Outdoor Photography, Issue 125, April 2010 finds us visiting The Small Isles.
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Cornwall - day 7 - Hometime
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| breakfast fishcake at The Scarlet Hotel |
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| Savoy cinema, Penzance |
breakfast of poached rhubarb and blood orange with vanilla yoghurt - fishcake with poached egg and hollandaise - annoyingly demanding lady returns making more demands - while away time in the hotel's public rooms - trundle our cases down to the bus stop - the largest apple turnover in Newquay - dull bus ride to Truro - the local school fills the Pumpkin cafe at Truro station - Alice in Wonderland at the Savoy cinema - a man kicks a pitbull in a shop - a cold wait for the train doors to unlock
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Cornwall - day 6 - Padstow to Harlyn Bay
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| outdoor hot tub at The Scarlet |
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| Padstow |
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| Hawker's Cove |
boiled up in the hot tub cauldron - Eastenders day out on the bus - pass by the lobster hatchery, ignore Rick Stein's chippie, look at some boats, assess the pasty options and Padstow is done - hit the coastal path to join the dots - sunny bus ride back - coffee on the balcony - steam and swim - Champion's League!
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Cornwall - day 5 - Mawgan Porth to Harlyn Bay
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| Porthcothan Bay |
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| Rick Stein's old family house |
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| T swimming at The Scarlet |
a giant sunflower head shower - croque madame for breakfast - walking in the sun, cooled by a freezing wind - Porthcothan, Treyarnon Bay, Constantine Bay - a bulbous headland - rush to the bus along Harlyn beach - waiting for the 556, a proposal is made and accepted - coffee as the sun sets - try every amenity in the spa - cosy meal in the booth
Monday, 8 March 2010
Cornwall - day 4 - Mawgan Porth, Bedruthan Steps
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| reception at The Scarlet hotel |
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| icicles at Bedruthan Steps |
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| Bedruthan Steps |
a train across bucolic England - the conductor repels wide-faced kids from boarding - Truro bus confusion - the rise of the Newquay 'surf pods' - feeling like imposters at the Scarlet hotel - escape in rambling wear - Bedruthan Steps - boots off as the tide catches D out - over the beach in the dark to the Moor's Head
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Cornwall - day 3 - St Ives
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| bedroom curtain |
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| Porthminster Beach, St Ives |
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| basket weaver |
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| St Ives |
a cloud moves across the window's glass - everyone at breakfast agrees the orange juice is the best they've ever tasted - the tidiest Sports Direct - a single carriage to St Ives - so many sandy beaches - old, piratical streets - a modest Tate with a stunning Reclining Nude - looping the town until nearly all the restaurants are closed and T is boiling over - photography, waiting for the sunset
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Cornwall - day 2 - Porthcurno to Land's End
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| Porthcurno beach rocks |
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| Minack Theatre |
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| landmarks |
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| Land's End, Cornwall |
a giant sponge for a bed - great coffee, too many sugar lumps - amazing old shop fronts - impressive new gallery and cafe of course - bus to Porthcurno - the ancient Greek theatre - ruined, snow crippled succulents - on the coastal path: squat vegetation and vertical stones - Land's End as a ghost town - just in time for fish and chips in Penzance, closing at 6:30!
Friday, 5 March 2010
Cornwall - day 1 - Penzance, St Michael's Mount
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| breakfast on the Riviera Express |
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| the blue Abbey hotel |
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| Jubilee Pool |
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| causeway to the Mount |
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| St Michael's Mount castle |
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| on the roof |
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| transport to the island |
in limbo on the sleeper train, looking down on the world - charmed by early morning Penzance - pointed to our hotel, The Abbey - our suite is ready and breakfast is laid - "I'll have egg... sausage... mushroom... And do you have a tah-may-to?" - the daily swimming group by the white wall - plastic covered hills - perfectly shaped St Michael's Mount - not much to see until the tour starts - a mummified cat from Egypt, a Gainsborough, a Shogun mask with a feather moustache - the causeway covers over again
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Strangely Warmed by Andrew Rumsey
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| Strangely Warmed by Andrew Rumsey |
T's photo of Brighton Pier has been used for a new book: Strangely Warmed by Andrew Rumsey. Andrew came across it looking at The Sunday Telegraph online competition, and it was exactly the image he had in mind!
Strangely Warmed on Amazon.com
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