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Monday 19th TRAVEL TO WEEK ST. MARY (a five hour journey)
A Map of the area	Our sitting room in "The College"	Leaded windows	The kitchen plus the Chef
Matthew ducks through	The twin bedroom	The bathroom	The double bedroom
Upstairs corridor	The stairs' turret	Our front window	South side
An original triple window	Next door south	Week St Mary village shop	St Mary's Church, South door
St Mary	The parish council office and public loo, left and right ends	A thatched cottage along our street	Bell Tower or Chimney in the front wall??
Week St Mary and the walk to Penhallam in red	St Mary's Church, Week	The village square Week St Mary and the .....	.....North side
Tuesday 20th. BUDE and a WALK TO PENHALLAM MANOR
Dawn in our yard	Looking East at dawn	Our village street	Bude
Blue railings	Bridge over the river Neet	Surfing wet suits drying	An almost tropical house
Bude Memorial to the achievements of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (limelight etc)	Bude's Victorian Castle	The Lock Gates Cafe	The Bude Canal
Father Christmas on holiday	Canal boat	Pleasure boats	To the castle path
Lock gates	Winding Mechanism	The bay	Bude Haven
Beach Huts	Lobster pots	Yacht tenders	Red boat and fisherman
A pink mansion	A fisherman on the Neet	Blue fish, glass art	Giant Chain Link
Canal side houses	Canal side houses	A Heron	A bridge on the Circular Walk
The Circular Walk we took around the nature reserve	A crescent opposite the Tourist Information Centre, Bencoolen Rd	The path to Week Green	Fungus on a log beside the path
Puff ball	To Week Green	Starlings and insulators	W Sheep
What do you want?	A Farm House with black damp mould showing	The path to Penhallam	An old lame ram lead us along
Another sheep	l Silver Birches	Forest path	The bridge to the Penhallam Manor site
The grassed over ruin	The farm next to the Manor	Long view of Week Church on our way back, after a steep hill climb	A flock of sheep
Wednesday 21st. BODMIN, ST BREWARD, then rain sent us HOME
A derelict door Bodmin	Prison house gates (the Governor's?)	Bodmin Prison Main gate. Chateau style	Execution cell
In the new Cafe for visitors	Padre	Laces must be removed	Prison warders
A more modern cell	Lashes for every one	Fun for the warder	A main corridor with a hanging tale on each cell
Cat-o-nine-tails applied	Forced feeding	Knitting (sox?) in the stocks	Fed by the fairies, so she said
The Naval Wing	Outside view	Baker, Malcolm Barnecutt, Bodmin
Alley	The Weavers pub	The County Library	The Shire Hall
Code Stone decoration?	The "Hole in the Wall" pub, which was the debtors prison	An old door	"The Old Inn", St Breward, for our lunch. The highest pub in Cornwall.
The Old Inn bar	Cornish weather. Helen and Matthew got out of the car very briefly	Camelford in the drizzle, note the gold weather vane	from our bedroom looking east
Thursday 22nd MINIONS, BODMIN MOOR, THETHLEVY QUOIT, LISKEARD, GOLITHA FALLS & ST NEOT
Bodmin Moor	Twisted Gorse bushes on Bodmin Moor	The Hurlers stone circle	The Pipers, who were playing for the petrified, sacrilegious dancers. The Cheesewring is in the distance
Mine ruin near Minions on Bodmin Moor	Moorland sheep	Pony Trekkers	The Skyline
The Pipers again	Towards Cheesewring Tor	Cheesewring Tor	Cheesewring, A useless, added Victorian "support" is in front
Cheesewring Tor	The Quarry next to the Cheesewring Tor	Walking the dog on the moor	The Hurlers
An old mine shaft	The Hurlers	Twisted Gorse bushes	An old track
Trethevy Quoit, "thrown by giants"	Trethevy Quoit	Posh houses, Liskeard	Steep hills
Junk shop	Steep hills again	Narrow roads
To the Pipe Well	Narrow roads again	The Fat Frog	The Fat Frog for our lunch in Liskeard
Old houses	Graziers and Craft Butchers	Shingles and slate wall covering	Junk shop
Yellow house and car	The White Horse Inn	Central derelict warehouse	The original Pipe Well, which never runs dry
	Buying pasties for dinner		An old Synagogue?
v The Albion, Liskeard	Mosaic on the Co-op front where we shopped	Delabole slate hung walls	Street Art
Road bridge over the river Fowey	Golitha Falls woods		A well chewed black fungus
Beeches	River Fowey		Bracket Fungus
	Very colourful walk	Golitha Falls
Golitha Falls	Fungus		I slipped on the loose leaves and twisted my knee. Walking poles may be required in future!
