CORNWALL 2019

 

TREVAUNANCE COVE, ST. AGNES, CORNWALL

 

 

Gail, Paul, Archie and dog Nessie in one of their back garden tiers with Cathy.

 

Upstairs extension waiting for flat roof to be weatherproofed.

 

Ancient mining pump house on horizon undergoing renovations as a hotel.  They wanted a verandah on this side which was disallowed after local protests regarding privacy.

 

Front of Gail and Pauls' house with new slate roof and chimney stack.

Laneway called "Stippy Stappy".

 

St. Agnes high street.

Wood turning display

 

Thatched cottage next to Paul and Gails. Rents for 1750 pounds per week in the season.

 

Heather on the cliffs. This is POLDARK country. The TV series was filmed around here.

 

Gail and Archie.

 

 

 

 

Inside roof extension.

 

Thatched cottage from roof extension.

 

Monty, the cat, sat here for twenty minutes waiting for food to "magically" appear in the bowl!

 

Cathy with Iona.

 

Iona in Royal National Lifeboat gear ready for an exercise involving a helicopter.

 

 

Helicopter arriving. 

 

The purpose of the exercise is to give life boat crew experience of working under the rotor blades which make it difficult to control the boat.

 

Meanwhile, as its Sunday, the"Nippers" are having their own training routine.

 

Apparently it costs around 10,000 pounds every time the helicopter is called out. All this money comes from public donations. There is no help from government.

 

Half a Cornish Pasty. Delicious!