BODAIM CASTLE

 

SHARING MY LUNCH WITH MR & MRS QUACKERS

 

 

DRAW BRIDGE ACROSS THE MOAT THE CARP WERE VERY FRIENDLY FOLLOWING US ALL ALONG THE BRIDGE

 

THIS CARP KEPT LEAPING OUT THE WATER !

 

FABULOUS RUINS

 



 

A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CASTLE RUIN AND GROUNDS

WONDERFUL SCOTNEY CASTLE

 

THE OLD HOUSE

 

 

THE NEW HOUSE A GREAT BUILDING AND OLD FURNISHINGS THAT SHOWED THE QUITE WARM CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUPLE WHO LIVED THERE

 

BEAUTIFUL MOAT AND PONDS AROUND THE OLD HOUSE THIS IS SUCH A QUITE RELAXING AND TRANQUIL PLACE

 

FANTASTIC PLACE A REALLY ENCHANTING HAVEN OVER 700 ACRES WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO EXPLORE AND ENJOY

 

OUR FAVOURITE PARTS WERE THE OLD HOUSE AND MOAT WITH BEAUTIFUL GREEN FLOURISHING MATURE TREES AND BEAUTIFUL WILD POND LILLIE'S FLOATING MAGICALLY IN THE MOATS WHILE THE DUCKS PADDLED THROUGH. 

 

THE WALLED KITCHEN GARDEN WAS VERY INSPIRING AND WE TOOK LOTS OF PHOTOS FOR IDEAS ABOUT GROWING TECHNIQUES AND NATURAL PEST PROTECTION

 

 

OSCAR'S 5TH JUDO LESSON FANTASTIC ROLLS AND HOLD LESSON WITH HIP THROWS AND GRABBING TECHNICS

 

REI TO BOW IN FOR MY LESSON

 

FANTASTIC INSTRUCTION FROM MY INSTRUCTOR, I AM HOLDING DOWN MY BUDDY WITH MY CHEST WEIGHT PUSH DOWN MY HOLD

 

 

THIS IS MY FABULOUS DADDY/BUDDY LEARNING SOME JUDO MOVES IN ORDER TO HELP SHOW ME HOW IT IS TO BE DONE...GO DADDY!!!

 

MY JUDO BUDDY IS PINNING ME DOWN AND SHOWING ME HOW THE HOLD IS SECURE AND KEEPS ME DOWN FOR 10 SECONDS

 

LOVE MY TURN I AM ON TOP AND USING MY CHEST WEIGHT TO PUSH DOWN AND MY BUDDY HELPS ME BY MOVING MY ARM SO THAT I CAN THEM SECURE THE HOLD

 

 

 

FULL ON TACKLE FROM MY INSTRUCTOR I WAS GRABBED AND THROWN OVER HER BODY AND SLAMMED DOWN ONTO THE MAT AND ARMS HELD BACK INTO A GREAT LOCK THIS WAS EXCELLENT I LEARNT A LOT FROM THIS MOVE, I REALLY FELT THE HIPS LIFT AND THROWN ME I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING THE MOVE...

 

 

 

END OF SESSION AND WE ARE TALKING THROUGH THE MOVES WE HAVE PRACTISE AND LEARNT, THEN I GRAB MY INSTRUCTOR'S HAND AND GRIP AND THIS WAS A GREAT END TO OUR GROUP LESSONS

 

 

THIS IS MY FAB BEST FRIEND CAME TO SEE ME AT JUDO TODAY, HE PLAYS RUGBY AND FOOTBALL SO IT WAS REALLY COOL THAT HE CAME TO WATCH ME TODAY AND HE IS SOO COOL COS HE DOES RUGBY...

 



OSCARS 4TH JUDO LESSON

 

WARM UP EXERCISE BUDDY DADDY STRETCHING ME AND PULLING ME ACROSS THE FLOOR I LOVE IT

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE PRACTISING SOME OF MY MOVES ON BUDDY DADDY, I DO THIS AT HOME BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT TO DO IT IN THE LESSON

HERE I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF BEING GRABBED AND THROWN BY ONE OF THE OTHER JUDO GREMLINS EXCELLENT

OK SO YOU GOT ME DOWN AND ARE SECURING THE HOLD

 

 

A FULL HOLD AND TACKLE SUCCESS FROM MY FELLOW GREMLIN

NOW MY TURN I HAVE BEEN LEARNING FAST AND WITH HELP FROM MY BUDDY WAS ABLE TO ROLL OVER AND HOLD THE OTHER GREMLIN DOWN WITH MY BODY WEIGHT AND I CLAMPED MY ARMS TO SECURE MY HOLD DOWN

END OF MY LESSON I DID THE DE-BRIEF AND WAS VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT I HAVE LEARNED TODAY, I BOWED OUT AND THEN GOT TO CATCH UP WITH SOME OF THE NEW FRIENDS I AM MAKING.  WE ALL HAD A CATCH UP ABOUT THE LESSON AND THEN HAD SNACKS AND LOTS OF WATER TO DRINK, I WAS READY TO GO BUT MUM AND DAD WERE CHATTING AWAY TOO WITH ALL THE OTHER PARENTS !



OSCAR MEET'S EDDIE KIDD AT BIKER RALLY

HOW LUCKY AM I TO MEET AND BE INVITED BACK WITH EDDIE KIDD !!!

