The Labraventures of Carbón, Spanish (ex-) foster dog extraordinaire

Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
M.F. said:
Does the membership of the Strolling Singles wax and wane? Once you join, are you committed to that status in order to remain in the group? What’s the point of joining if not to change your status? 😜 The signing of the form sounded rather peculiar!!!
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Good questions! Since this is my third year, I can attest that the group has zero to do with dating. The two main leaders actually live together but aren’t a couple, which I thought was rather funny. I mean, do they not hook up because they’d have to kick themselves out of the group?

I asked the leader about that form where you had to declare yourself single on pain of death and she said, “Oh we just inherited everthing including all the legal forms and the name from the last leaders.” But still, do they expel you out for pairing up? Who knows ? 😂

It does appear that all members are single, mostly widows/widowers or (like me 😉) chronically single by disposition. I’m not the only one there who is socially awkward.Most are in the 60- late 70’s age range. And strangely for that age group, there are more men than women.

It’s quite popular , they require pre-booking and limit numbers to 25 or so, but they could easily have more. It fills a niche for the walking set: there are two other groups in Cornwall, one young and hip that you have to book months in advance and one that requires a much higher fitness level. If you’re older, slower, or want to have a group lunch in an cosy pub after the walk, Strolling Singles is your bag! 😂

On a side note , I’ve found it really hard to find community things to join in Cornwall. Real Cornish people understandably have generations of family connections which make up their social circle. I’d really like to do another local activity where I could meet people and learn more about Cornwall that doesn’t involve walking miles in cow poo , but I haven’t found one yet!

Ok, back to you, Carbón! 😝
 
Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
Pfft! Stealing my thread again! Donde estoy, where was I?

Oh sí, sí: today’s Big Walk was from Porthcothan to Treyarnon. That means nada to you, amigos, but ML likes to throw “Treyarnon” into any conversation she can because after 6 years of visiting Cornwall, she can finally pronounce it correctly: tree-AH-nun. Qué loca, what a weird human she is.

Scenery. Boring. Not enough bunny poo. 2/10 rating.
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A bench in the middle of no where. This is very Eeenglish. How do they get the bench there? Claro qué sí, we all appreciate a good bench, but the placement is quite mysterious. 10/10 rating.
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A close up of my magnificent bunny teeth, in case you missed them. 1000/10 rating, claro!
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Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
Hola amigos! Our Very Big Walk yesterday around Fowey got turned into a Mildly Big Walk from Holywell to Perranporth . Por que? Why? Because as soon as we turned off the main road to the smaller road leading to Fowey, it was all smashed snow that had turns to ice! ML did a little brake test at slow speeds in a straight bit and weeeeee! The TARDIS very gently glided in a direction it should not have, even with our magical new snow-friendly tires.

Pues, that was the end of that! We headed to the opposite side of Cornwall where there was zero ice, and had a very nice walk. Brrrr, it was cold, but we had some sunshine!

More later, but here is my best pose of the day. How can one small and humble Spanish gentleman be so guapo? It is truly a question for the ages .
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Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
Jacqui-S said:
Wonderful shadows 💙
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We are loving all the shadows this time of year in Cornwall! Usually when we are here, we do not even get off the sofa until March, but we are making una esfuerza grande to do Big Walks and eat Good Food every day this year, right from our first day in Cornwall.

It is great for me because it is like discovering a whole new cold and frosty Cornwall - with lots of new smells and long shadows!
 
Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
ML side note: there’s a reason they say not to turn your back on the sea.

Even though Porthcothan has a very gentle slope to the beach at high tide and no sneaker waves like we have in California (there’s a reason you’ll never see Carbón actually in the Pacific), the sea got me good today.

My own silliness of course, but I’ve never had that much water in my wellies!

My feet were so heavy with water that when I took them off at home, I poured out a good cup full from each boot. I wouldn’t have been surprised if a few fish had come swimming out at the same time! 😂 My feet are also oddly orange, I guess from soaking in the dye from my wool socks? I now have waterlogged Oompa Loompa feet.

Thinking maybe just embracing it and wearing water sandals and shorts next time. That would be more true to Cornish spirit anyway.

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Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
M.F. said:
So you actually can go out?? The news shows WIND! RAIN! storming across all of the UK. Perhaps it missed your little piece of paradise?
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It was worse yesterday here - very high winds - so we just had a walk around the neighborhood . Today was actually pretty nice. Still windy, a bit of rain on and off, but lots of sun between clouds.

But yeah, one reason we went ‘surfing’ instead of our usual cliff walks is that it’s still very blowy and I’m not too keen on getting blown off a cliff! It does seem like other parts of the UK are getting it much worse.
 
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