	A A form of Bracket Fungus	St Neot Church which has famous stained glass	The Last Supper
A wooden saint	A Celtic Cross	The church gate	Celtic Cross and algae
From our bedroom window in the evening	Our Quatrefoil Window in the stairs turret	Next door	A typical narrow lane
Friday 23rd ST NECTANS (nr Tintagel) CAMELFORD and the RIVER CAMEL & ROUGH TOR
Towards St Nectan’s Glen		The road from the Glen	Map of St Nectans
St Nectan’s Glen
Black Fungus			Looking down at the river
	St Nectan’s Glen Waterfall Cafe, a bit "new world" with crystals etc		Egyptian Cat
St Nectan’s Glen 60ft Waterfall	Closer up		Below St Nectan’s Glen Waterfall. We shared the wellingtons that Helen had been persuaded to borrow. (We had to wade to snap the waterfall!)
Stairway down to the waterfall		St Nectan’s Glen	Stone and Leaves
A House, Camelford, the road has been built up.	Camelford and the Masons Arms	A Pumpkin Cart	The Mason's Arms, Camelford, for our lunch. Good food trying for "fine dining"
The rather over decorated bar in the Mason's Arms	Balcony along the river Camel walk	Serpent? in the River Camel	Near Rough Tor
Map of Rough Tor area	Near Rough Tor the Clay Workings are flooded	On Showery Tor
		Rough Tor
Turtle?		Duck's foot	A touch of Red
Andy Cap?	View along the saddle	Wonder woman	Matthew
An Old Tank?		A natural corridor	Memorial to a murder victim here whose murderer's hanging attracted 20,000 spectators
Turtle	Moorland pony	Showery Tor	The shed? in our yard.
Saturday 24th. OTTER SANCTUARY & CRACKINGTON HAVEN,
Tamar Otter and Wildlife Centre. Guinea fowl sheltering from the rain	Chipmunk	Asian Otters	Singing (squeaking) for their food
v A free running Wallaby	The three legged Muntjack	Meerkat peeps out	The Quarry Pool
A Baby Polecat	Fallow Deer	White Chipmunk	Eagle Owl
Guinea Fowl	Harris Hawk	Kestrel	Harris Hawk
English Otters	Oh ho??		Horned Owls
	Giant Rabbit	Wooden bear	Crackington Haven
Crackington Haven	Skipping stones		Vertical strata
Crackington strata show	A sweet puppy	Good waves for surfing
	Vertical Strata	Helen & Matthew on the cliff path
Goonhilly Earth Station across the bay	St Jenny's Church	Green granite font from 1170	The altar
A cottage at dusk on the village square	On the Village Square	Week Village Square	Neighbouring house on the north side of The College
The Farm round the corner	A very smelly cow	The Farm	H walks towards the church door
Sunday 25th. ALTNARNUN & LAUNCESTON STEAM RAILWAY
The Kings Head	Why part slate hung?	Altarnun Post Office
An old cottage	An old barn	Altarnun, cottages on a stream	Each house has a bridge
St Nona's Church		The White Cottage	Local cats
A Packhorse bridge, Altarnun, over Penpont Water	Low light, through the windscreen		Roofscape from the Car Park Launceston
The Launceston Castle Gate	On the main square Launceston	Multicoloured hill terrace	Launceston Steam Railway. The journey to New Mills took about 15mins, uphill. Narrow Gauge ex slate mine engines. Open carriages, so plenty of smuts.
Train Driver	Jetted Houses on the right	Engines "Velinheli" and "Lilian, Two engines were needed because of the gradient	Narrow gauge railway
Photo Op	A part of a small collection of old machines	An old Vauxhall	Passengers
Engine Lilian	Smoke and Steam	Moving the engines from the back to the front of the train.	Engine Lilian
Madford Lane	Slate hung house	Field Opposite the town	Guildhall & Town Hall
The Bakers Arms	The Town Gate	Alley	Chinese Takeaway
Launceston Main square	View from the Castle	A terrace detail	Launceston from the castle
Castle Gate Prison	Eagle House Hotel		Ye Old Bell Inn
	The carved granite walls of St Mary Magdalene, Launceston		Main Door
	A Phoenix in Launceston	Westgate Inn for lunch. Small, Medium & Large Roast Beef or Pork based on the amount of meat, cash only!	Madford Lane