What bliss....

I can't say that an early start of 0645 is the best way to start a day for me, but, that was the start to my day today. The reason for such an early start? SOH had a BII (British Institute of Innkeeping) meeting in Cornwall, so I thought it would be the ideal opportunity to get a good full day under my belt. And what a gorgeous start to the day - a sunrise that made me thankful to be seeing it. The most beautiful colours filled the sky - so I thought I'd make the most of the day and surprise Beth with an early walk.......Salcombe has very high tides this week, so it was also the opportunity to see the estuary in full flow. By the butchers you could see that the tide had come up into the road by the sand remaining there. Round by the lifeboat station, the sea was lapping over into the road - and it was totally incredible to observe the sea so high - it almost felt at one stage that there was no gap between us and the water, really amazing.

This week we also saw the sea come over the car park in front of us for the first time ever - it bought out a little bit of nerves to see the waves hitting the car park floor - but also a sense of great wonder that this could happen right in front of my eyes - only to recede within the hour. Also, the smell of the sea has been really strong this week as well. Seagulls seem to getting in more evidence this last week as well, and we are starting to wake up to the shrill cry of them perched on the roof just above our bedroom ceiling!! Noisy buggers.............. the builders will be up there this weekend doing some repairs to the chimney so I'm getting them to put some seagull deterrent on the roof - namely, spikes!!! Locals have laughed and said that won't deter them! We'll see......................

In the pub, it's been a little quiet the last couple of weeks, but with snow and gales, hardly unexpected - but half term is nearly upon us and already we can see a rise in the cars and visitors. We are virtually booked for Valentines night and not a shred of advertising....unlike some places advertising varoious incentives:) But we have bought plenty of flowers to enable a little posy for lady guests on the 14th - Tim's idea and a great little touch...... let's hope he remembers Valentines day for me!!!