A Windy Hot Plymouth Afternoon out

 With the weather being like it is, time off work was meant to be and does feel good, sure there are extra stages to be done and also the chance of new projects to overcome, but with some people still not working as normal until later on in the year, It was time to spend the Sunday with family. Since it just means content for others and also money for the fun future will have to wait. Sure some bits were purchased for an errand and also for a upcoming review, but it was also a rare chance during the maybe near end of the pandemic. 

But for now lets begin this day

The Day before. 

So actually it was coming to the end of the second week of work, this past week as been quieter than usual. Even with batteries ordered and given a box of mini eggs and also moving around a bookcase purchased actually on Thursday. 

Moving headsets above a cabinet 

The new bookshelf on the right hand side in darker brown 

The new bits of stock on the top of that bookshelf 

The box of Mini eggs from a supplier 

It also meant that I finally had to start shifting stuff on amazon, well just the games and put them at competitive prices on games The business has already lost the money on and nearly had for like 3 years so it is a fucking craze. But that gave me to have to run back and forth from the post office to get to pay the £21.10 for 7 games to be posted which only 1 of them was a parcel, the rest were large letter, on RM 2nc class signed for, which that does make the losses worse but its better than sitting there on the shelf forever in most cases. But that was done then it was time to come home, which was okay and then another walk of the dog before it was time that mum says we will have the final indian takeout for a while due to the 20% until end of April. Which we tried dome different items this time, which was nice and it still reminds me of nearly 2 years ago.

The Indian takeout 

Then it was time to catch-up with online questions to make that little bit extra money for the future, Since there are  weekend bonuses about to be had as well, but i managed to get 20 done until 0:20 which meant a nice rest for the sleep. Which then it was time to wake up later on. Plus it was hard to type and deal with a phone call 

A Morning.

Well it was the 8am alarm according to Google Nest Mini, and then it was time to check the phone to see how things have been, Some small updates here and there is the vibe here of the choice of what to do, either work or spend time with family since mum and dad really wanted to get away from it all, But eventually after that it was soon time to get up and then the nice vitamin C drink before my sister called and she was eventually free and not doing anything, so it was time to get changed and check details and emails before the drive to Saltash was to begin. This was also the time to try some shoes out which I had in my cupboard for a few months at least now, When i tied them on, they did make me worry they would slip like an old pair of them from shoezone did before. 

The shoes from Lidl

As the drive happened, some music was playing, My dad asked me if I wanted to learn to drive in Mum's Dad's car since he is no longer comfortable to drive after the recent revelations the past months. I did decline it and I know I've had some anxiety about the choices that could lead to a fair bit of complications and even legal issues, one day I'll have to talk to someone about it. 

The Devils journey 

But then we got to my sisters and we greeted her and shortly after a little chat, we all got in the car and then it was the drive over to Devil's point, passing the Tamar bridge and even  passing the road I had my 2nd and 3rd date nearby, which was 4 years ago now. The sun was out but the wind was even stronger. 

Crossing the Tamar bridge 

As we drove there, we almost lost that car parking space but we got one but had to get out of the car and then the wind really shown its presence here, then we got out of the car and then views were really amazing to see, well its not one to get bored of too often anyway. 

The view of Plymouth from here 

A look to the Cornish coast corner

Then it and the most western point of the Coast was to walk on the path and pass the Devil's point, from the deepest or not really, part of the estuary and then we made our way to the steps to Royal William Yard, which going to the stairs, it was actually a case of going to head a headache or dizzy feeling as I went down the stairs, it reminds me as I felt the same back in 2019 with the escalators on the tube. 

Looking North 

The blurred looked at the south

Using the Redmi Camera app to take the pic 

Then it was passing places such as the wagamamma I had my hear broken from one piece of **** that stole a love from years ago on one very day back in 2014. We then got to the green area and then decided to have something from the Bistro Rapid red van and then it looked soo good. But with them, the baguettes, they had butter on them so instead it was easier to have a Fanta and a muffin. It was since and it was some good talks too, from realising my mum's hair is the longest its been since she had given birth to me a long time ago. That and we were planning to take the wall to the other side after the carpark.

