Tractors, clay pigeons, crackling, and e.i.e.i.oooh yeah

We took the car northward into Devonshire heading toward Bickington to visit Cousin Paul & his family for a tour of the farm. It turned into a super fun day. Once we reached the farm Paul took us out for a tour of his land. First stop was a look at the sheep in the nearby field we took a couple rounds in the farm truck. Things got exciting when Chloe took the wheel to try her hand at driving the truck. I'm not going to show those pics for fear of retribution from the intra-web.

Matt, Jo and Chloe jumped in one of the tractors and took it for a spin. Apparently its pretty must like a giant ride-em lawn mower. They even successfully mowed a new path through the field.


After the tractor ride, Paul setup the clay pidgeons and had Jack bring out the shotgun to take some shots. All of us took a shot at a couple pidgeons and even i hit a couple.

This took a while to post, so i'll do a second one with the rest of the great evening.

Its Christmas time in Hollis Cornwall..

My Auntie Tessa visited us in Padstow, along with Uncle Rod and Auntie Sarah. Tess, who lives on a farm, brought us a fresh, huge, massive, tasty turkey...named Oswald. We had a huge Christmas dinner in Cornwall which even included Christmas crackers and those silly paper crown hats. It was a really great way to share a bit of Christmas with those we don't see very often.

To finish off we had apple crumble with your choice of Custard, Cornish Clotted Cream, and Devonshire Double Cream. I decided to have all three. woof.

Cornish Clotted cream is the closest you can get to butter but still being cream. Its thick and creamy and thick and i can't believe its not butter because its actually cream. Gotta take it in small doses.

I hadn't had custard for a loooong time, but i used to eat it tons as a kid. It was really awesome to stuff it down my gullet again.