At 420 meters above sea level, Brown Willy is the high point of Cornwall. Its name of course is guaranteed to make small immature British boys giggle until they are at least immature 50 year old men. American ones would get the same effect if it was called Brown Pecker. There was a movement by… Continue reading View to Brown Willy from Showery Tor
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Crackington Haven storm coming
The shade
Now is not the time to be out on the moors or up on the cliffs. There's very little to offer cool relief or shade on the heights of North Cornwall in the UK's current heatwave. Trees and rivers are rare - and any trees are not very tall when there are any - so… Continue reading The shade
Windswept
I have posted a shot before (Photographers Assistant) of a wedge shaped tree from Warbstow Bury, which is somewhere I take the dog for a walk at least three or four times a week. In the comments someone mentioned that the tree looked like it was being blown by the wind. Up here, and in… Continue reading Windswept
Big Skies and big discounts
When I signed up with Society6 I didn't realise quite how hard it was going to be for anybody to purchase anything from them at full price! The discount offers seem to come thick and fast so, rather than think of a new way to tell you this news every time, I've decided to take… Continue reading Big Skies and big discounts
St Werburgh Church, Warbstow
This church is just a couple of miles away from us. We hadn't been before but after a walk around the Bury it was just a hundred metres down the lane, so, having time to do it, we nipped down to have a look. It is named after a Saxon Abbess from Chester apparently and… Continue reading St Werburgh Church, Warbstow
Twisting Hawthorn
It was nearly sunset at Warbstow Bury. It had been a misty day for our walk at the coast, with cloud banks sitting just out over the sea and occasionally heading inland for a couple of kilometres to give a cooler and foggy air, but it was much brighter and warmer inland. For the evening… Continue reading Twisting Hawthorn