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A Window on Bodmin Moor

I like photographing windows. Usually from the outside. But this window is different. Here, we’re looking out. Out on the deliciously spooky Bodmin Moor.

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Land’s End – a photo essay

This week’s edition of Cornwall Sunday takes us to the westernmost point on the British mainland: Land’s End – or Penn an Wlas in Cornish.

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Looe and Polperro: two Cornish villages

Along the Cornish coast are Looe and Polperro. Once shipping, fishing and piracy ports, today they are just two enchanting little villages.

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Slaughterbridge and King Arthur’s Stone

This peaceful field at Slaughterbridge was the setting of a ferocious battle in ancient times. Was it the legendary Battle of Camlann in 537?

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Tintagel – or King Arthur, part I

Tintagel is a fascinating place to explore, a ruin on top of steep cliffs, on two sides of a rocky isthmus facing the forceful Celtic Sea.

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Sunday snapshots: Trerice Manor

This is Cornwall, so Trerice Manor is naturally frequented by otherworldly beings. Here, it’s the ghosts of a servant girl and a stable boy.

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Lemurs at Newquay Zoo, Cornwall

Newquay for kids

Newquay for kids essentially means Newquay Zoo. And cartwheels on the beach. Else, this is Cornwall’s surfing mecca, and all that comes with it.

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Sign at Jamaica Inn, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn has a fascinating location and history. Situated on Cornwall’s deliciously eerie Bodmin Moor, this is a coaching inn from 1750.

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