The muffin and the fanta 

Then we all decided to walk to that other side and the devils Point cafe was the plan after a quick one person pay 20p then let me in after before the door shut toilet, which actually the toilet was cleaner Than I thought it was going to be too. But the Lemonade refresher was nice and the walk over was short but a good time for more jokes, even if some will say they were insensitive too. The Wind was also weird wth it being bluestery jn one part but slightly further up and it was quiet, it was also the place I wanted to try to go swimming in one day but since its right next to a ferry port, it might be toxic in the long run. 

A look at the island for us to see 

The view of the mainland almost direct line of sight.

The lemonade Ice lolly

A Barbican late lunch

Then we decided to walk back and then it was to drive to the second part of the day out, the hoe or barbican . Which more talk about memories I was not involved in and also passing memories I had been involved in too from Wedding Fairs to the hotel fro the apple interview even 9 years ago or so. 

But then we parked up just after the restaurant on the corner of the hoe, we then walked our way down to the barbican to then pass the smell of fish and chips, which with the spur of the moment, my mum wanted some, so we walked our way to the centre of the Barbican and then to pass a place which I've not been eating there since the first date I ever had . This makes it easier to have a nice sausage and chips. 

Battered Sausage and Chips 

Then it was squeezed into a bench with all of us there and it was a hard one to comfortably eat plus i was getting full when eating the rest of the leftovers the family didn't want, it was also a spare drink out so i had that and it made me burp, which I was loudly doing and then got told to behave according to mum. But the views of the glistening ocean and the marina is nice. 

The marina looking out to sea 

The marina and barbican

But then we were going to walk across to Vue and the east side but mum and sister REALLY wanted to go to primark and it  was also time to really get the eye on the prize to get some bits and extra pieces, It was lucky i transferred £50 from savings just in case we did go shopping, since I had some errands to get done and last time was to town was actually august last year.  But first was to menkind since some bits and pieces were to be looked at and well there was actually more bits at work along the lines of what was on offer, sure other places were closed and also I  passed a shop,  saw someone that one broke my heart from what feels like another decade ago was only 6, even though that someone that did break my heart a decade ago actually likes some of my instagram posts and even tried to add me on Facebook a few months back. 

Eventually though it was to Poundland to get more tricks done and well jeans to buy and need to cut, I feel like I've lost my sense of style and also could be a tiktok video when i get the chance to film it. 
We will see how things play out but for £5 thats actually good value. Lets be real here,  Life ain't without its bad sides but its time to start getting back to me as I can  slowly add things on the go. But then it was time  to get some extras, the snacks and sauces got tempting but budgeting is important since part of me has not felt in this out of control. But instead the slush puppie ice lollies were really good 

The shopping from Poundland 

Then it was the call to get back to meet up with family, which said they would be at the costa about a few minutes, But I got there and did not see them, so went into game and looked around and even saw a Series X for the first time too. But then it was time to go around the long way and find them from costa like actually more near kfc than costa. But As i got there, they greeted me with a Costa smoothie which last time I had one, it had milk in it and i argued with them since they could have said or put milk in it, luckily it did not. But then in the heat, with a bit less wind, we powerwalked our way to the car. Which was actually the 5 minutes shaving off time before the ticket was up. 

The finished cup of smoothie as I got back to the car

Then it was the drive at the end of the day. 

The end to a warm family day: 

Then it was driving via the back roads where we came to come in, from the same roads of passing the pub with the tortoise for my second and 3rd date. But then we got back to the Tamar Bridge and then back home but before, we dropped my sister off first, the pugs greeted her and then one had a seizure but then we made sure it was okay and then time to head back home and reflect. But with the evening upon us, it was soon time to walk Rosie and well we left home to walk her about 6pm and then walked to the river for more ball to play. She really did enjoy that, some other dogs were there as well for a little bit and they barked but rosie ignored and played ball. 

