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HFF Constantine Bay Padstow Cornwall 19th September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:40:15 +0000

Dramatic skies over North Cornwall.

HFF to everyone. Enjoy the weekend.

HFF Tintagel North Cornwall 22nd September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:35:01 +0000

The beautiful North Cornish coast at Tintagel in perfect weather as seen from King Arthur's (?) castle.

HFF to everyone & enjoy the weekend.

Treyarnon Bay Padstow Cornwall 19th September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:35:14 +0000

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Sunset over the cliffs and beach at Treyarnon in North Cornwall.

HFF Tintagel North Cornwall 22nd September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 21:45:24 +0000

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The new English Heritage footbridge over the gorge to Tintagel Castle looking from the castle side. The steps on the left are the original route across and are now used as the exit for those fit enough to use them!

Recent excavations found the remains of structures from the Dark Ages, including well-constructed buildings of relatively large size dated to the 5th and 6th centuries, with pottery and glass finds indicating that the people who lived at Tintagel were of an upper class status, drinking wine imported from the eastern Mediterranean and using food vessels from North Africa and Gaul. In 2017, archaeologists discovered at the castle a 7th century slate window ledge inscribed with a mixture of Latin, Greek, and Celtic words, names, and symbols. Maybe King Arthur & Camelot did exist...

HFF to everyone & have a great weekend.

HBM Treyarnon Bay Padstow England 19th September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:08:39 +0000

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When first installed overlooking Treyarnon Bay this would have been a great place to sit and enjoy the view. Unfortunately the wind, rain and seaspray on the north Cornish coast has taken its toll on the metalwork of the bench.

Comfortable or not I wish everyone HBM!

Saltash Cornwall 23rd September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 06:08:51 +0000

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Taken from the train (GWR 2C77 the 16.18 from Plymouth) while crossing the River Tamar on Brunel's fabulous Royal Albert railway bridge.

Riverside on the left was the site of the Saltash Ferry which was had been in operation since Norman times and was the only crossing of the Tamar here until the railway arrived. It ceased to run in 1961 when the adjacent Tamar Road Bridge opened.

Devon to the left, Cornwall to the right.

Newquay Cornwall 17th September 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:46:00 +0000

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Lunch by the harbour in Newquay. The rain had actually stopped!

Trevone Cornwall 12th May 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 21 May 2022 06:18:46 +0000

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Liquid Gold.

Sunset over Porthmissen Beach Trevone, near Padstow.

Port Isaac Cornwall England 16th May 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 21 May 2022 06:18:40 +0000

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We visited the beautiful North Cornwall coastal town of Port Isaac for the first time last year. We have spent a lot of time in Padstow but never made the 30 minute drive there. Despite the rain and wind it was well worth it.

In any case we could shelter from the storm in the many tourist shops & cafes with only a few tourists in them! This was the Chapel Cafe, hence the beautiful windows.

St Michael's Mount Cornwall 3rd April 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 06:54:52 +0000

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The view across Mounts Bay from Mousehole harbour - approx. 7km.

The island of St Michael's Mount was gifted to the Benedictine order of Mont Saint-Michel by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century and it was a priory of that abbey until the dissolution of the alien houses as a side-effect of the war in France by Henry V.

HFF Tintagel Cornwall 31st March 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:53:53 +0000

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Tintagel beach on the rocky north coast of Cornwall. On the hilltop island, off shot to the left, is the mythic site of King Arthur’s Castle and Merlin’s Cave is in the shadows on the left. The legend of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table at Camelot is deeply engrained in Cornish history.

Unfortunately the winds today were so strong that the bridge across to the island was closed. We must return later.

HFF & have great and peaceful weekend.

St Merryn Cornwall 31st March 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:07:22 +0000

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Under a beautiful evening sky we were heading from St Meryn to Padstow for dinner.

Mousehole Cornwall England 3rd April 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:04:18 +0000

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The village of Mousehole was once more important than Newlyn or Penzance as a port. It is a picturesque tourist spot these days.

Polzeath Cornwall 29th March 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 07:52:45 +0000

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Pure geology. An absolute classic outcrop example to show the difference between sedimentary dip (almost vertical) and cleavage (almost horizontal) in deformed metamorphic rocks, Devonian Polzeath Slates in this case.

Seen on Polzeath beach.

Charlestown St Austell Cornwall 23rd September 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:11:27 +0000

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Charlestown harbour a few miles southwest of St Austell is an unspoilt 18th/19th century port well-known from its starring role in the 2015 Poldark series. Opened in the 1790s to ship copper ore from nearby mines it became an important China clay shipment point. The last China clay load was carried as late as 2000.

Bodmin & Wenford Railway Bodmin Cornwall 19th September 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:16:36 +0000

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Great Western Railway 57xx pannier tank 0-6-0PT 4612 climbs the final 100 metres into Bodmin General station arriving from Boscarne Junction. The combination of steep gradient and tight curve brought the loco down to walking pace as she was blasting her way up.

St Mawes Cornwall 20th September 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:39:16 +0000

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The village of St Mawes & the Percuil river estuary taken from the Tudor St Mawes fortress on the Roseland peninsula.

Mevagissey Cornwall 20th September 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:41:07 +0000

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The picture postcard scene at Mevagissey harbour.

Trevone Cornwall 12th May 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 31 May 2021 08:37:59 +0000

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Sunset over Porthmissen Beach Trevone near Padstow.

Rock Cornwall 13th May 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 26 May 2021 11:03:16 +0000

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When the tide is out at Rock/Padstow the river Camel becomes an area of wide sandbars. The famous Doom Bar at the mouth of the estuary was very dangerous to shipping in the days of sail and even today boats can come to grief on it. It's a nice pint too...