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Weekly Photo Challenge – Wall 3 -Walled Garden

I visited whichwaynow from a link on the Challenge page (do have a look, lots of fabulous photos) where the blogger has posted a fabulous wall of flowers. In the ensuing conversation, I spoke about our last house where we had a walled garden which we loved. The walls were clothed with greenery and colour, we had hanging baskets and looking back at the photos, I decided on a third ‘Wall’ post of photos taken in 2006 /7. Click on any photo for the caption and more detail.

Clematis Montana white and a touch of yellow Winter Jasmine

View of the garden from upstairs

Clematis among (forgotten the name of this -anyone?)

View along one wall

Another hanging basket

Sweet Peas

Cornish fuchsia, grown from a cutting from Mum’s garden in Cusgarne

The start of training an apple tree on the south facing wall

Jasmine

Clematis Montana Rubens

Day Lilies and Clematis

Clematis

The retaining wall garden

Hanging basket

It was a very small town garden but we both loved it! Perhaps you can tell! To see others in this Challenge, click here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 19, 2015 in Beauty, environment, flowers, garden, Happiness, nature, photography, Postaday 2015, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: small town garden, walled garden, Weekly Photo Challenge - Wall

Weekly Photo Challenge – Wall 2

17 Mar

The brief was for walls with messages, walls that tell stories. Enjoy working out the stories on these walls. Click on any one for detail.

In our kitchen

In a school playground

In Granollers, Catalonia

In Atlanta, Georgia

In Barcelona

There are lots of fascinating photos in the Challenge to be found here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 17, 2015 in art, Beauty, environment, mural, photography, Postaday 2015, travel, Weekly photo challenge

Tags: street art, Weekly Photo Challenge - Wall

Weekly Photo Challenge – Wall

16 Mar

Here are walls rather than a wall – walls left by the Tin Mining Industry that was such an important part of Cornwall’s history. These are the relics of the workings at South Wheal Frances – not quite as the brief described but still, walls with stories and history.You could find out more here if you are interested.

South Wheal Frances

The Miners’ Dry

Information

Circle in the wall

Light on the stone work

Arches in the brickwork

The engine house

For other interesting interpretations of this week’s Photo Challenge, click here.

I have just picked up this message which you may find interesting. Wheal Frances is on The Great Flat Lode Trail.

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Someone has messaged me asking what ‘The Great Flat Lode’ is all about, so I thought I’d post an explanation to all.

The Great Flat Lode is a tin rich seam which cuts across the upland area south of Redruth and Camborne. Despite its name its not very flat and dips into the ground at about 45deg. However, all terms are relative, most other seams dip at 70-90deg,

Many mines were sunk where the Great Flat Lode is found near the ground surface. Many of these mines were linked to each other with ‘tramways’ most of these used horse drawn skips on rails which were used to carry coal from the coast (mainly Portreath, Hayle and Devoran), to the mines and to carry the tin and copper ore from the mine to the processing areas and/or to the coast for export.

Today the routes of those old tramways have been converted to the ‘Mineral Tramways Trail’ which provides mainly level, traffic-free access to one of Cornwall’s historic mining regions. There are over 37 miles (60km), of paths including the circular Great Flat Lode and the coast-to-coast Portreath-Devoran Tramway. The trails connect to other routes established including The Cornish Way and the South West Coastal Footpath.