Cornwall Holiday Glendurgan gardens Mevagissey july 11 th

This morning we have left Bedruthan and driven down to the south coast to Glendurgan Gardens, one of the few we haven't visited before.   It is National Trust so as members we can park for free.  We have parked under a large tree so we can leave the Terrible Twosome in the van and it should stay cool for them.

Fabulous tree ferns in small groups , these southern Cornwall valleys have superb micro climates that allow sub tropical plants to be grown without winter protection.

Half way down the valley are we have come out into the open ,Huge Gunera leaves  and Astilbe  flowers glowing in the sun.

                         The famous maze , this is the best view from the hill side opposite.

                                                              More fabulous tree ferns .
                                                        The Common Dixonia Antarctica .

                                                 A Black tree fern  Cyathea Medullaris

                         With slender black trunk compared to the common Dixonia species

                                                  Did I expect this?    of course I did    lol

               It has been a great morning, now to get back to the dogs and continue our journey.

We are now parked up on Pendennis Point near Falmouth, The castle is behind us , time to explore the headland.

Artillery still in place overlooking the estuary mouth.  there is another castle on the opposite side of the estuary.

                                         Part of the old gun emplacements and look out towers

We are walking around the moat, it is a dry one fortunately.  the castle is national heritage so we will not pay to go in.

Time to move on again , heading to Mevagissey where we can stay overnight in the main car park as they have dedicated motorhome parking .  The weather has changed and is clouding over fast with drizzle in the air, that wasn't forecast!

A walk around the harbour first, before chippy dinner.

                Seagulls are getting so fearless everywhere , constantly on the hunt for chips!!!!

Its not a great evening for walking unfortunately , the harbour always looks great with all the house colours shining bright in the sun.

                                     Its started raining so back to the van for the evening.

Early next morning the sun is out, we are leaving before 10 so a walk around the harbour with the dogs before we leave.

                                                          So much nicer than last night .

Time to leave now, we are heading to our normal campsite Crossroads at Cubert near Holywell bay, Newquay  for 3 days .

Cornwall Mevagissey , Porthcurno, Lands End and Botallack

I am at  Mevagissey to get a couple of aerial images , its unfortunately dull,cloudy with a stiff breeze this afternoon but will endeavour to get a few shots.   having walked around the harbour up on to the big grassy area on the right of the next image, I flew the drone out to take this 9 frame panorama.

                      Topdown image of the rocks below the cliff.  and Yes it looks like a lobster !

                     Another 9 frame panorama just showing the cliffs just in front of me.

                   Time for a walk around the harbour now, always enjoy walking around here.

Lovely colours on the rocks, and the wind has dropped right down now so may be able to get the drone up again over the outer harbour.

Having walked right out to the end of the harbour wall, I set the drone up but there was too much interference from all the iron work so its a no go.   maybe I can find a spot to fly from high up above on the headland.  Climbing up the steps onto the lookout directly over the breakwater I have got a clear area to fly from.

                                                               7 frame Vertorama
                                                               merged in lightroom

                      Just caught a boat coming into the harbour, pity the light is rubbish today.

Tomorrow morning we are going down towards Porthcurno, the forecast is looking fabulous.

Its a hot sunny morning, and we have tried to park at the Minack Theatre car park, but they would not let us in unless we were going to see a performance!!!     Driving around the headland down very narrow lane we have parked near  Porthchapel , but dogs are not allowed on the beach  ,so its a nice walk around the coastline this morning, then Lands end later.

Glorious beach, clear blue sky no good for photography but great for walking along this stunning coastline.

                            Mollster wants to go swimming, Arghhhh    Noooooo  not allowed!

We have walked around to the Theatre but can not actually see any of it, its all below the cliffs, Porthcurno beach looks amazing in the sun, but way too busy.

We are now at Lands End, Really warm  but getting very windy so no drone today by looks of it.   walking around and down to the point first, the Terrible Twosome want to get to the water    haha

I have walked around to get an image of the arch, pity there is no cloud as a plain blue sky is no good

                                                                  Poor Chester   haha

                                                             Mollster wants Ice crème also!

                                                    You just have to take a pic of this :)

The one location that I really want to visit this holiday is the engine house at  Botallack , so that is where we are heading for sunset, but first Sennen cove for chippy dinner .
This is the first time we have visited, its really beautiful and fairly quiet .

                                                               Tiny little fishing harbour

We have arrived at Botallack for sunset, clear skies and windy, no what I wanted .   but should at least get some nice light on the engine houses.    now walking along the cliff tops for a look around...

                          Chester doesn't seem to be impressed with this location   haha

                  Jan is going to leave me to the photography, book reading in the car my guess :)

                               The Engine houses on the cliff side, a perfect sunset location.

                           Now to climb down to a decent level to shoot from,  and its steep   lol
Sunset is in about 35 minutes, time to find a safe low ledge to get a couple of good compositions.   the wind is blowing straight off the sea, making long exposures a little harder to get sharp images.  I am hanging my camera bag on the tripod hook to add stability.  no drone flying again tonight unfortunately.


                  Looking behind me the cliffs are starting to warm up with the low setting sun.

                                                            The Crowns Engine Houses

                 5dsr, 17-40L       90 seconds , f14 , iso 100  little stopper and 0.6 soft nd grad filter

                                        Beautiful light on the grass and rocks behind me .

                                                                   8 seconds , f14

    The light is really nice now on the rocks and grasses in front of me, and still enough on the cliffs around the buildings perched on the rocks.

                                       8 seconds , f14     little stopper and 0.9 soft nd grad

                 One last image , nice glow in the sky now,   pity no clouds that would have lit up.