The sun in the sky at 6pm 

Rosie playing ball

Then it was the time to get home which we did by 6:50 odd. then it was the time to relaxing with family and get some movie time in with them while having a bit of leftover tiger bread on that tea. But the curiously cinnamon was a nice touch to the ham and also to the teriyaki and lime pickle. But that ham is not too bad and the bread was going hard. 

The Sandwiches

So there we have it, the day out which was might be the last bit of family time for a while, there is more spoils to say about soon and I still have videos to film as well as both jobs to sort out, but we can see how it happens. 

so long for now

omracer

The July Heat Padstow Cycle

Well, July it's here. Sure things have been on the change for both the good, big mini mistakes and well the busy and bad but sometimes we have to see if things go right or things fuck up. But instead family comes in and times have to look from a new perspective, one of those times is another me and the sister day out./ The vlog is below: 

The PRep. 

Well, work has been taking up most of my time and well we finally get to have days off after giveaways, failed meetups for 3rd attempts, friend fallouts from money to even wanting to see the old someone but things work out in the end maybe. But I also started to announce the giveaway on twitter. 

Also for your chance to win a £50 just eat gift card on my 10-year Twitterversary on 20th July 2019. Make sure you follow me, RT THIS Tweet and reply to your best reason why you follow me or like what you see. UK ONLY sadly

— Mattie LT Marker (@omracer) July 9, 2019

That was after another fay at work done and also the chance to know I can have a day not to be in a stool and use my mind constantly. But eventually;y I got home, chatted with someome local  after a missed chance for a 3rd time and its a 4th time for seeing her for her birthday next week. Then a nice ham and chips tea then video editing. Then I slept and the day was ready to begin.

Work Closed up befoe the day out

The tea from Tuesday night. 

Eventually, I got awake and still worried about the friend, I checked the internet and also more fun times in the world of feabie and all. But after that, I got up at about 8:45 and then nude to check emails and the like. The time to make things ready and go. Then I was checking and blogging and also getting the action camera going and then 8t was the fun time of getting the bikes in when she arrived... It was a bit of a fun time. I had to pump that bikes tye up, like 100 punks on one bike helped so bad. But then we nearly had scratches so we didn't bother and then we packed up and gone by 9:50.

Leaving the house

The Drive to Cornwall

We chatted about various things like work and family and e en thighs like wanting to get a pasty and even farm shops. The views were nice. Like it was nice to just listen to her day and how she got on with maga and a hen do a best friend of hers had last week as well as chores and even memories of where we used to go 

The windscreen and the cars in front

Made it on the A39

Nearing Wadebridge

The haze and the bridge

Eventually we got to Wadebridge by 11:10 and then my sister paid like £5.90 for all-day parking and she got the bike out. Glass was actually dark so seeing if anything on there was in there and then we made our way to the bike hire  the toilets were now cafe and now await for her to see if the bike hire sorted. She paid £13 odd for hire. 

The bike was unloaded

The car park we parked at is behind us 

The toilets became a cafe

Twas the cornish flags

And we were off

The ride was nice and that was it half-hour, sure she Had turned her legs up and actually her gears were actually stuff but we did the journey in about 28 minutes. Full of people and new signs indeed...

she's off

Views

More Views of the tide in

The tide looks out here 

bikes everywhere

The view of padstow is here 

Mi Fit stats

I had to lock the bikes up and also fix my brake then it was time to go toilet and get lunch. But a selfie first to make things right. 

a Selfie before our walk for the day out 

The fish lunch

We walked past steins, it was heavy and heaving but the toilets were new nearby and we decided to get food since she was starving and I hadn't, eat anything so we went to the usual fish place around the corner of the harbour which is pretty good. Like it's so calm and also £11.25 for 2 meals and chips is pretty okay for local business pricing. But I paid and then we walked out once it had arrived in fine the nice spot to eat. We did eventually find a cute place which is the same place as before to eat. 

