are pretty old and this drake was on top of one in the pond almost drowning her, the poor thing, her head kept disappearing underneath the water, it looked like rape! When she came out, she looked exhausted! The sun was going down, lovely.

Last few days, home on Tuesday, back to the city, I DON’T WANT TO GO HOME!!!!! The daffodils are FINALLY coming out, the Tulips growing up in the barrel and we’re going to miss them, it’s no fair!!!!!

So a ‘local’ today, the sun is shining, it's blue but the wind is strong and cold and more pictures to be taken later and more paintings. Hope the weather stays :)

Love Emy xxxx

P.s. Tractors in the sunlight of the evening, no tractors in London!!!!!