FABULOUS DAY IN BRIGHTON AT THE BIKE RALLY, NOT ONLY DID I GET TO MEET EDDIE KIDD WHO ASKED ME TO GO BACK BEHIND HIS STALL AND HAVE MY PHOTO TAKEN WITH HIM, HE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH ME AND WE BOTH USED OUR EYES TO TALK, HE IS VERY INSPIRATIONAL AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO HAVE MEET HIM AND HAVE HIS SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

MY CANNON THAT GRANDAD MADE FOR ME

MY MOST FABULOUS CANNON THAT GRANDAD MADE FOR ME BY HAND, THE CANNON BALL WAS ONE THAT I FOUND IN MY TREASURE HUNTING AND THE RUM BARRELS ARE SITTING OUTSIDE MY FRONT DOOR AIRING AS THEY PONG OF RUM SOAKED SCALLYWAGGS AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE MY BED SIDE UNITS !

HOW COOL IS THIS !!!

THIS IS THE TREE IN MY FRONT GARDEN I GOT SOME DRIFT WOOD AND OLD ROPE THAT WAS WASHED UP ON THE BEACH AT THE BOTTOM OF MY ROAD AND I MARKED "TORTUGA" IN IT AS THE NAME OF MY HOME ARRRGH PIRATE

MORE DRIFT WOOD AND ROPE AND I MADE THE SAME SIGN THAT HANGS OVER THE ENTRANCE TO PORT ROYAL IN THE CARIBBEAN WHERE PIRATES WERE NOT SAFE BUT WOULD COME TO RAID AND DRINK RUM

THIS IS MY FABULOUS WANTED POSTER, EVERY DECENT PIRATE HAS TO HAVE A WANTED POSTER AND THAT IS MY PHOTO IN THE MIDDLE

OSCAR'S SEA SHANTY'S AND PIRATE ADVENTURES IN CORNWALL

PIRATE PARROTS



THESE GUYS ARE REALLY PIRATES, THEY WORK FULL TIME IN CHARLESTOWN AT THE MUSEUM AND HARBOUR, ARRGH, THEY TALKED TO ME IN FRONT OFF EVERYONE AND SANG "WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR" JUST FOR ME

FALMOUTH WEST KEY

FISHERMANS FRIENDS

I FIRST MEET THESE GUYS A FEW YEARS AGO IN THEIR LOCAL PUB IN PORT ISSAC, THEY SUNG FOR ME, MY FAVOURITE SEA SHANTY IS "SOUTH AUSTRALIA"

THIS IS THE WANTED POSTED THAT I MADE THIS ONE HANGS ON MY BEDROOM DOOR, BUT I MADE SEVERAL TO POST IN CORNWALL AND IT STATES "WANTED FOR PUTTING CARROT IN MY PASTY, FOR TAKING CORNISH SUNSHINE AND FOR BEING PIXE LADEN IN MAWAN SMITH"

THIS IS APPROX 11PM AN NIGHT AND I HAVE STUCK MY WANTED POSTER ON THE    H M CUSTOMS HOUSE ON FALMOUTH KEY

 

I MEET UP WITH GULLY FROM THE FISHERMANS FRIENDS SEA SHANTY GROUP THE FOLLOWING YEAR AT THE FALMOUTH SHOUT AND HE SIGNED MY PIRATE WANTED POSTER THAT I HAD BEEN OUT STICKING ALL AROUND CORNWALL AND HE SAID WHEN EVER HE SAW ME DOWN IN CORNWALL HE WOULD ALWAYS SING SOUTH AUSTRALIA JUST FOR ME...

 

THIS IS BETTY SOGGS, HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CHATTING TO ME AND SKIPPING AND DANCING AROUND THE SQUARE, HE WAS FABULOUS

POLPERRO ANYWHERE PIRATES HAVE BEEN I HAD TO GO TO

 

IT IS STILL THERE 3 DAYS LATER I HAD BETTER START TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE AS THERE WILL BE THE KINGS MEN LOOK FOR ME ARRRGH

 

I PUT MY WANTED POSTED HERE ON THE SHIP IN THE MARITIME MUSEUM IT IS BOTTOM LEFT ON THE MAST

I LOVE CORNWALL SO MUCH, I GO EVERY YEAR TO SEE THE SEA SHANTY'S AND LOVE ALL THE SINGING AND SHOUTING.  MY BEST BITS ARE GOING AROUND AND FINDING OUT ALL THE LOCAL PIRATE HISTORY AND I GO LOOKING FOR TREASURE



OSCAR AND HIS FRIENDS SUMMER POOL PARTY

LOTTIE THE GREAT DANE LIFEGUARD DUTIES

TABLE TENNIS Wii OSCAR WAS ON THE WINNING TEAM

W FOR WINNING TEAM

MY FRIEND SWIMMING FOR THE FIRST TIME WITHOUT HIS ARM BANDS

ANOTHER FANTASTIC SUMMER HOLIDAY DAY HAD PLAYING IN THE POOL.  FOR LUNCH WE HAD PIRATE PIZZA CANNON BALLS AND TORTUGA SQUASH COCKTAILS.

THEN LATER WE ALL PLAYED TABLE TENNIS ON THE Wii, THIS IS MY BESTFRIENDS GAME AS HE IS REALLY GOOD AT IT AND HE WENT TO SEE THE TABLE TENNIS AT THE OLYMPICS 2012, WOW !