Long Mizzle Garden

  Where hath that Lulu of Longmizzle been hiding out? It is a question the long suffering Monsieur often wonders at the weekends. Weirdly he has an app that tracks her beautiful bobbing bonce. Sometimes her big head mistakenly appears floating in areas over the English Channel, miles from land. On other occasions, the app correctly locates the elusive one.  Welcome to Island Life!  St Michael's Mount, Cornwall   St Michael's Mount garden is now closed to the public until next spring.  Saint Lulu can kick back with a drone delivered Friday night Kakahari curry and choice cold cider.  From a towering tower, she keeps a stern eye on the mainland peasants trying to reach the mount via the tidal causeway. Some are brazen enough to roll their trousers up to their knees for the crossing. These cheap flints simply cannot afford the ferry crossing. Soggy pockets lead to soggy Lidl receipts. Ferry crossers maintain their Waitrose receipt integrity. Before her Knight...

It is that time of year where we would normally be on a road trip to our neighboring county of Devon, to meet up with friends. Last year we stayed in a vintage caravan on a hidden farm in Devon and the kids absolutely loved it. We even got to visit RHS Rosemoor, which was wonderful for both my plant fix, but it also had brilliant children’s play areas.  With concerns over Covid, we've decided to stay at home this year. We are lucky that whilst avoiding the most popular beaches and tourist hotspots on a hot weekend such as this, there are still plenty of things to do. My dad gives me the report on how busy the Falmouth beaches are following his daily bike ride. The general verdict: "bloody packed".   Enter this weekend’s entertainment ....A fifteen year old, 3 man music festival tent! After a bit of huffing by Monsieur and myself, re-threading the pinged elastic on one of the poles, then re-threading it AGAIN (just as Monsieur was about to tie a knot in it, it sprung b...