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Godrevy Lighthouse view.
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A Cornish Wave
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Parys Mountain - Hell on Earth!
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Ardvreck Castle
Loch Beannach, Assynt
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Leeming Beck near Hornby
Rainbow at Higher Swineshaw reservoir
Which way should we go today?
Peep!
The last voyage!
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St Agnes Head
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The mines of St Agnes
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A Quinag view.
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The Scotland we know and love!
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Lone tree in the mist
Cemaes, Anglesey
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HBM - The Church of St Patrick, Llanbadrig
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Porth Padrig
A Dovestones wall
Pots & Pans from Wharmton Hill
Wheal Coates tin mine, then and now. For Andy
Atlantic rainbow seat
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The Circus comes to town
Hen Capel Lligwy
Lligwy Burial Chamber
Evening graze
Moelfre Lifeboat Station
In memory of Dic Evans (1905-2001)
The Island of Ynys Moelfre
Ynys Moelfre
Art class
Rocks Beach, Anglesey
The whispering shifting sands
A view from Jenny Brown's Point
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St Mary's, Kirkby Lonsdale.
Barbondale
St Bartholomew. Barbon
A Barbon Adventure
Alltan'abrahan grain Mill.
Towards Achmelvich Bay
Assynt (as we like to see it)
Scotland – Assynt (in normal conditions)
Suilven, a mountain of character
The Falls of Kirkaig.
From Inverkirkaig, Scotland.
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Amywch Lighthouse
The route to Parys Mountain
Point Lynas view
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Inversnaid Jetty
Point Lynas Lighthouse
A Post card from Point Lynas
Carnforth Railway Station
Footbridge over the River Keer
Glasson Dock and its Lighthouse
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In tribute to our dear friend Andy: Wheal Coates, St Agnes Head
We will miss you here in Ipernity Andy, and the Cornish coastline has also lost a dear friend. RIP
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The earth below Cornwall is full of natural metals, especially near the coast. Here we see my favourite old Tin Mine, revisited after 35 years. The paths you see here are part of the ‘South West Coast Path’ and are a delight to follow through natural and man-made history.
“Earliest records indicate a mine at the site since 1692.The present mine opened in 1802 and was closed in 1889 when the price of tin fell. It came into full production in 1815. Flooding and bringing ore to the surface were the main problems of the mine until steam-driven equipment was available, as the mine's underground operations extended for some distance under the sea. The mine was sold in 1844 and thereafter allowed to flood. A new owner reopened the mine in 1872 but work was sporadic until its 1889 closure. For some years, the yield was 20lb of tin per ton of ore. In 1906, new ownership hoped to work the mine for both tin and copper. Wheal Coates had produced a small amount of copper ore, more than a century earlier.At the height of its production, 140 people were employed at the site to mine a seam of tin just below sea level but this and a subsequent period of operation from 1911-1913 were not very successful because tin production was sporadic. The mine was closed for good in 1914. Wheal Coates is now part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.” (WiKi)
See adjacent photo for alternative and historical views.
Enjoy full screen.
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The earth below Cornwall is full of natural metals, especially near the coast. Here we see my favourite old Tin Mine, revisited after 35 years. The paths you see here are part of the ‘South West Coast Path’ and are a delight to follow through natural and man-made history.
“Earliest records indicate a mine at the site since 1692.The present mine opened in 1802 and was closed in 1889 when the price of tin fell. It came into full production in 1815. Flooding and bringing ore to the surface were the main problems of the mine until steam-driven equipment was available, as the mine's underground operations extended for some distance under the sea. The mine was sold in 1844 and thereafter allowed to flood. A new owner reopened the mine in 1872 but work was sporadic until its 1889 closure. For some years, the yield was 20lb of tin per ton of ore. In 1906, new ownership hoped to work the mine for both tin and copper. Wheal Coates had produced a small amount of copper ore, more than a century earlier.At the height of its production, 140 people were employed at the site to mine a seam of tin just below sea level but this and a subsequent period of operation from 1911-1913 were not very successful because tin production was sporadic. The mine was closed for good in 1914. Wheal Coates is now part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.” (WiKi)
See adjacent photo for alternative and historical views.
Enjoy full screen.
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Deeply charmed by your vision of this Cornish Tin Mine, so splendidly framed in a great depth and caught in a softly and evocatively chromactic tones.
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