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Carn Galver Summit

Published March 19th, 2009 in Cornwall

Today, we took a short hike to the top of Carn Galver. The two engine houses of Carn Galver Mine. The engine house on the left pumped water from the mine, while the engine house on the right hauled and crushed the tin ore.

Falmouth and The Lizard

Published March 18th, 2009 in Cornwall

Gurnard’s Head

Published March 15th, 2009 in Cornwall

I don’t normally get all weak at the knees when hiking along the edge of a steep drop-off. But pretty much all the high-wire hiking I’ve done in the past was relegated to the mountains, where steep slopes offer downcast views of distant rock and miniature trees. Here, the cliff bottoms out in a chaos of churning seas.

Low Tides and Seagull Skies

Published March 15th, 2009 in Cornwall

The tide was going out rather quickly. Inside the St. Ives harbor, little boats that had bobbed only a few moments earlier had been transformed into statues as the water drained from beneath their keels leaving them stranded on wet sand.