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Cornwall, August 2006
Steve on the rocks!
Cornwall, August 2006

We visited Cornwall for the first time in August 2006.

We hired a car and got away from DIY and work for a few days staying at a great little b&b, the Branath, just outside of Boscastle.

We spent a day wandering around Tintagel Castle and it's surrounding cliffs. A full day driving around Bodmin Moor looking at stone circles, a dolman, ancient king's marker stones and Arthurian-related sites (well the free ones anyway). Finally finishing with visits to Penzance and the Eden Project.
 
 


The Cornish Gallery, August 2006

Map of Arthurian related sites in Cornwall - from a "Visit Cornwall" tourism website


Day One: Visiting Tingatel Castle & it's cliffs

View across to Tintagel Castle from cliff's opposite
View from Tintagel Castle to the cliff's and bay opposite.
View to the East of Tintagel Castle's cliffs
A dark and brooding day - view from the edge of Tintagel Castle's cliff's to the West
Drop down to the base of Tintagel Castle's cliffs
Josee on the edge!
More dramatic views across the small cove to the cliffs opposite Tintagel
View from one of the rooms near the base of Tintagel across the small bay to the east of the castle.
Reward for sitting quietly observing the insect life on Tintagel's cliffs
Steve at the archway into the main hallway
View from the base of the 1st stage of Tintagel Castle up to the "island" upon which the main fort stands
In the churchyard just before Tintagel Castle
One of the idyllic houses with lush overgrown gardens near Tintagel
On the cliffs to the East of Tintagel -you can just make out the tiny bridge that joins the island to the mainland.
On the cliffs near Tintagel

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Day Two: Touring around Bodmin Moor looking for stone circles, memorials to ancient kings, dolmen and
King Arthur's pool (Excalibur's resting place - also known as Dozemary Pool)

Ancient king's memorial markers
Bodmin Moor Ponies - "Can I help you at all?"
Long Tom
Dolmen in the late afternoon
Rear of the dolmen
What's in the dolmen?
It's Steve!
Dozemary Pool - legend has it that Excalibur was hurled into this pool after Arthurs death at the hands of Mordred



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Day Three: Visiting Penzance and driving through Mousehole, Land's End and past St Michael's Mount (also connected to the
Arthur legends) - we were so busy that we only got to use our camera the once whilst in Penzance!

Steve by Penzance harbour


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Monday, 7 May, 2007