Cornwall Holiday Terrible Twosome on Bedruthan Steps july 2019

After leaving Clovelly we have now driven down into Cornwall to Bedruthan Steps, the campsite is on the fields right above the fabulous beach.  this is my favourite location in Cornwall.
      Its is absolutely stunning!
We are going to stay here for a couple of days before moving on.    After a lazy afternoon and a walk along the cliff tops with the dogs, I have come out to photograph the sunset ,  there is unfortunately no cloud but hopefully the rocks will get illuminated by the low setting sun, and I will have a quick drone flight also.


                                                                         5dsr  17-40L    

Time to get the drone up,  the light has not been very good and is fading fast, but I have managed to get a couple of quick images before it went completely.

                                                                Sunset over the van .

The next morning its looking like its going to be a beautiful day, High tide was about 3 hours ago, the beach is only accessible at low tide , so we should just be ok to get down now at just before 8 am,   I am going to take the camera with the 100-400mm lens to try and get some good action shots of the Terrible Twosome, its been ages since I last did a proper shoot with them .

                                                       
The tide is quite a bit higher than i had predicted so not sure if we will be able to get down on to the beach yet.


                                      The Terrible Twosome cant wait to get onto the beach.

                                          Down onto the beach they go...………….

                        The sun is out now , blue sky and bright light will be good for action shots.

We are now on the beach , the tide is too high to walk around to the main section of beach so we need to clamber through the wet dark tunnel that comes out with this view of the beach.....
Mollster is waiting for us.

                                                        Chester is running to find us...

                                  Straight into the sea , what a stunning beach this is .

                We must be the first people through onto this beach, only Jan's footprints to be seen!

Time to get the camera out, 5dsr with the 100-400mm L …………  here are the best images from a couple of hundred shot   f8 iso 320

Back off the beach now,  the tide is fast revealing the sand now.   its 8.45 am and it will be getting busy here within  the next hour   so I think I will go and get the drone to get some  images while its still fairly quiet.

That's the end of an early morning photoshoot with the terrible twosome .

As it turns out, a couple of days before writing this blog, (I am a bit behind as usual)  we have lost Mollster,  she slipped while running on to the beach and fractured/slipped a disk in her spine and her back legs were paralyzed.    
It has been extremely hard editing these images of her so soon but she had a fabulous life and we have some amazing memories of her.     This was the last photoshoot of the two of them together using the camera , so glad I decided to do this on that day.

                                   


  This is the last dslr image i shot of her , on the headland at Holywell bay later in this weeks holiday.


                                   We are Devastated      RIP my beautiful Girl  27 . 9 .19

Devon Holiday Clovelly Black Church Rock 9 july

Today we are visiting Clovelly , a small beautiful Devon village, and we can stay overnight in the car park tonight before moving on tomorrow.
Its a very steep walk down through the narrow cobbled main street down to the harbour, the sun is out and its very warm.

Half way down, the views are exactly how I remember them.

     All the houses have fabulous window planters and hanging basket displays,  they look fabulous .

Looking down to the harbour , still a fair way to go.   The dogs are getting hot already so they will have to go for a swim when we get down to the bottom, although on lead only allowed.

Down at the harbour now, we have walked down under the houses to come out on the slipway , the water is deep either side so perfect to cool the Terrible Twosome off...………….

                                               Chester is paddling and barking ………..

                                                                          Swim Mol.

           After a short swimming session we are walking around the harbour wall before making our way back up to get Ice crème.

Time to head back up now,   the forecast is looking good for tonight for me to photograph Black Church Rock, which is a 40 minute walk along the coast path.

                                                              A bit bright this house   lol

After a relaxing afternoon and a short walk through the woods , I have left Jan and the dogs, and started the long walk to Black Church Rock,  I should be there about 3/4 hour before sunset, and the tide will be quite high also.
Walking along after the first wood section I have come across this dead tree, with the low sun illuminating the grasses.   But it hasn't really come out as I had hoped.

                              A sea of pink ,  rose bay willow herb brightens up the landscape.

Finally after a long walk through the woods along the cliff edge , and missing the turning I have reached the beach ,  Black Church Rock is a large Arch on the right hand side on the point.  this should be a great feature for the Drone shots.


                                      First a slow ish exposure to show some water movement.
                     1/10 th second  f14  iso100 with a 0.6 soft nd grad for the sky.   5dsr  17-40L

Now time to get the drone up,  half hour to sunset and the light is getting nice, there are a few clouds in the sky which may colour up later.   The tide is now well up, covering all the rock strata that is visible on very low tides.   From the drones view they show up really well , this is a 5 frame vertorama.  The light is great at the moment.

              The rock under the water actually looks like shadows. the light is fading a bit already.

                  Flying a little further away for these 2  images, looking back towards the shore.
                                                              The last of the good light.

The sun is setting fast , now a little light cloud has started to colour up,  flying behind Church Rock to get the colour behind.

        The sun is on the horizon now, the rock in Deep shadow . this image is 5 frames merged.

            Its getting quite dark now, and a bit more colour in the sky reflecting nicely on the sea.
                                                     6 frames merged in this vertorama.

One last image , and now i need to get walking , its a long walk back in the dark through the woods.
luckily i remembered to bring a torch.

                                                       A quick phone shot as i walk back.

The end of a great day …………  where too tomorrow?