Cornwall photos – 1 – at last

I discovered, when I uploaded them, that there were about 130 photos. Of course, I won’t inflict them all on you, even though they are all delightful, but just a few.

These are all Mousehole.

1- The sound of seagulls was constant. At this time of the year, they are fairly aggressive to other males and pretty randy with the females. I had to avert my tender gaze a couple of times.

2- The view from the window

3- Can you see the pink house, just right of centre? Look past the two houses to its right, and there’s a car. That is parked down a little alley between the houses – our cottage was through the alley into a courtyard – it had originally been a netstore. It was delightful, and well converted, with the bedrooms and bathroom downstairs and the big living room/kitchen (well equipped) upstairs. Our landlords lived opposite, in a slightly bigger house.

4- Neap tides, the week we were there, so there was always some beach for the children to play on. The spring tide came in the night before we left.

5- Another aspect of the cottages round the harbout

5 comments on “Cornwall photos – 1 – at last

  1. Anonymous

    I was always amazed when visiting the English coast, as to how far out the tide went. It doesn’t seem to recede that much at Pacific Ocean beaches.

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  2. Z

    Doesn’t it? I didn’t know that.

    The spring tides have a big variation between high and low, the neap tides much less. I’ve never seen the Severn Bore (yeah, quite a few Norfolk ones…), it’s when the incoming tide rushes up the Severn estuary and can sometimes be quite spectacular.

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  3. luckyzmom

    Love the photos. Reminds me of our trip to England when we visited the Rose Castle. I loved walking through the town seeing all the fabulously old stuff.

    Thanks for posting the pics.

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  4. Z

    I’ve never been to Deal Castle, though I’ve visited a lot of places in Kent. Next time I’m planning a trip I must go there. I’ve got friends in Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells and I haven’t seen the TW ones for ages, and have been promising a visit.

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