Walking along the harbour

Lovely Views

We had it all and if was lush, the curry sauce was flavourful and the chips not too soggy but not stuff either. She had cod that crumbles in the mouth and I had fishcake as soft on the inside as a big belly to rub. But we eventually finished that by 12:47 and then we made our way to the beach.

The £11.25 fishcake, cod, chips and curry sauce bundle. 

Life's a relaxing beach 

As we made our way there, chatter about fields, dogs, sun, friends like weddings and both of us working, we had to take a big long on the oath due to the cliff, like sure there were some beautiful wildflowers on the way and so much blue sea to make it amazing too. 

The Views to the beach

Wildflowers in HDR

The Beach

Then we eventually rested on the beach, a nice bit of cliff and the tide going out is so nice. I put my feet in and God they went pink, it was lovely and refreshing and it did ease the possible blisters I have and get nearly daily now. 

The bliss of the Beach

Sinking in the sand

Then we tested and I got this typing up down until about 1:45 which was easier to help be more productive around this time .like since I won't get this done when I'm done and finished for the day. Sure there was a nice chance to use the action camera to film underwater and 60fps looked actually amazing and the water was really clear as well compared to other places 

Underwater pic

The sea

Looking towards the land

Far away selfie

Slightly Close up selfie

A rock

One last selfie

Leaving the beach

The golf and dessert mid-afternoon

Then it was walking g to the town and the mini-golf again. This is always a lovely one even if it is £6.00 each it's still a highlight. But we played all 18 holes and she won in the end but some courses I got right but some I got failed miserably on but it was good fun at least. The heat was poking it on as well. Some of the cute signs around made it really nice and it really shows how posh a course can look as well :). 

Time for golf

Fences and views

Waiting for the people in front of us

The HDR

When we finished yet was only half-hour and not that long and a drink up soar first before we went for a better drink in the harbour ice cream company. We saw some shops in the way, sure a stall was selling a fresh crab sandwich for a whopping £8.00 and also there was overpriced doggy ice cream for a whopping £8.50 for a single tub as well. But the shops were busy and the crowds were happy and we approached the harbour ice cream shop. 

Cute elephants

The side streets

There were some amazing art exhibition and one with some incredible animal Portatraits but some were price at 240 quid but it would be worth it for how beautiful it looked. The one outside was a clear example. Charlotte Taylor is one amazing artist. 

What a beautiful stag or Ox

She went for a hazelnut late and I went for a no sorbet smoothie which was £3.80 for just mixed berries and apple juice. Sure it was nice but expensive. Then we walked over to a bakery to get some sweet treats like it was amazing and only £4 for both a flapjacks and millionaires shortbread. 

the frozen berries and apple juice smoothie for £3.80

A Plain Flapjack for £1.95

As we were eating it and chatting she was saying she's getting s migraine and actually she was always going on about her belly bloated, I had to laugh but if that was not a family member I would be so proud, seagulls were sure to be fighting in the water, my cup of smoothie Fell in the harbour (it was all empty and was floating so easier to pick up if not leaving the town via a wave) and I did get a bit shamed but that's another accident I make in my life (first that day to be honest). But then we walked around the town.

The backstreets

The walk and cycle back

Well, it was about 3 by this point and we slowly but surely walked our way to the bikes.

Then mini indie shops looked cute from pug merchandise to even an oak table. This was so good to be looking around, it was also for gifts for my dad's birthday in 3 weeks time and I had no idea on what to get him like there were a few options but he's got most everything he wants that I know about for the least. Well minus a happier work-life but that's not money can buy a thing just yet. 

