Cornwall

Last summer I made my first visit to Cornwall. I spent a week in July in the lttle porting town of Hayle. There isnt a huge amount there in the way of shops/activities but the beachs are wonderful and it is not far from plenty of other places that will keep you entertained should you need a break from the beach.  I spent a day in St Ives and a day in Mousehole. We were lucky enough to have some of the best weather we'd had all summer (which, when on a British holiday, is always a blessing).

Busy street in St Ives.

The actual park I stayed on left a lot to be desired but that aside,  Cornwall has to be one of the most beautiful places I've been. Mousehole was a quaint village, full of galleries exhibiting local works and scattered with
tearooms. St Ives was similiar just on a larger scale. Several craft fairs were held in church/village halls. Independant shops scattered the streets off the main high street, honesty boxes were placed outside for payment of purchases. So many tearooms, coffee shops and restaurants boasted the use of only local produce and homemade treats. On sweet shop in particular that I couldn't pass by without making a purchase was that of the only homemade fudge in cornwall. I opted for the Baileys variety and it was delicious! Lots of poeple were milling around, in and out of shops/bars or sitting beach side fighting with seagulls to ensure there fish and chips were not swiped. It was relaxed but with sill had a air of excitment and intrique.

Homemade and quite honestly,
the most delicious!

I went equpiped with my Minolta 5000 slr. I love using a good old fashioned film slr, I like the waiting for the images to be developed. (sadly the only place really local to me for development is ASDA so the quality isnt always great but it does the job). In the case of the photographs from this trip, the exposure isn't quite right on the majority of them but this actually has a nice effect on a handful the images.