Joining in Debbie’s One Word Sunday today as I have spent much time in bed having a reaction (we think) to my flu jab yesterday. Had them for years, never had a reaction before. 
See you on the other side!
Category Archives: Tin mining history
Skyline
Poppy, Walk and Help?
Another Poppy is blooming. At breakfast time it popped out of its sepals and later in the day was fully open. As the sun left that part of the garden, it closed up again.
Opening
Fully open
Our walk today was very blustery! Join us going up to the Flat Lode Trail with a view of Carn Brea, past the St Uny engine house and back home.
St Uny Engine house from the back
St Uny Engine house
We have a problem in the edible trough. A little Viola plant died last week, just went limp and gave up the ghost. Yesterday, all was well with the rest of the Viola border and today – another plant seems to have died. Any ideas? The trough is damp, everything else, lettuces and the rest of the Violas seem fine…….
Today’s Walk to Killifreth
We live in Cornwall, in the middle of what was the richest area in the world for copper and tin mining in the 18th and 19th centuries and we are surrounded by the iconic engine houses, one of which we walked to yesterday. Today we visited one of the most elegant of all the relics around, Killifreth. Click on any image for a bigger picture and the explanatory caption.
Killifreth
Fascinating information about the shape of the chimney
Looking up the chimney to the pinpoint of light at the top, using flash
Looking up the chimney to the pinpoint of light at the top
brick work
Hoverfly
More engine houses in the distance
Enchanting lane
Chimney in the far distance
Elderflower which we could smell before we came upon it
Convolvulus
Join Us On Our Most Joyful Walk
We visited our favourite spot today, Chapelporth with a walk up the cliffs to Wheal Coates.The cafe is not yet open so no Croque Monsieur or Ice-cream Hedgehogs…. Click on any photo for a bigger view and the caption.
the rain has gouged out the stream bed
Tide still coming in
We nearly missed the Thrift, unable to visit for 3 months
The Heather is wonderful
Godrevy Lighthouse in the distance
Turquoise
Tide on the turn
Raindrops on grass
On the path
Wheal Coates
Stones enhanced by the rain earlier today
Reflection
Tide turned, going out
Snail
Today, Springtime Walk and A Recipe
Today is World Happiness Day and the Vernal Equinox. In these difficult times, let me show you the lambs that appeared in the back field today. It’s Spring.
It was a beautiful morning and we went on our regular walk, a short stretch of the Flat lode Trail. Please join us, especially if you are having to stay indoors, on this lovely full-of-Springtime walk.
Primroses
Speedwell?
Violet
Daffodil and Gorse along the lane
Whael Uny
The plaque on the engine house
Looking towards the North Coast
Magnolia along the last lane towards home
A couple of my Dear Readers asked for the recipe for my Special Brownies which I showed you yesterday. You and they, can now find the recipe here.
Rose Hips, Cakes and Estha’s Story
The Rose hips were in someone’s garden in Truro or I might have picked them to make syrup.
Before the show, Estha’s Story, at Heartlands this evening, there was singing and cake in the Diaspora garden. The cakes were magnificent! All made by Little Crumbs and decorated with edible flowers.
The show was amazing! Yskynna, the aerial dance company and the singers combined to tell the story of a Cornish Bal maiden and the audience loved it. Click on any photo in the gallery for a closer look.
Bal maidens and others at work
Dancing on the engine house
Dancing in the tin mine headgear
Our hearts were in our mouths as the wind blew…..
Estha played by Bec Applebee
As night fell
The choir and the cast
Dogs, Lunch and Cake
As I was on my way to our market in Redruth this morning, I saw that three little dogs had been tied up to our wonderful Welly Dogs and it amused me.
Tinners’ Hounds by David Kemp
I met the lovely Mr S for lunch today at The Warehouse in Penryn. We had the most delicious meal from the Brunch menu – Potato and Onion Hash and a Garlic Mushroom with a Fried Duck’s Egg!
Brunch
We bought cake to take home for afternoon tea!
Courgette Cake – also delicious
Crenelations, Gulls and Sun on the Water
More sun today! Porthtowan was our destination for a bitterly cold walk along the beach, arriving through the valley past the old workings of the Tywarnhayle Copper Mines.
Tywarnhayle Copper Mine with the unusual crenelations at the top of the chimney
Birds on the beach
Low sun on the water at Porthtowan
Welly Dogs, Notice and Book No 4
I was told that our Tinners’ Hounds (known affectionately by locals as Welly Dogs) in town had poppies for Remembrance tied around their necks so we took a walk into Redruth to find them. For those of you who would like to know more about our Welly Dogs, do follow this link to the sculptor’s blog. I have only just found it and it is a delight to read about their origin.
Tinners’ Hounds by David Kemp
Fastened to one of the dogs was a notice warning people to look in their bonfires this weekend (It’s Bonfire Night on 5th November) to make sure no hedgehogs have taken shelter there.
Reminder
Today is Day 4 of the Book Challenge I am taking part in elsewhere and my choice for today of a book that I love is ‘The Fate of Jeremy Visick’ by David Wiseman, my Dad.
The Fate of Jeremy Visick
Sketch, Cookie Cutters and A Leaf
We have had a sketch book of my Dad’s for many years and I thought I had taken out and given away the various sketches. I brought it down today so that the LiveWires can use the paper for their delightful drawings and discovered another of dad’s drawings, of Wheal Busy. My Dad was an author of children’s books and adult historical romances – a man of many talents.
Wheal Busy dated 4/vii/80
I sent for some new biscuit cutters so will have fun with the LiveWires making Autumn biscuits.
Biscuit cutters
A lovely Autumn leaf found on my walk today.
Red leaf
