Travelling down to Cornwall, Godolphin Hill, Godolphin Cross, Cornwall, Britain.

Heading down to see friends Lynn and Steve in Pasty Land.

 

Lynn and Steve crossing one of the Cornish hedges.

I set off at around 07:00 and apart from some roadworks in Devon and the engine warning light coming on again as I slowed down to 50MPH through them all went well, on the way I saw Rook (Graja / Corvus frugilegus), Carrion Crow (Corneja Negra / Corvus corone), Western Jackdaw (Grajilla occidental / Corvus monedula), Eurasian Magpie (Urraca Común / Pica pica), Black-headed Gull (Gaviota Reidora / Chroicocephalus ridibundus) and European Herring Gull (Gaviota Argéntea Europea / Larus argentatus), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos), Common Starling (Estornino Pinto / Sturnus vulgaris) and Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo).

I reached Lynn and Steve's even with the lady on Google Maps taking me along a very narrow set of lanes in one piece but with the warning light still on, I parked and forgot about it for a few days.

Lynn and Steve made me very welcome as always and after a bit of lunch we headed out for a walk around the bottom of Godolphin Hill, the tracks were very muddy and it did it's best to rain but we still had a good stretch of the legs which was great after being sat in the car for several hours.

Common Gorse (Ulex europaeus) in flower.

During the walk we saw Carrion Crow, Western Jackdaw, Eurasian Magpie, Common Buzzard, Common Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula), Mistle Thrush (Zorzal Charlo / Turdus viscivorus), Redwing (Zorzal Alirrojo / Turdus illacus), Fieldfare (Zorzal Real / Turdus pilaris), European Robin (Petirrojo Europeo / Erithacus rubecula), Common Chaffinch (Pinzón Vulgar / Fringilla coelebs), Eurasian Blue (Herrerillo Común / Cyanistes caeruleus), Great (Carbonera Común / Parus major) and Long-tailed Tit (Mito Común / Aegithalos caudatus), Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major), Common Buzzard, Common Daisy (Bellis perennis), Common Gorse (Ulex europaeus),  Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium) and several Dandelion's of some sort. 

We returned to the house and chatted whilst watching what came into the garden feeders, species included Eurasian Blue, Great and Coal Tit  (Carbonero Garrapinos / Periparus ater), Common Chaffinch, European Goldfinch (Jilguero Europeo / Carduelis carduelis), European Greenfinch (Verderón Común / Chloris chloris), Eurasian Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Curruca capirotada), Eurasian Wren (Chochin paleártico / Troglodytes troglodytes), Dunnock (Acentor Común / Prunella modularis) and House Sparrow (Gorrión Común / Passer domesticus).

It tasted as good as it looked and smelt even better.

Later we had one of the best Cornish Pasties I have ever had, hand made by Lynn, they tasted amazing and where huge but I did my best, later we just relaxed and had a Cider or two.

as I say, "I did my best"