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Greenbank Cove, North Cliffs, Cornwall, heather and gorse. Recommend view enlarged.

August 2014. My mother's garden.

Granite, lichen and rock samphire

I have posted this granite oddity before - in a foggy December setting. This was taken in the heat of an August day but the breeze you can get on the ridge here takes the edge off the stifling heat down below.

I like this strange scraped rock.

Typical of the Madrid metro designs in its great expansive phase from about 1995 to the onset of the recession and, deliberately over-edited by me, this represents a positive, thrusting, energetic attitude that faltered somewhat when the recession struck. However the legacy has left a metro network that, in large parts. exudes a dynamic upbeat feel that is very seductive. It still needs to be paid for, however!

Not all Cornish photos can be full of exciting clifftops, dramatic skies or sunny days.

I got a little bit wet again!

Situated high above the village of Carn Brae and the towns of Redruth and Camborne, originally a 15th century hunting lodge.

When I visit Cornwall, my first tradition is to leap down the grassy bank to the edge of St Agnes' Head, lightly skip across the granite rocks and plonk myself down in a favourite corner at the end of this peninsula, while-away a few hours contemplating the universe, quantum physics, why men need to wear ties, Jeremy Corbyn and the intricate design of manhole covers, ... Theresa May and why her first name is impossible to pronounce by my Spanish students, before gently sauntering back uphill having taken 2 or three photos. A pint or two of bitter and a packet of dry-roasted in the Victory Inn at Towans Cross and I am a pig in clover. In three weeks time time ... Please!

Sierra de La Cabrera. Granite. July 2011

Canchos Gordo y Largo. June 2014

My Mother's garden has fences. A good source for HFF photos! Photo taken in August 2012, the exif is wrong!

South West Peninsula Coast Path, Cornwall

The steep path up from Trevaunance Cove and towards Newdown's Head, St Agnes District.

Rosa Daniel Gelin. I discovered, some time after posting this, that Daniel Gelin was a well-known French actor who died in the early 90s.

Garden, Saint Day. I make no excuses for posting another photo from my mother's garden. In any case, I haven't posted as many as some people seem to think and none for a few months!!

St Agnes' Heritage Coast, South West Peninsula Coast Path. For Pam.