Polar Bears and September Sun

Having spent the day being a tourist myself in a very sunny Port Isaac I came back to Bude yesterday only to hear on the news that a Polar Bear had been washed up on a beach near Bude!!! I kid you not, this was ITV!!!

So armed with the essentials; a day off, my trusty camera and an idea as to which beach it was. I set off in search of the elusive creature.

Unfortunately the beast had been moved by the time we got to Maer Beach leaving only vehicular tracks and a large piece of wood as evidence to it's existence.

Many questions ran through my head last night concerning this story... how did it reach Cornwall in a relatively good state of repair? Why had it washed up on a Bude beach? Or had it just been taking a nap on it's journey to France?!?!

It transpired this morning, that our Polar Bear was, in fact, simply an unfortunate cow who's skin had been bleached in the water. Mystery solved, even if a little embarrassing for the ITV!!

So you can imagine my surprise when I came to work this morning to find our very own Polar Bear on the Gul Bude beach - is this going to be a regular occurrence?!

It appears not.... Even we can make a mistake...

...it was simply a mouse!

R