SPIT BEACH CORNWALL

The strange photo above is the start of a path to Spit Beach, which is off the normal tourist trail. It has a free small car park. Below shows a segment of the path

More of the path follows ...

The rhododendrons  put on a colourful display.

Not all of the path is so attractive, in fact many locals know the path as Dog S*** Alley, but it seemed fine on our walk!

 Quite a high bridge, below, has to be crossed. When we had our wonderful border collie dog, Toby, he  always refused to cross this bridge unless I carried him!

The next photo shows the scene when looking over the bridge. The buildings etc belong to the remnants of Cornwall's china clay industry.

Nearly at the beach now. First though a look out from the war days, but now brightly coloured.

The beach at last  nothing special but quite peaceful and there were only five or six other people on the sand.

The sand is quite gritty.

A look at the length of the beach. The green to the left of the photo is for golfers. There is a path though leading walkers to  Carlyon Bay - keep to the left of he greens and watch out for stray golf balls!

Blue sky now and a few people enjoying the sunshine

Finally for today cliffs at the far end of the beach.

Thank you for visiting my blog ~ Mike.

Gover Valley Walk Cornwall

I had a wander along parts of Gover Valley, St.Austell.  The first photo is of a very old cottage,  still in use and under a preservation order.

The next photo is like a different world. I'm not sure how the sky got to that vivid colour. I blame my camera! The viaduct is used by trains from London to Cornwall.

Under the viaduct is a very pleasant garden.

 Next, looking up at the viaduct and two photos of the surroundings follow.

Walking on for a while  I passed  dog kennels.

The path gradually gets  rougher and there are some of the leftovers of the once thriving China Clay Industry. I believe the photo  is of clay ovens.

Warnings about of the dangers of the surrounding area. So advisable to stick to the footpaths

An old sign post.

Further on a Public Footpath sign, which I ignored.

I zig zagged through the fence as I preferred to walk a narrow path.

The path was a bit muddy 

The fields eventually came into view.

The fields led to a  quiet road and eventually to another muddy path.

From here I continued until I reached a high point of Gover Valley

Here we are now looking downwards on the valley. 

Looking at houses at the bottom of the valley.

From here I walked back beyond the cottage, as seen at the  beginning of the post.

Thanks for visiting my blog ~ Mike.

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CHARLESTOWN CORNWALL WITH NEW PHOTOS.

I am in Charlestown, Cornwall again, one of my favourite places. Unfortunately necessary work is being carried out so some  of the areas are temporarily restricted. 

The photo at the top of the post is of the Pier House and  below is a cottage that caught my eye.

A few  people gathered on one  of the two small beaches.

Moving on to  part of the harbour walls, which are temporarily out of bounds.



Moving on visitors walking alongside the green water.

And carrying on walking.

Cannons at the ready

Poldark is about with cider and ale - okay, maybe not the real Poldark

That's all for today. 

Thanks for visiting my blog   ~ Mike.

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NEW PHOTOS OF CORNWALLS EDEN PROJECT

 I have previously published blogs on Cornwall's Eden Project but the the following  photos are new from a couple of days ago.

The first photo is of Eden's Biomes, once a china clay pit.

Next below is the  concert area. 

Flowers ...

 as I headed towards the Mediterranean Biome.

The next six photos are from inside the Mediterranean Biome.

Moving on: two  photos from inside the Rainforest Biome. 

We returned to the Mediterranean Biome and was pleased to see this young, friendly robin.

Another stroll around the Mediterranean Biome prior to leaving the Eden Project.

On our way home we spotted this boat filled with flowers on a green at St. Austell.

That's all for now

All good wishes ~ Mike.