Framedlight

Hettie and I were going to have another day at the coast. Again the weather was spotless, with hardly a cloud in the sky. I had been very impressed with the view over Porthcothan bay which we had seen on our first day in Cornwall, so we drove down the narrow lanes and parked up at the head of the beach. We picked our way over a short dune section onto the sand as the original path and steps had disappeared, swept away by winter storms.  As always the surf was pounding giving quite a good wave display over the rocks and small islands at the mouth of the bay. I rather threw in the towel with the high contrast light, put on a polariser and converted the photos to monochrome! We spent a little time on this beach and then drove south to the National Trust parking area for Pentire Farm. From here we walked down the coast path onto Park Head which juts out just north of Bedruthan Steps and we sauntered to the end of the headland. I managed to lose the dog and ...

We got back to our car after walking out on Park Head, and drove just a little further south to the Bedruthan Steps car park at Carnewas also run by the National Trust. This one has a café and I had  a well deserved cup of tea and a piece of cake to share with Hettie. We went down the footpath to the edge of the bay and I scanned it for a good position to take an evening shot or two. Back at the car I watched while the tea room was shut up and most of the cars left the car park. Then I left Hettie in the car and walked to the top of the steps leading down to the beach and took a couple of photos looking along the coast which was bathed in glorious late afternoon light.  I had not intended to go down the many steep steps on to the beach, but seeing people down there I could not resist the temptation. The water was pretty close to the cliff edge and, although the tide was supposed to be receding, high waves did threaten to cut off my escape route. I stayed on the beach wa...