Zennor, Towednack and Morvah parishes

Pure granite coastline. Gurnard; a fish - and very tasty too, In French: triglidae, In Spanish, rubio. sounds wrong, Word Reference often is! The far headland is supposed to resemble the strange angular shape of the head of a gurnard.

This granite lump of a hill dominates the tiny village of Zennor in West Penwith, Cornwall. Taken from the coast path. Please enlarge.

A lovely day and the sea was at its best in terms of colour.

Pre-historic meets early industrial revolution.

Typical weather but it also has a wild kind of charm! View from Bosigran Head, past Boswednack, to Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall

Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall, Looking landwards. Full screen please.

A famous sea-cliff climbing Mecca. I came here many times in the late 70s and early 80s to climb (the climbing routes are far more extensive than can be seen here, they extend round the corner and far down to sea level). Now I prefer just to walk and scramble! A sea mist ('fret' in Cornish) was just coming in. Best on full screen!

My cousin's farm is just below the hillside horizon (to the left of centre).

Framed by the ubiquitous brambles and fuchsias.

Bosigran Head, Zennor, Cornwall

On the lane to Men-an-Tol.

On the far side of this 1.7m high standing stone (and too faint to be photographed) is an inscription dated to the 6th to 8th centuries commemorating 'Rialobranus son of Cunovalus'. The stone is thought to be a prehistoric menhir.

Unknown purpose. Presumed to be neolithic. Healing powers were attributed to it at least since the middle ages (babies would be passed through the hole). Near Lanyon Farm, Madron parish, Cornwall.

Cornish farm and hedges (hedge = Cornish for wall). Near where the boundaries of the parishes of Morvah, Madron, Gulval and Zennor meet.

Commando Ridge from Bosigran main cliff, Zennor, Cornwall. Commando Ridge is not the little island seen below but the steep and rocky ridge rising right-to-left in mid-distance (only the lower line is shown here). A famous climb and first made popular by the Abraham Brothers (and sister - the first ascent was by one brother and the sister) in Victorian times. It got its current name during WWII when it was chosen as a major Commando training ground.

Only the fence posts survive but it'll do for me! Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall. With montbretia. The South West Peninsula Coast Path.

HFF to all my ipernity and IMA friends. There is a fence in there somewhere; the horse has got it (almost) covered!

A wonderful stretch of the the South West Peninsula Coast Path, Zennor, West Penwith, Cornwall. Gurnard's Head; so named because of its resemblance to the fish. The raised coastal platform, or strip, will immediately be apparent to all you amateur geographers out there!