Jo’s Blog

My favourite part of Cornwall.

The National Seal Sanctuary.

Where they rescue injured/sick seals and abandoned seal pups. And also sea lions. Seals are cuter though. Much fatter. Sea lions - just plain noisy.

Baby common seal through underwater aquarium.

Cute isn’t he. Broke a few sanctuary rules taking this picture.

Right. I thought 4 days by the beach, better pack essential beach gear.

Swimsuit - check

Sun tan lotion - check

Trashy novel - check

Unfortunately……

Porthcourno Beach - Water was about 4 degrees. So much for swimming.

As expected it was cloudy and drizzly for the first 2 days. And it was too cold to go about in a tankini. So much for a tan.

There really wasn’t much beach. Lots of cliffs and hikes up scary cliff thingys. So much for lounging around and reading my trashy jackie collins novel.

But…..it was so gorgeous that it didn’t matter. The water was crystal clear and bright torquoise.

Porthcourno Beach

Highlights :

St Ives - My brush with nature

Marazion Beach - Windsurfing. Damn difficult. Lasted about 5 minutes before I rammed into 3 other fellow windsurfers. My body aches but it was worth it!

Minnack Theatre - Open air theatre. Yes they even perform in the rain. Except if there’s lightning of course. That would just be stupid.

Land’s End - Hike from hell. Got over my fear of heights.

So how depressing was it to start work on Tuesday. Very.

Can someone please tell me what the hell Capote is on about?

I thought right skive off work on a sunny Monday afternoon, cos’ its Al’s birthday and catch a movie - Capote.

I guessed that it was going to be one of those artsy movie types(I should’ve learnt from my experience with The Hours - yeah the hours I spent sleeping through the film.Damn film still gives me goosebumps). But I thought it got nominated for an Oscar(again I should have learnt from my experience with ‘The Hours’ - more like ‘The Horror’), so how wrong can the movie go. Very wrong.

How did Phillip Seymour Hoffman win an Oscar - I don’t know. I guess talking in high-pitched voice compared to animating a gay sex scene(Brokeback Mountain) does it for the people that decide. Yes still very sore that Brokeback Mountain only won Best Director. The only role I can picture him in is that whiny reporter in Red Dragon where he gets set on fire on a wheelchair and rolled down a hill while he BURNS to death.

Only upside - the violence - and I’m really not a gory type of person. Although I did step on a headless pigeon this morning. It was early and I wasn’t looking.

All in all wasted afternoon. Should have gone for Ice Age 2.