Boscastle

My new favourite place.  We headed here quite early in the morning and were lucky to avoid the rain and even have a few moments of sunshine.  The town of Boscastle is lovely and the coastline rugged.  The kids loved running along the many paths and jumping over the rocks - yay - an early night for them tonight!

And as you may have gathered - I find it hard to resist bumblebees and flowers.

Also, Jem has recently decided he's interested in gems (perhaps it has something to do with the name?) and has started his very own collection (sigh - nice and light to bring home).

His very first purchase of a "geode" was here in Boscastle.  Geodes don't look much from the outside but apparently if you crack them open they are partially hollow and potentially full of crystals.  There have been numerous attempts at cracking it open, using the hotel spoon, against walls, tapping at it with other rocks IN THE CAR!  Needless to say the geode has now been confiscated and will not be returned until we get back to Billericay.