Skiing....

 Sorry for the lack of updates again.
We are having a new roof put on the house where we live on Tresco and we have no internet at the house where we are staying while the work i being done.
That coupled with a skiing trip on 20th January has meant I have lost touch with this site again.
I intend to get back to doing daily updates when the new roof is completed and we are back home.

In the meantime I will show you all a couple of pics from my skiing holiday.
I went with 3 of my mates from school.
I haven't skiied before and it was all quite daunting to  be honest.
The scenery was stunning as we were in the Italian Alps at a little resort called Sauze d'Oulx just across the border from France.
I would recommend the resort for anyone that can ski but maybe not for the beginner..

That said I had a great time and made it back safe and sound!!
Lots of work to do now that I am back and I expect I shall be very busy now until summer comes!
Hopefully get back in the old house soon and get back to getting photos on here when possible..

A few pics taken from the past few days

 Spoonbill made a return to New Grimsby on Tuesday the same one that I saw before Christmas outside my house. Good to see he is doing ok!

 This Song Thrush was seeing off a Redwing on the Garrison field on Wednesday lunchtime.

 Sunset from my house this evening at 4.30 p.m after a day of good sunny spells and the odd shower..

South Hill, Bryher and Samson across the channel..nice to see the gorse in flower already in the hedgerows.

Bank Holiday Monday

 A beautifully calm day today if a little grey at times..

Dolphin at New Grimsby this morning!

 Looked out of my window this morning and was amazed to see this dolphin in the harbour!
At first thoughts I thought it was a dolphin in trouble but I think it was actually doing a quick spot of fishing as the tide was coming in.
The dolphin came into shallow water about 5 or 6 feet deep at the most.
It hung around for about half an hour and  went back out into the deeper waters of Tresco Channel when the Firethorn came to the quay to pick up passengers, to my relief!

Frosty morning.

 I spent Christmas away on the mainland and experienced the very low temperatures that occurred over the period.
This particular morning was Christmas day with temperatures where we were staying in Cornwall down to minus 5.
With clear skies and sunshine it was a beautiful sight to behold.
The ice on the other hand made driving difficult, but a very small problem to deal with compared to the travel chaos that the rest of the country were experiencing at the same time..

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all of you that look in on this site!
My new years resolution is to update this website more regularly, hopefully on a daily basis again.
So keep checking back for regular updates in 2011!
Thank you to all that look in and I wish you all a happy and prosperous 2011!
All the best George.

Bonfire at Old Grimsby

Last nights stunning sunset from Tresco

A few pics taken from my boat today!

Ivor B alongside Tresco quay this evening

Bright and sunny day today with a lovely rainbow to start the day

Big sea's at Hell Bay and Shipman Head Bryher today

To put these photographs in some kind of perspective the headland that the waves are hitting stands at over 30 metres high. The people also give some idea of scale..

Inter Island Walk 2010

The Inter Island walk took place today.
Lots of people took on the walk that started from St Martins and they walked firstly to Pentle Bay Tresco then across the southern end of Tresco exiting at Appletree Bay on the way to Samson, from Samson straight across to Bryher and then from Bryher back to Tresco.
I was on Tresco and was able to see the whole thing from various spots from Olivers Battery near Carn Near.
Well done to all those that took part, just wish the weather had been slightly better, it was quite cloudy with a fresh south westerly breeze.

Inter Island Walk 2010