Tag: #cornishbeaches

a winter beach walk

I have several lenses for my Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III camera, but it is rare that I take more than one with me when I go out. My favourite lens for flowers and gardens is my prime lens which is also good in low light situations or my macro lens, but on Tuesday I…

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Cornish beaches: Marazion

Marazion beach is about a mile long beginning in front of the village of the same name and stretching around Mount’s Bay to the Station House pub then continuing for another two miles into Longrock and Eastern Green. The railway into Penzance runs alongside the sea from this point. The beach itself is never very…

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Cornish Beaches: Praa Sands

Praa (pronounced pray) Sands is a mile-long, south-west-facing beach on the eastern edge of Mounts Bay, Cornwall, approximately 7 miles from Penzance and 5 miles from Helston. I holidayed there in a caravan park with three of my four children back in 1991. It now appears to be the site of luxury lodges. Despite only…

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The Beach Tree

And no that’s not a spelling mistake. Here is the story of a tree that fell into the sea. Literally. The famous ‘Beach Tree’ at Praa Sands fell onto the beach as the cliff eroded during the winter storms of 2013/2014 and has since inspired a poem and a children’s story book. So sudden was…

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Cloudscape

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks ~ John Muir (Please click on image to enlarge)

finding my muse

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #181 | Double Dipping It’s been an awfully long time since I visited my favourite beach – lockdowns, summer tourists, illness, tide times and weather conspired against me during 2021 – but on a relatively warm day of sun and cloud last week combining with a low tide, I finally got to…

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