Cruisers And Calories

You want naughty?  I'll give you naughty.  Take a look at this start to the day ...

Looks innocuous enough.  But take a closer look ...

Crumpets.  Hot crumpets.  Dripping in luscious Guernsey butter.

Now that is what I call naughty!

But is it naughty?  Because it's an interesting fact that if such naughtiness is quickly followed by a round of golf or similar, this swift action actually negates all calories recently consumed.  And probably leaves you with a small credit balance.  Isn't nature wonderful?  Yin and Yang.  For every bad there is a good.  For every calorie consumed there is a negating action.   Not a lot of people know that.

Such harmony, such balance. 

How wonderful it is that I observe this sense of balance that nature and the universe offer.  

So it goes without saying that immediately after Crumpet Time, I dashed down to the golf course for a swift round of negating action, and thus by observing this metaphysical phenomenon I ensured that not even one crumpet calorie touched my waistline today.

 :-)

Following this surge of calorie-negating activity, I willingly changed out of my unflattering golf gear, freed my hair from its equally unflattering visor-and-hair-clamp hair "style" and my unflatteringly au-naturel face was sploshed with a bit of make-up.  And now, Showtime!

This swift turnaround was required as we were meeting up with a couple of visiting friends.

(Rosy cheeks - methinks I caught the sun this morning)

7/8 light taupe chinos, snakeskin flatties, both old, M&S; White Company taupe fine knit swing cardi, old; and a pink/cream/taupe print top from Next, now its enjoying its 3rd summer so that's tantamount to "new" in Pout World!

This choice of clothes was perfect for the day.   Layers.  Casual.  And in my eyes, smart.

Perfect for meeting up with those old friends.

  Our friends are from Devon and are holidaying on a cruise ship which was popping in to Guernsey today.  It was the ideal opportunity to catch up with them as we hadn't seen them for 3 years.

Here's their ship, Queen Victoria, part of the Cunard fleet.  Next stop, Bruges.

 

Cruise ships moored just off Castle Cornet, Herm island can be seen in the background.

Guernsey is one of the most visited ports of call for cruise ships within Northern European waters  and St Peter Port, the main harbour, is considered to be one of the most picturesque.    The island hosts more than 100,000 cruise liner passengers each year and the number of visiting liners increases year on year.  As a comparison, the island's population is just 60,000.

So, once safely ashore we showed our friends around a little of the island (though they have visited before) then took them for lunch at the golf club.

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Crab and prawn cocktail.  Looking quite healthy, eh?

But don't fret. it did get naughtier quite soon after ...



With this.  Le Hechet ice cream, locally-made from Guernsey cows' milk.  Yummy.

But it wasn't totally unhealthy ... can you see a token strawberry lurking somewhere behind that pile of calories? 

Home is just a few minutes' drive from the golf club so we had time to sit in the garden enjoying a leisurely coffee and more chat in the sun, until sadly we needed to drive them back to the passengers' pick-up muster point back in town.

What a wonderful day we had with our friends.

And then I quickly returned to my turret, and here I sit. bashing my touch-typing fingers in frantic movement on this keyboard in order to negate any ice-cream-calories consumed  which may have exceeded my small credit balance from earlier.

Yin and Yang.

I hope you enjoyed the day too.

I've never been on a cruise.  Do you like going on cruises?

Have you visited Guernsey?

I wonder if I've holidayed in your neck of the woods ...

Wherever you are in this wonderful world of ours, I hope you enjoy your day or evening.

A la perchoine.



Rockie III, And Other Stuff

Last night I made yet another trip to my local, the Rockie.  I met up with a girlfriend who I have know since first year Infants!

Although the day had been beautiful, it clouded up come teatime, so I went for some layers.  As it happens, the jacket didn't need to come off!

La Redoute striped linen jacket with Alexon stone jersey top and M&S stone linen trousers.

Just wanted to give you a close up of my necklace here.  It's made from belt loops and rivets.  It weighs a ton.  The colours are silver and bronze and blend in with so many outfits.  I've had it for about 20 years and it continues to receive compliments each time I wear it because its so unusual, a real eye-catcher.  I am so pleased I found it. 

When I wear such a statement necklace like this, it's enough on its own so I don't wear earrings.  Looking at the pic today, maybe that bracelet (just visible) was one piece too much.

And here's a close-up of the M&S nude wedges.  I featured them here.  They have Insolia lining so are very comfy.  They give some height but as they strap the food nicely in, I walk with confidence.  Which is nice.

Yippeeee!  Got lucky again with another window seat.  And another glass of wine!

Chicken and Leek pie.  You can see it was an embarrassingly huge plateful; needless to say, a huge amount was left on that plate.

My dining companion had a monster of a pork chop, so I got her to hold it up for you (vegetarians, please scroll quickly down).  My friend is very petite but left a clean plate, bar the chop bone!  Throughout the meal she kept commenting on how good it was.  So that one definitely comes with the highest of recommendations, should any local readers be popping in to the Rockie sometime soon.

My Rockie trips should now be done and dusted.  For a short while at least. because the temperature is warming up by the day and it just so happens that there's a lot of outdoor seating there.  A glass of chilled Sauvignon Blanc, a sun setting over a azure and jade sea ... I'll probably be returning very soon!


We were ready a tad too early for golf this morning, so I took a stroll outside.

And found my first rose of summer!  Isn't she pretty.  Fab perfume too.

I don't know what type she is  - if you're into roses, I'd love to know what she is.

More clumps of purple gladioli.  Such a giving plant.

Then after a stroll around Pout Estate we move on to the golf course.  Thought it would be nice to show you how I "waste away" my time twice a week!

The sixth hole involves a drive across a protected field of purple wild orchids.  Apologies, they don't show up well in this shot (these golf shots are taken with my iPhone). 

If you don't make the drive over the field, you lose the ball as it's off-bounds for tramping on. 

I sacrificed yet another ball there this morning :-(.

Here are my three golf mates.  No pics of me: 8 a.m., hair scraped back under sun visor, no make up, face puce from heat and exertion = not publish-able!

My game was good (apart from the 6th!) and it was so pleasant out there this morning  Wind just a light puff of 1-2, temperature already creeping up to 16c ... my gilet and sweater were off and I was down to short-sleeves by the second hole.  Aaahhh, summer, how I've missed you!

A la perchoine.