Our morning walk,yesterday, took an unexpected turn, the sun put in a sudden welcome appearance and we jumped on a ferry to Mount Edgecumbe with no planning or forethought.

We arrived before almost everyone else and quickly made our way out of the more popular areas. How lovely to wander through beautiful countryside with no other humans about. Not that there is anything wrong with other humans in the general sense. Despite wearing inappropriate footwear for country hiking we made it to the folly.

The reward for such an intrepid adventure in flip flops was not, as you could easily imagine, blisters but coconut ice cream and a pasty.

This was such an abnormal piece of behaviour for the morning dog walk.

This morning, autumn had properly set in with wind and rain. Making yesterday’s impromptu adventure seem like the most inspired decision ever.