Saturday, May 8, 2010

Porthleven


Yesterday we had no holiday cottage changeovers so we set off to deliver some of our glass to Heather and Dave at The Customs House Gallery in Porthleven. Their dog Howard the ridgeback can usually found lying on their sofa in the back gallery. The gallery was featured in the June edition of Cornwall Today and we were glad to see some of our glass in the pictures.

It was raining when we left St Just, but by the time we got to Porthleven the sun was shining so we were glad we took the camera with us. As you can see it was a very calm day. It was even warm enough to sit outside the cafe Naughty But Ice and have a coffee and slice of cake ... yummy and always a treat when we visit this lovely harbour.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Land's End

Now that we have our pass to get in to the car park at Land's End (locals get in free, visitors pay £4) it is lovely to take a quick visit down to the most westerly point in England for some fresh air on this sunny but windy day.
There is plenty to do for families at the Land's End Experience, and the place seemed busy on this May Bank Holiday weekend, but we prefer just to go for a walk along the paths. The sea, with its white horses was a beautiful turquoise and blue and the granite cliffs were glowing in the spring sunshine.
Picture above is from the tip of Land's End looking back towards Cape Cornwall.

Geevor & Pendeen Rally



Today was Pendeen Rally up at Geevor, just a couple of miles from St Just on the coast road to St Ives.
Beautiful views, lots of stalls, lovely old bikes, tractors and cars, a dog show, band and lots of local colour. Afterwards we took a wander around the old mine workings, where the egg yolk yellow gorse was in full bloom, and to cap it all, it was a gorgeous sunny day, if a little windy.
Picture above is of Geevor Mine and picture below is of Pendeen Lighthouse from Geevor showing the patchwork of fields.