But we passed steins and recapped on what we did like it was a lot done and sure we did £5.90 for 24 hours but it's only £4 ISH for 4 hours and we would have been booked by the since it was a 5 hour day there. Steins had nothing good of note minus dry seaweed and the usual juices which liquid in this day is always good. We walked out and got to the bikes, I had to readjust the sensor for the computer on there so it read the speed and that was good, glass was slightly better with a little bit brighter to see but can be hard with flickering Red, maybe I have messed it up quite badly. But by 3:50 I was in my way back and my sister left 5 minutes before.

HDR to leave 

Getting the bikes unlocked 

THE JOURNEY

This was busier than I had expected, sure things were near the end of the day and also a few people stopped in the middle of the path but it was funny that she was putting the effort in and I was going away calmly minus a few heaves and gear changes. But we got in 3 minutes quicker than before. So 25 minutes back indeed. 

The Bridges

More views of the Estuary

quicker back for some reason

The walkabout Wadebridge. 

So we got back to the bike hire, she dropped the bike off then we walked to the car to load my bike in the back. We got it in but I know it's scratched the car a few times as well on both ones fitting it in there like maybe it's best to hire next time again...

Then we went to Lidl to get her some paracetamol since her migraine was coming on and if might of been due to the heat or something more but we got in and funding small bottles of drink for cheap was hard so in the end it was paracetamol plus for £0.89 and £0.40 for 3 cartons of apple juice which is actually a decent bargain and used to have for lunch a year or more ago. 

Then we walked our way past route 39, seeing nachos and doughnuts stacks. Then she went in the shoe shop before we walked up backstreets before heading into the main shopping row of the town, Molesworth street. 

Route 39

The shoe shop with a sales table outside

We then walked up to s health food shop with s bit of cannabis oils, I learned cider vinegar is good for you and also know now that moo goo is actually very good for skin conditions which hopefully should help the blood scabs on my sister's boyfriend. So she bought that before we walked our way to another street which went to s kitchen part shop with so many cooking ideas from timers to burger makers and even lobster tables and shot glasses, I was tempted but decided to save money.

Then it was nearing 5om and we walked our way back to the car but passed the winning shop first to check some of them at Austell brewery drinks and maybe merchandise, sadly there was none and we left and made our way back. Also, I did go to the bike hire shop about the E-bikes since customers have hinted I should get one but they didn't have any ex-hire ones for sale. But good value for those bikes in all honesty at 110 each for decent hire bikes. 

Then we got to the car and the drive home...

So we went in a different direction, radio 1 blasting, helps to go on but o flat road, nostalgic garden centres and then into the busy town of Bodmin which was queued up with traffic, she said it's a grumpy town yet so many new houses built in the bottom part of it which means it's really going to fruition of building. But the queues got the direction of that but we managed to get to the a30 in the end. 

Up streets 

The a30 was a nice fast cruise, wide road, hills but not too tricky and the overcast cloud was in the way. But we finally got home about 6:20 and then I out the bike in and ended the vlog there.

So that was it, sure I did have a nice salad with hash browns for tea,then  I was out walking Rosie at about 8 pm. 

For tea that night. Mint Pasta, Hash Browns. chicken tikka strips, crisps, mayo and salad

Rosie playing with the ball again

Then it was time to relax and get this typed up in s both and also get footage ready to Caine and edit tomorrow or before the weekend. 

Hope you enjoyed this trip, I will get the 10th Twitterversary blogpost in full swing and announce the winner of the giveaway on the carnival vlog as well as Twitter. Some of the entries won't win since they might end up having that much food spent on them this year and are more important to me than £50 just eat. 

for tonight. A Chinese takeout worth £25.35. salt b pepper squid, chips, chefs curry, crispy shredded beef, crispy seaweed and prawn crackers pic.twitter.com/bqkNwFyeBe

— Mattie LT Marker (@omracer) June 1, 2019

see you soon

omracer